Four days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation officially announced the two flag bearers of men and women. The male flag bearer is gao tingyu, a speed skater, while the female flag bearer is Zhao Dan, a steel-framed snowmobile player. Compared with the standard-bearers of the Summer Olympic Games, many spectators may be more unfamiliar with the two flag bearers of the winter events, so let's get to know the "ice speed bearer" - Gao Tingyu.
Heroes out of youth
Gao Tingyu was born on December 15, 1997 in Yichun, Heilongjiang Province, in 2005, at the age of 8, he began to skate, and three years later, his talent in speed skating was discovered by the enlightenment coach, and in 2011 he was promoted to the Heilongjiang Provincial Speed Skating Team. In January 2016, at the age of 19, Gao Tingyu came out to win the 13th National Winter Games Speed Skating 500m Championships and was selected for the national team in May of that year.
Being selected for the national team is just the beginning of the youngster's leap forward, having also won the gold medal in the men's 500m at the Asian Winter Games in 2017 and breaking the Asian record with a time of 34.69 seconds. However, his real peak was at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, facing a group of the world's top masters, Gao Tingyu played well, winning the Olympic men's 500m bronze medal with a time of 34.65 seconds! It was also the first medal won by a Chinese male speed skater in Olympic history, and such a history was written by Gao Tingyu, who was only 21 years old at the time.
Ice Rink Su Bingtian
For speed skating, 500 meters is the shortest distance (because the distance of the track is 500 meters), so the 500 meters event in the speed skating competition is equivalent to the 100-meter race in athletics, which is the best event to test the short distance explosiveness of the runners! Gao Tingyu can occupy a place in the ranks of the world's players in this competition, which shows that the strength is very strong, equivalent to the status of Su Bingtian in the 100 meters.
But the history-making youngster didn't stop moving forward, sliding 34.282 seconds in 2020, setting a new personal best record. And in September 2021, he directly slid out of the excellent score of 33.83 seconds, breaking the 34-second mark! In November, he won the world championship in Poland with a time of 34.26 seconds, which was his first time in a world-class competition, which was not easy to come by due to the short distance race Hidden Dragon Crouching Tiger, and he also qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics with this excellent performance.
The face value is super capable of playing
In addition to his superior strength, Gao Tingyu's image is also very healthy and sunny, as a northeast boy, he has a beautiful atmosphere. In addition to training, he is also a dog lover in life. Now that he is the standard-bearer, we can see the affirmation of the Chinese delegation, and we wish him excellent results and further historic breakthroughs in this Winter Olympics.
(Aibao)