[冬奧]人間慘事

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一個運動員的母親專程前往觀看，點知3日前突然心臟病發去世，今日就要比賽
能否收拾心情呢？公仔箱論壇6 O2 ], r4 E$ R

When the text message arrived on Sunday evening, it read "Can you please come and see me?"  ! _! F. l/ {- D# ^: W/ x% k2 F
FormerOlympian Sylvie Fréchette was expecting the summons and immediatelysought out its sender, Canadian figure skating champion Joannie Rochette.   C8 ?' A4 Y9 a* ^1 P9 I
Earlierin the day, Rochette had learned her mother, Thérèse, had died of asudden heart attack shortly after arriving in Vancouver to watch herskate.
"Mostly, I listened, I wanted her to be able to express herself, ifshe wanted to cry or scream or swear or whatever ... I wanted her tofeel on safe ground," Fréchette said. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, R" z$ P0 t0 H& F1 u5 I& D7 j! a
That's because she, more than most, could identify with what the 24-year-old from Ile Dupas, Que., was feeling. 公仔箱論壇+ N7 n7 ]1 E, y" o3 `% t4 @. K
Lessthan a week before Fréchette was to leave for the 1992 Olympics, shelived through something so tragic that 17 years later, she has nomemory of the 24 hours that followed.
Fréchette's boyfriend hadtaken his life in their apartment, and almost before it could register,she had a decision to make: fly to Spain or stay home.
"I wastalking to my psychologist, and he quietly brought up Barcelona, and itwas like a glimpse of light ... I had this crazy need to feel alive,"the former synchronized swimmer said. "We're trained to perform, andthe most efficient way to get rid of that lump [of emotion] is totrain.
"I needed to be back in my environment, where I didn't have to think."
Ahandful of Canadian athletes, like Fréchette, who went on to win goldin Barcelona, former women's hockey star Danielle Goyette - who losther father during the 1998 Nagano Games but still led her team tosilver - and Own the Podium head Roger Jackson, a former medal-winningrower, have all gone through similar experiences.
Like Rochette, each felt a burning need to continue competing despite the pain.
"Itwill demand a huge emotional effort, but it might be two-fold, wherewith such a situation and a competition happening so quick you kind ofjust go on autopilot and you'll get through the competition," saidCanadian team leader Michael Slipchuk, a former Olympic figure skater."Maybe after the competition, when it's all finished, might be a timewhere it will be a little tougher and the realization will come in ofwhat's actually happened." 公仔箱論壇( N+ N/ [' L0 o8 f
Rochette took to the ice of thePacific Coliseum shortly after 2 p.m. on Monday, dressed in black fromhead to toe, her father and other family members and friends watchingfrom the stands.
She nailed her first practice jump in thecorner of the ice nearest her family, who applauded her every landing;Rochette practised her short routine confidently and coolly, much asshe did on Sunday only hours after learning of her mother's passing.
Rochette had been rooming in the athletes village with ice dancer Tessa Virtue, but has now been moved to a room where she could be alone.
"It'sdevastating, our hearts go out to Joannie and her family, it's sotough. Luckily she has a great support team around her, what can yousay, it's just so sad," Virtue said on Sunday night. 2 `2 o- l  E0 p3 T( F; l
Accordingto Canadian team officials, she has been consulting with her sportspsychologist, Wayne Halliwell, and coach Manon Perron, who is also aclose friend of Rochette's family. " }1 ~2 y6 Y! S: C/ a* d9 U0 k+ ^1 L
While Rochette and herrelatives have asked for privacy, others in her circle went public withtheir devastation. Former boyfriend François-Louis Tremblay - the two split last fall but remain friends - couldn't contain his tears in addressing Rochette's loss.
"Itisn't really my place ... [but] I hope Joannie will be strong," theshort-track speed skating star said in a choked voice. "What I reallywant to say is that I hope she'll be able to spend time with her familyand the people who are close to her, that's the most important thing,not a competition."
High-performance athletes often pridethemselves on their mental toughness and their ability to block outexternalities, an ethic summed up by former Canadian Olympic silvermedalist Brian Orser. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。! j7 z4 [3 J9 T3 O3 \9 b1 I, E
"I would have skated, of course ... I'venever been there. And I can't imagine what it would be like. But she'sgot good people around her," said Orser, who coaches South Koreansuperstar Kim Yu-Na, the gold-medal favourite in the women's individual event.
Differentpeople experience bereavement in different ways, but it's no surpriseto the people who know Rochette best that she has decided the show mustgo on.   }6 r: @, F+ ?0 E3 b7 ~
"She's a tough skater, a tough lady, this is how she'sachieved what she has in skating, it's how you handle these situationsand move forward that make you stronger ... all along I felt she wouldcontinue and compete," Slipchuk said. "Where she probably feels thebest in this situation is on the ice."
The sympathy forRochette's situation is keenly felt in the close-knit figure skatingcommunity, the Canadian delegation has received messages of condolencefrom all the countries represented in the Olympic competition and fromorganizations like Hockey Canada.
"I just cannot imagine howshe'll get herself in the frame of mind other than maybe the shock ofit all is ... subconsciously, she may just get through this notrealizing truly what has happened," said American coach Robin Wagner,who works with Georgian skater Elene Gedevanishvili. "How she's come to that decision and what she's feeling, I don't know. Somewhere in her heart she'll reach down."  , v8 N1 m5 c. U
Fréchette,who is working as an athletic services officer for Canadian athletes atthe Olympic Village, said she has been "joined at the hip" withRochette over the past couple of days and senses she is ready tocompete.
"I guess that because I've been through somethingsimilar, but not the same, I can help her establish some parameters onhow she's feeling," she said. "She wants to do this ... I'll bewatching her [today]. I think everyone will."

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