Life

On December 12, 2003, in the dead of winter, Yuan Ziqi was born in Jining, Shandong. He stepped onto the ice at the age of six and a half, and officially started figure skating at the age of nine and a half. He registered at the Heilongjiang Provincial Winter Sports Management Center at the age of ten and three months. When he was a teenager, he went to the Mission Ice Arena in Russia to pursue dreams. He traveled back and forth between China and Russia, and his skates ran through the cold and heat year after year. From the bronze and silver medals in the Youth Grand Prix, to fifth place in the JGPF and the World Youth Championship, one after another ranking change; to the adult Grand Prix stage, standing on the podium on four continents, winning bronze at the Winter Youth Olympics, and getting a ticket to the Beijing Winter Olympics at the World Championships. On the ice of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the team competition went all out, the individual skaters had their ups and downs, and their fate changed their rankings several times due to the penalties imposed by the competition. In her twenty-year career on the ice, she has never been a proud girl with a smooth journey. In March 2023, fate took another fork in the road. Zhao Wenchao, an old acquaintance from the same hometown who almost only lived in the same school's student registration book, became her pair skating partner. Their parents are familiar with each other. They went to the same school in Beijing for primary school, junior high school and high school, but they were separated by the day-to-day training and competitions all over the world. The passing of each other at the entrance to the ice rink after the national training team was their first real meeting as adults. Since then, the chapter of pairs skating has gradually opened. They won medals at the Grand Prix in France and China, climbed step by step at the All-Winter Games, Four Continents, and World Championships. At the Milan Winter Olympics, they steadily landed on the ice and tossed and twisted around. They won the Winter Olympics silver medal in pairs skating and stood on the highest podium at the World Championships. There were flowers and cheers along the way, thousands of fans watching outside the stadium, and the warmth of family members who always supported me. The eldest brother Yuan Jingyi wore a military uniform and then devoted himself to academics, the second brother Yuan Jingheng chased the clouds in the sky, the third brother Yuan Jingyu inquired about the geology of the earth, the eldest sister Yuan Ziyan traveled across the ocean and returned to the world of fireworks, and the fourth brother Yuan Jingshuo rushed to the stage. The half-siblings are still young. The entire Yuan family, separated by the ice wall of the training ground and thousands of mountains and rivers, has always been her strongest support. At the age of 21 and a half, in June 2025, Yuan Ziqi, who was studying Chinese language and literature at Peking University, met Zhang Weijia after being introduced by the wife of her father's friend. At the age of 22, she publicly fell in love at the end of the year, and the worldly expectations of marriage and love slowly enveloped her. At the age of 23 and a half, in July 2027, when her career was at its peak, Zhang Weijia asked her to give up the ice rink and withdraw from the competitive arena. The stepmother persuaded her, and the father defended her love vociferously. At the subway station outside Shougang, there was a confrontation, and the brother and sister happened to come across and defended each other. The mother came and made it clear that she refused to compromise. In the ice rink, her partner Zhao Wenchao handed her a piece of sweet cake and quietly helped her resolve the sadness caused by the storm. Zhou Yi, Chen Yutong and other teammates and friends gathered around to comfort her. Love is more important than worldly stability. At the age of 24 and four months, she and Zhang Weijia completely broke up, separated from each other, and cut off the old relationship that was full of differences. Changes came one after another. In April 2028, the male partner Zhao Wenchao regretfully retired due to injury. Yuan Ziqi did not end there. She once again went to the Russian Mission Group at her own expense and returned to the singles skating track. From the club league to the stumbling stages of the Grand Prix, the ups and downs of scores, the competition for places, and fierce battles on four continents; returning to his hometown of Jining Olympic Stadium to compete in the Alps Winter Olympics, until he was 30 years old, at the local World Championships in Beijing, Axel landed triple jumps and quadruple jumps in turns, and won the third place in the World Championships. At the age of 26 and a half, in the summer of 2030, Yuan Ziqi officially announced her retirement. The ice knife is sheathed, but the story does not end there. We have been side by side for many years, sharing weal and woe, and our feelings have quietly taken root in the day and night training on the ice rink, and in the ups and downs of victory and defeat. At the age of 27 and a half, on New Year's Day 2031, she announced her marriage to her husband, a prosecutor, and her eldest brother's junior brother Wu Hongyin. At the age of 28 and a half, a boy and a girl were born, and firework and firewood fell into the life that was once full of ice chips. At the age of 29 and a half, he successfully graduated with a master's degree in psychology from Peking University. The former star of the international competition turned to stand on the coaching bench and took charge of the women's singles and pairs skating coach of the national training team. He passed on the falls he had suffered and the lights he had seen on the long road to the new generation of skaters. The ice rink has been coming and going for more than 20 years. There are medals shining brightly, and there are tears falling on the ice in frustration; there are unconditional support from close relatives, there are teammates and close friends walking side by side, there are fans waiting across the screen from a distance; those who have encountered mistakes have finally waited for the destination that fits their souls. She skated for the honor of the country and for the high expectations. In the final analysis, she skated for her burning love to finish her long life. Concept: Original