At the Vancouver Winter Olympics 12 years ago, the Chinese speed skating delegation refreshed the historical achievements since its establishment, directly winning 5 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze, and ranking seventh in the world with the Swedish team. After 11 years, now in Beijing to host the Winter Olympics, as the host team, the Chinese speed skating delegation has long been engaged in intense training, vowing to compete with the South Korean team with strong speed skating strength, breaking through 5 gold, and once again refreshing the historical record of the Chinese speed skating team.
On December 13, 2021, the Speed Skating World Cup has just ended, and the Chinese men's and women's teams rushed back to China to devote themselves to follow-up training. In this Speed Skating World Cup, according to the points and the final ranking, the Chinese men's and women's teams won 7 and 8 places respectively.
In this lineup, the Chinese men's speed skating team is naturally indispensable to the "Twin Stars", and the female team members are the "proud protégés" of speed skating head coach Li Yan, all in order to break the historical achievements created in 2010. However, it is not easy to do this, and the Korean speed skating team is one of the obstacles for the Chinese speed skating delegation to create another brilliant road.
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, mainland speed skaters repeatedly encountered the South Korean team's "joint encirclement and suppression". Especially in the men's 500-meter short track speed skating, Wu Dajing almost missed the gold medal at that time, and finally fought hard to break through the "encirclement and suppression" of South Korean athletes and won the gold medal.
Similarly, this time, the Korean team can be said to be full of confidence. Especially the South Korean media, even think that the South Korean speed skating women's team to win the "gold medal" is not difficult, and the South Korean men's team is not easy to say, but the overall results will not be too different. On the contrary, in the view of the South Korean team, although the Chinese speed skating team is a strong opponent, there is still a certain gap with the South Korean team.
However, it is worth mentioning that in recent years, the Korean speed skating team can be described as a "small action" on the field, and how the mainland speed skaters can surpass their opponents while protecting themselves will become a big test in front of them. However, I believe that after several months of intensive training and event warm-up, the Chinese speed skating team has long been ready to go, and all that remains is to go all out and face this event in the best state.