The Gold Medal is Yours, and You are Mine

At eighteen, Xie Shian won the national championship and secured a direct path to the World Championships. The young woman was full of ambition, her future boundless.That New Year’s Eve, she and her friends faced the surging river together and made their wishes.“I want to make it into the World Championships!”“I want to get into my dream university!”“Then I want to win the national swimming league championship!”“I want a Grand Slam!”“Then I’ll bless all my friends’ wishes so they can come true!”The Xie Shian of later years would fail the deep kindness she had received, pass through life, death, teachers, and friends, and carry a body riddled with injuries. All the way until retirement, she never managed to win a Grand Slam. Fortunately, there was still a little bean sprout by her side, keeping her company.Jian Changnian was a late starter, picked up by Coach Yan and brought back to the provincial team. When she first arrived at the provincial team, people jokingly called her “bean sprout.”She was frail and lacked confidence, yet in her heart she carried someone impossible.After Xie Shian retired, she became the first female athlete in the country to win a badminton Grand Slam.In the fifth year after she won the Grand Slam.Meteor, the first domestic documentary centered on athletes, was released and swept up the Best Documentary Award at the Berlin Film Festival.At the end of the film, a line of small text appeared.“This film is dedicated to all souls struggling upward.”Badminton · Dual female leads · Mutual devotion · HEGenius x hard worker, three-year age gap.“The wind can change the trajectory of a shuttlecock, and my landing point is you.”