The Beijing Winter Olympics that everyone is looking forward to in the near future, the sports held on the ice can be described as unique, and naturally it has aroused the expectations of many netizens, such as short track speed skating, I believe many people are extremely familiar, whether it is Wu Dajing or Wang Meng, their performance on the field has made everyone admire, in addition to these athletes, there are many coaches who also deserve everyone's respect, such as Li Yan, who has the name of godmother, and has also made many contributions to China's end short track speed skating. We can learn more about her story below.
In 1966, Li Yan was born in Heilongjiang. As we all know, the climate in the northeast is extremely cold, especially in winter, very long, because growing up in the ice and snow city, so Li Yan is very fond of skiing and skating, before the age of 11, she has always taken these as her hobbies, but after the age of 11, she began to receive very professional ski training, although every training is very large, but Li Yan has never felt tired because of training, but has worked hard to persevere. Because she has an excellent talent in this sport and puts a lot of effort into the later stages. So, when she participated in the national competition, she directly got the second place.
It is precisely such outstanding results and stable performance on the field that have attracted the attention of the coach and made her undergo more professional training. In 1984, Li Yan made a mistake in the middle of the game, that is, he was too fast in the corner, directly hit the baffle, his left leg was seriously injured, and even stitched 47 stitches, and under the advice of the doctor, Li Yan seemed to be leaving the field, but in the face of the persuasion of everyone, Li Yan did not choose, but insisted. At the age of 21, Li Yan entered the national team with her own efforts, and at the same time, after receiving professional training, she won glory for the country on the field.
At this time, Li Yan did make great efforts, because she had been injured, so after recovering her health, she had to pay double her efforts, and in terms of psychology, she must also overcome the shadow of the past, and under her efforts, the strength has indeed made great progress, in 1988, short track speed skating officially became a competition project of the Winter Olympics, and Li Yan successfully won the first winter Olympic gold medal for China, so Li Yan was also known as the Ice Queen.
Because of the reasons of body and age, Li Yan also chose to retire, and then directly transformed into a coach, in the first two years, she has been an assistant coach, constantly learning related coaching experience, and then she chose to go to college for further study, and after graduating from college, she went to work in the tax bureau, life is also very stable, but Li Yan did not like this unchanged lifestyle, but chose to resign, once again became the coach of the junior roller skating team. Later, the Slovak delegation came to China and made a request that China send a coach for them.
At this time, everyone thought of Li Yan, Li Yan also accepted slovakia's invitation, and became the head coach of its national team, and under her hard leadership, Slovakia's performance in the Winter Olympics is still very good, it is precisely because Li Yan has made many contributions and achievements in the coaching position, she has also been seen by many countries. Later, Li Yan joined the Austrian national team, but also by virtue of his own ability to help the short track speed skating team to make a great breakthrough, in 2003, Li Yan came to the United States youth team to coach, the team into a world-class team, which shows how good Li Yan's coaching ability is.
In 2006, Li Yan's contract with the United States officially expired, but she did make many contributions to the Short Track Speed Skating Team of the United States, and her coaching ability was also seen by everyone, so the United States also proposed a high-paying contract at one time, wanting to retain Li Yan, and at this time Li Yan not only received an invitation from the United States, but also received an invitation from China, because at this time, China's short track speed skating team also fell into a trough and predicament, and needed a coach like Li Yan, and Li Yan did not hesitate at all when he got China's invitation She directly gave up the high salary in the United States and chose to return to China to coach, because China is her root.
Under the coaching of Li Yan, China's short track speed skating pair has indeed made a great breakthrough, and even ushered in many excellent athletes, such as Wang Meng to help China's short track speed skating team to achieve excellent results in major events, and when Wang Meng and Li Yan are mentioned, the story between the two is also shocking, and even can be described as love and hate, Li Yan as the head coach, Wang Meng as an athlete, may be because there are many conflicts in the training process, Therefore, there are more quarrels and frictions between the two, and even Wang Meng was directly banned for half a year, and Li Yan was also very headache when facing this athlete.
Even if there are many conflicts between the two, but they are reflecting on themselves, and then Li Yan made concessions so that Wang Meng could receive personalized training, after that, Li Yan and Wang Meng turned Gange into a jade and began to fight side by side, in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, successfully won a gold medal for China, and Wang Meng after winning the championship, the most grateful person, that is, coach Li Yan, the two did have many contradictions in the training method, but it is undeniable that both hope to bring more results to China's short track speed skating, and finally It is also very admirable that the two can resolve their conflicts and work together for short-track speed skating.
In the Pyeongchang Olympic Games, everyone also found that China's short track speed skating ushered in many unfair incidents, Li Yan submitted complaints to the organizing committee many times, and finally did not succeed, later, Wu Dajing successfully helped China win a medal, Li Yan, who was under great pressure, was also in tears, of course, this game also saw the spirit of Chinese athletes who did not accept defeat.
Known as the queen of ice and snow Li Yan, whether as an athlete, or as a coach, she is doing her best, conscientiously for China's short track speed skating and paying, now Li Yan has long become the chairman of China's skating association, is also the head coach of the national team, I believe that under her leadership, China's athletes will definitely achieve more excellent results in this Winter Olympics to repay Coach Li Yan's efforts and efforts.