In the field of short track speed skating, the Chinese team has Wu Dajing and others who can attack the championship at home, but they have never won the winter Olympic gold medal in the "Avenue" speed skating project, and in this year's Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Gao Tingyu is very hopeful to achieve a breakthrough of "zero".
As the bronze medalist in the men's 500m of speed skating at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the 24-year-old Gao Tingyu is ready to win the first gold medal for the Chinese team in the history of the Winter Olympics at his doorstep.
After entering 2022, the pressure on Gao Tingyu is very large, and in an interview, Gao Tingyu said: "The pressure during the preparation period is really very big, and everyone hopes that I can win a gold medal in Beijing. ”
Not only physical exhaustion, but also unprecedented mental pressure, Gao Tingyu also jokingly said: "I want to go home!" ”
Speaking of goals, Gao Tingyu said: "At the Beijing Winter Olympics, it is my biggest goal to play the best state. ”
Young experience
In 1997, Gao Tingyu was born in Yichun City, Heilongjiang, began skating at the age of 8, and was discovered by enlightenment coach Liu Deguang 3 years later to study professionally at the Mudanjiang Winter Project Training Center.
At the age of 14, Gao Tingyu entered the provincial team and played for the speed skating team in Heilongjiang Province, where he was trained in a key way;
At the age of 19, Gao Tingyu won the men's 500m speed skating championship at the 13th National Winter Games in 2016, and officially entered the Chinese speed skating team in the same year.
From entering the national team to the Winter Olympics
Entering the national team is the biggest recognition of Gao Tingyu, and he has also grown rapidly during this period. Just five months after joining the national team, he broke the national youth record with a time of 34.56 seconds in the men's 500m of the National Speed Skating Championships.
In November 2016, at the Harbin leg of the Speed Skating World Cup, Gao Tingyu finished third in the men's 500m Group B and second in the 500m Group A competition.
In 2017, he won the gold medal in the men's 500 meters of speed skating at the Sapporo Asian Winter Games with a time of 34.69 seconds, with which he broke the Asian record at the age of 20.
In December of the same year, Gao Tingyu skated a time of 34.34 seconds in the men's 500 meters of the Speed Skating World Cup in the United States, setting a new personal best and setting a new national record.
First trip to the Winter Olympics
After an eye-catching performance in the World Cup and the Asian Winter Games, Gao Tingyu stood on the field of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. In Pyeongchang, Gao Tingyu competed in the men's 500m final in speed skating, finishing third with a time of 34.65 seconds.
This is the first Winter Olympic medal won by a Chinese male speed skater, and he has made history.
Beijing Winter Olympics cycle
From 2018 to 2022, Gao Tingyu's growth is obvious to all. In 2019 he finished ninth in the men's 500m at the Speed Skating Single Distance World Championships.
In February 2020, gao Tingyu led the Chinese team to the runner-up in the men's team sprint at the World Individual Speed Skating Championships, while setting a personal best in the men's 500 meters with a time of 34.282 seconds.
Entering 2021, Gao Tingyu ran at great speed, and he first won the men's short distance all-around 500 meters at the 2020-2021 National Speed Skating Championships.
Subsequently, in the 2021-2022 China Cup Speed Skating Elite League, Gao Tingyu set a new national record for the men's 500 meters of speed skating with 33.83 seconds.
In the isuU Speed Skating World Cup Men's 500m Group A Final, Gao Tingyu won the championship again with a time of 34.26 seconds.
In November, Gao Tingyu won the gold medal in the men's 500m of the Speed Skating World Cup in Poland.
In December, the final leg of the 2021-2022 Speed Skating World Cup, Gao Tingyu broke the field record with a time of 33.876 seconds in the first match of the men's 500m A group, and won the second place, performing strongly.
Rare missteps
In November 2021, in the ISU Speed Skating World Cup, Gao Tingyu made a mistake when crossing the corner and finally ranked 8th.
At that time, the situation was that at the start, the referee awarded two consecutive fouls, one for Mustakov and once for the players preparing on the practice track, and the two penalties had a significant impact on Gao Tingyu.
Gao Tingyu expressed helplessness in an interview, saying: "These two fouls have nothing to do with me, but they wasted the concentration at the start, which had a great impact on me, and the first corner was wrong." This has rarely been the case in competitions I have played in before. ”
Personal inadequacies
As a high-profile speed skater, Gao Tingyu's pressure is also very large, he himself knows that there are still personal deficiencies, in an interview, Gao Tingyu said, "I have been perfecting the technical details, I feel that not one aspect, but all aspects need to be improved." A number of technical links such as starting have been used as shortcomings that need to be strengthened. ”
Plagued by injuries
So far this season, Gao Tingyu has been the player who has slid into 34 seconds in the 500 meters, but he has also been unable to escape the attack of injuries. However, with the help of the medical team, Gao Tingyu gradually got rid of the problem of injury in the second half of the season, and he also laughed that he "recovered seven seven eight eight" and "can rest assured and boldly go to training".
Low key before the game
Gao Tingyu said in an interview: "Because I went to the door of the game, I had to mobilize myself and devote myself to it in all aspects. Playing iron also needs to be hard, I must do a good job in details, I feel that all aspects need to be improved. ”
Strive to make history
China speed skating has never won a gold medal in the Winter Olympics, 2018 Pyeongchang Gao Tingyu is eye-catching, and now as a player who can steadily skate into 34 seconds, Gao Tingyu's goal is the gold medal in the men's 500 meters of the Beijing Winter Olympics, I believe he must have a lot of promise, worth looking forward to.