Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming: Love is why I do the sport
Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games was a party for people around the world. Young athletes came out and made a name for themselves. Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming is the youngest Chinese athlete.
On Feb. 15th, 2022, three day later would be his 18th birthday, he got the gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and he is the first Chinese snowboarder to win a gold medal at the Winter Games. When Su got the medal, he was really excited. Born in Jilin Province. Su's parents took him to a ski club when he was just a little kid. He spent all day playing outside in snow. He liked standing on his father's snowboard best. When he turned four, Su received his first snowboard and started to learn snowboarding. Despite（尽管）being even shorter than the snowboard, Su managed to slide down on his own quickly. Just two years later, Su made such huge progress that it became difficult for his father to catch up with his speed.
And ever since then, Su has not taken the snow board off his feet, no matter winter or summer, day or night. Gradually, Su started taking part in competing against adults and traveling all over the world to train in a better environment.
Known as a talented young snowboarder, Su was more famous for his roles in movies and TV series. It was a difficult decision for this young man to make, but Su finally chose snowboarding over becoming a movie star, because he wanted to become a professional athlete and compete in the Olympics.
"I successfully realized the dream that I've had since I was a kid. I've always dreamed about winning this gold medal before 18 years old. I made it," he said. "I also want everyone to know that I can not only be good at one thing, but I can be the best at anything I like. I've learned a lesson that hard work would never lie. Today I proved it."
Su's experience is an inspiration（激励；鼓舞）to us. Success requires much more than just talent. Hard work matters a lot.
