東奧故事|苦等九年 李慧詩銅牌背後堅持着甚麼 - ELLEMEN HONGKONG

東奧故事|苦等九年 李慧詩銅牌背後堅持着甚麼

相隔九年,李慧詩苦盡甘來!今早勇奪場地單車爭先賽一面銅牌,亦是她運動生涯中的第二面奧運獎牌。

IZU, JAPAN – AUGUST 08: Silver medalist Wai Sze Lee of Team Hong Kong, during the medal ceremony after the Women’s Omnium finals of the track cycling on day sixteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Izu Velodrome on August 08, 2021 in Izu, Shizuoka, Japan. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

牛頭角下邨長大、現年 34 歲的李慧詩,被港人譽為「牛下女車神」。天生貧血病的她,需花更多力氣去做訓練。2006年訓練期間因躲避狗隻撞車,左手嚴重骨折導致輕度傷殘,至今仍無法正常扭動。縱然未能贏在起跑線,她仍憑着信仰堅持下去。

Hong Kong’s Lee Wai Sze poses on the podium after winning the bronze medal in the London 2012 Olympic Games women’s Keirin final track cycling event at the Veldorome in the Olympic Park in East London on August 3, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ODD ANDERSEN (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/GettyImages)

2012 年倫敦奧運摘銅之時,李慧詩早已轟動全城。惜她的運動員生涯高低起跌,2016年里約奧運失足炒車而錯失奪牌機會,她哭成淚人:「傷口痛,我忍得到,但其實心好痛。」更向香港市民致歉要空手而回,看得令人虐心。

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – AUGUST 13: Wai Sze Lee of Hong Kong crashes out in the Women’s Keirin Second round heat 2 on Day 8 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on August 13, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

同年,一直陪伴她訓練、每場賽事為她扶車「推她一把」的教練普林俊急病去世,在日本比賽的她幾乎崩潰。在多重打擊下,李慧詩本着打不死精神積極備戰,這幾年頻頻出現頒獎台上披彩虹戰衣。今屆東奧全城焦點再次落在她身上,雖在凱琳賽失手未能奪牌,但她搏盡無悔,終於為自己亦為港人圓夢,奪得人生中的另一面別具意義的奧運獎牌。

IZU, JAPAN – AUGUST 08: (L-R) Olena Starikova of Team Ukraine and Wai Sze Lee of Team Hong Kong compete during the Women’s sprint semifinals, race 1 – heat 1 of the track cycling on day sixteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Izu Velodrome on August 08, 2021 in Izu, Shizuoka, Japan. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
IZU, JAPAN – AUGUST 08: (L-R) Silver medalist Olena Starikova of Team Ukraine, gold medalist Kelsey Mitchell of Team Canada, and bronze medalist Wai Sze Lee of Team Hong Kong, pose on the podium during the medal ceremony after the Women’s sprint finals of the track cycling on day sixteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Izu Velodrome on August 08, 2021 in Izu, Shizuoka, Japan. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

獲獎後李慧詩受訪表示,感謝大家關注自己的比賽,多謝香港人 13 年以來的陪伴,每一個人的支持經已化作自己的力量。
心態決定一切,賽前教練贈言「Olympic game 只是一場 game」,不要太介意,令她更加放開心情,在場上與對手切磋車技,更學懂珍惜自己能力。謝謝你,Sarah!

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