Beijing, 27 Jan (Xinhua) -- On 27 January, the Chinese sports delegation announced the list of delegations participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Sochi Winter Olympics short track silver medal winner Han Tianyu, "figure skating goddess" Chen Hongyi and the first World Cup champion of the mainland steel frame snowmobile project Geng Wenqiang and other people can not participate for various reasons, people are overwhelmed.
On January 4, 2021, Han Tianyu was in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Fanyue
Short track speed skating is a traditional advantage of the mainland, and world champion Han Tianyu missed the Beijing Winter Olympics due to injury, which made the majority of ice fans regret it. Driven and encouraged by his former national team teammate and fellow countryman Liang Wenhao, the famous player who started his short track speed skating career, he was always able to show a fierce spirit when he was a child when he was playing with older children. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, The 17-year-old Han Tianyu won the silver medal in the men's 1500m competition and was once known as a "genius teenager". In 2016, Han Tianyu won the gold medal in the men's 1500 meters at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, and the "big competition player" in the eyes of the coach ascended to the throne of the world championship.
Due to the impact of injuries, Han Tianyu's chances of appearing in international and domestic competitions in recent years have gradually decreased. On January 15 this year, he announced on his personal social media that he had not been eligible for the Beijing Winter Olympics. "I'm sorry to disappoint you this time. Attending the Winter Olympics on my doorstep has always been my dream, but this time I'm going to say goodbye to my dreams. Leo, I'm sorry, Dad broke his word. Thank you to the fans who have always supported me, thank you to my family, it was you who gave me strength when I was most helpless! I will adjust my mentality as soon as possible and work hard to rehabilitate, promising you that 'Han YiDao' will come back soon! Han Tianyu said on his personal social media.
Lin Hyo-so, who won the men's 1500m short track speed skating championship for South Korea at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, trained with the Chinese team last year, and he also appeared in the selection competition, but was not selected for the Chinese team.
In figure skating, although Chen Hongyi won the only women's singles Olympic place for The Chinese team at the World Championships in early 2021, the total number of points in the team selection competition was lower than Zhu Yi, missing the opportunity to represent China at the Beijing Winter Olympics. After missing out on the Winter Olympics, Chen Hongyi recently appeared at the Shichahai Ice Rink in Beijing to popularize figure skating to the public. As a young athlete born in 2002, she still has the opportunity to compete in the Winter Olympics in the future.
On March 24, 2021, in the women's singles short program competition of the World Figure Skating Championships held in Stockholm, Sweden, Chen Hongyi advanced to the free skating competition with a score of 58.81 points. Xinhua News Agency/AFP
Geng Wenqiang, who was known as "the first person in China's steel frame snowmobile", was defeated for the Beijing Winter Olympics, becoming the "hot" news before the start of this "unpopular" project. At the End of November last year, he won the first Steel Frame Bobsleigh World Cup for China. According to the "Measures for the Selection of Athletes Eligibility for the Beijing Winter Olympics in the Steel Frame Snowmobile Project" issued by the Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport, the athletes' scores are composed of three parts: sliding performance, sled performance, and athletes' summer training key performance indicators, and the first two parts account for 84% of the scores. However, the relevant units did not publish the specific selection results.
On February 15, 2018, in the preliminary round for the men's steel frame bobsleigh event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, China's Geng Wenqiang tied for 13th place with a time of 1:42.38. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Haofei
Editors: Shu Wen, Yu Sihui, Cao Yibo