On February 1, Beijing time, there are still three days before the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. As a traditional advantage of Chinese sports, speed skating also undertakes the task of rushing gold for the Chinese delegation. At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, Gao Tingyu won the bronze medal in the men's 500 meters, achieving a breakthrough of zero medals in Chinese men's speed skating at the Winter Olympics. Four years later, China's speed skating strength has been comprehensively improved, and in addition to Gao Tingyu, Ning Zhongyan, a mid-range rising star, has emerged. At the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, the Gemini pair will join forces to attack the gold medal.
Ye Qiaobo became the first person to medal at the Chinese Winter Olympics Zhang Hong Sochi won gold and made history
When it comes to speed skating, we have to mention Ye Qiaobo. In the early 1990s, Ye Qiaobo was a leading figure in speed skating in China. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, the 28-year-old Ye Qiaobo collided with the same group of players in the women's speed skating 500m final, played a toe, and finally lost to the United States player Blair with a slight disadvantage of 0.18 seconds to win the silver medal, achieving China's breakthrough of zero medals in the history of the Winter Olympics. In the women's 1000m race, Ye Qiaobo won the silver medal again, with a gap of only 0.02 seconds with champion Blair.
Ye Qiaobo (first from left) on the podium
Two years later, at the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, Yejopo decided to play again. Just six months before the Winter Olympics, she had just undergone knee surgery. The hospital had advised Ye Qiaobo not to participate in the Winter Olympics, but she chose to stick to the competition and endured the pain to fight for a bronze medal in the women's 1000 meters.
Hanging an ice knife and returning to China in a wheelchair, Ye Qiaobo's fighting spirit has touched countless people, she is also known as the "ice sharp knife" of Chinese sports, and her spirit is also known as "Qiao Bo Spirit".
Ye Qiaobo (first from left) won the silver medal again
After Ye Qiaobo retired, Chinese speed skating also emerged Wang Manli, Wang Beixing and other outstanding players, but in the Winter Olympic Games, Chinese speed skating has always been unable to compete with the gold medal.
Zhang Hong won the gold medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the women's 1000 meters, 26-year-old Zhang Hong won the championship with a time of 1 minute 14.02 seconds, and finally won the first gold of the Winter Olympics for Chinese speed skating. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Chinese men's speed skating also achieved a historic breakthrough, with Gao Tingyu, who participated for the first time, winning the bronze medal in the men's 500 meters in 34.65 seconds and winning the first Winter Olympic medal for Chinese men's speed skating.
Ning Zhongyan rushed to China's men's speed skating first gold Team chase is looking forward to a breakthrough
At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese speed skating team won a total of 23 places, with a total of 14 places for men, 6 women and 8. At present, the big list of participants has been released. Male athletes include Gao Tingyu, Ning Zhongyan, Lian Ziwen, Wang Haotian, Xu Fu and Yang Tao; female athletes include Han Mei, Jin Jingzhu, Tian Ruining, Yin Qi, Li Qishi, Pei Chong, Guo Dan and Ahenar Adak.
Gao Tingyu (first from right) won the bronze medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics
The main gold points of the Chinese speed skating team include the men's 500 meters, men's 1000 meters, men's 1500 meters, men's team pursuit and women's team pursuit. In the men's 500 meters, Gao Tingyu won the bronze medal in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and this season's speed skating World Cup in Poland, he broke the field record of 34.265 seconds to win the championship. At the Calgary World Cup, Gao Tingyu broke the field record again with a time of 33.876 seconds and won the silver medal. However, Gao Tingyu's main problem is that his performance is not stable enough, and the state fluctuations are too large. The second time in the men's 500 meters of the Canadian station, there were two cases of starting fouls and were sent off, and every technical detail needed to be paid attention to if you wanted to impact the gold medal.
Ning Zhongyan won the gold medal at the World Cup
In the men's 1000 meters and 1500 meters, Ning Zhongyan has the strength to win the championship. In particular, the men's 1500 meters, who have won 1 championship and 2 runners-up in the World Cup this season, are very promising to hit this gold medal at the Winter Olympics. In addition, the men's 1000m also won the Calgary leg. As a 22-year-old young player, Ning Zhongyan participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, which was a test for his psychology.
In the men's team chase and women's team chase, the Chinese team is also expected to hit the medal or even the gold medal. In the men's team chase, the Chinese team won the Championship in Norway at the World Cup; in the women's team chase, the Chinese team won the bronze medal in Calgary. However, the Chinese team still lacks absolute strength in these two events, and it is more realistic to impact medals.
In other individual events, Chinese players do not have the strength to win gold for the time being. Several women's individual events, the women's 500m Tian Ruining World Cup best fifth, the women's 1000m Richie best is also the fifth, the women's 1500m Han Mei best seventh, the women's 3000m and 5000m two long-distance events best 12th.
Short distance Japan has a group advantage Ning Zhongyan's biggest opponent, the Dutch team
In the men's 500m event, the strength of Gao Tingyu's opponents should not be underestimated, especially the Japanese team, including Ritsuya Shinhama, Shigehashi Mori, Murakami Yuma, Matsui Daiwa all have the strength to win the championship, and Canada's Dubreui World Cup is ranked first in the world cup, and it is also expected to compete for gold.
Nuis
In the men's 1000m and 1500m, Ning Zhongyan's main opponents include Kroll and Nuis from the Netherlands, Mandia from the United States, Makoto Ichido from Japan, and Kim Min-seok from South Korea. Despite Kroll and Nuis' poor form this season, they still have absolute strength and are Ning Zhongyan's biggest opponents.
In the men's team chase, the opponents of the Chinese team include the United States, Norway, Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, etc.; in the women's team chase, the opponents of the Chinese team include Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Poland and so on. (Huang Kai)
Attached: Speed skating schedule
Feb. 5 16:30 Women's 3000 U.S.
Feb. 6 16:30 Men's 5000 U.S.
Feb. 7, 4:30 p.m. Women's 1500 U.S.
Feb. 8 16:30 Men 1500 U.S.
Feb. 10 20:00 Women's 5000 U.S.
Feb. 11 16:00 Men's 10,000 U.S.
12 February 16:00 Women's Team Pursuit 1/4 Final
Feb. 12 16:00 Men's 500 U.S.
Feb. 13 21:00 Women's 500 U.S.
21:00 On February 13, men's team pursuit 1/4 final
15 February 14:30 Women's Team Pursuit Final
14:30 on February 15, Men's Team Pursuit Final
Feb. 17 16:30 Women's 1000 U.S.
Feb. 18 16:30 Men's 1000 U.S.
February 19, 15:00 Women's group departure
February 19, 15:00 Men's group departure