Ni Huizhong, secretary general of the Chinese delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics, announced on the 30th that Gao Tingyu, a male Chinese speed skater, and Zhao Dan, a female athlete with a steel frame, were the flag bearers of the opening ceremony of the Chinese delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Gao Tingyu (born December 15, 1997 in Yichun, Heilongjiang Province) is a Chinese speed skater. In 2016, he was selected for the Chinese speed skating team. He currently holds the national record for speed skating in the men's 500m with a time of 33.83 seconds. This season, Gao Tingyu's form in the World Cup sub-station is stable, and he has slipped within 34 seconds many times.
Gao Tingyu later said on his personal social media that the identity of the flag bearer made him more powerful. He said: "It is an honor to be the standard-bearer of the Chinese delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics. Playing at home is an extremely exciting thing, and the identity of the flag bearer makes me more powerful. It's also a role I've always dreamed of. I will certainly live up to this trust and strive to show my best side on the field. ”
This is the second time that Gao Tingyu, who has just turned 24 years old, has participated in the Winter Olympics, and in the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 meters competition, achieving a breakthrough of zero medals for Chinese men's men's speed skaters in the Winter Olympics.
When talking about the selection of the flag bearer, Ni Huizhong, secretary general of the Chinese delegation, said that Gao Tingyu is participating in the Winter Olympics for the second time, and choosing him as the flag bearer is to hope that everyone can feel the expectations of the delegation and affirm both the efforts of the athletes and their breakthroughs.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gao Tingyu will participate in the men's 500m race in speed skating. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held on the evening of February 4, and the men's 500 meters of speed skating will be held on February 12 at the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon".
Zhao Dan, female, born on December 14, 2002 in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is a Chinese steel-frame snowmobile.
In September 2018, Zhao Dan was selected for the China Steel Frame Snow Team.
In the 2019/2020 season, she represented the Chinese team in the Youth Olympic Games in Switzerland for the first time and achieved a seventh place result. This is the first time that a Chinese women's steel frame snowmobile has landed on the WinterGreek Olympic Games.
In the 2021/2022 season, he won the intercontinental cup in Innsbruck. The world cup best result is fifteenth place.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, she will represent China in the women's steel frame bobsleigh competition.
After learning that he was elected as the standard-bearer, Zhao Dan also said on his personal social media that he was deeply honored: "Being able to participate in the Winter Olympics at home has made me feel very lucky, and now I have an additional identity, which makes me feel more responsible and mission." ”
"I will cherish this trust, inspire the great potential in my heart, and strive to show the best of myself on the field."
The Beijing Winter Olympics women's steel frame snowmobile event will start on February 11, and the final result will be decided on February 12.