The story behind the Winter Olympics " Six Golden Kings " Chinese short track speed skating coach An Hyun-so

Behind the Chinese short track speed skating team, there is a familiar figure - Ahn Hyun-so, who is also called Victor Ann.

He is the "King of Six Golds" at the Winter Olympics, who was accused of being a "traitor" for the "factional struggle" in the South Korean team and joining Russian nationality... Now, he is the technical coach of the Chinese team and a mentor and friend of Wu Dajing.

In the sport of short track speed skating, Ahn Hyun-so, like Wang Mao, pioneered his own era.

Ahn Hyun-so won three gold medals for South Korea and Russia at the 2006 and 2014 Winter Olympics, and set several records for both countries in the event.

In gold-medal-supremacy In South Korea, Ahn Hyun-so was supposed to be put on the altar, but he was inexplicably involved in the factional struggle within the team. Slowly, the Olympic champion became a marginal figure in South Korea's short track speed skating team.

To make matters worse, his father, An Ki-won, unlocked the "factional" side of the short track speed skating team to the South Korean media, which further led to Ahn Hyun-so's inability to train and compete normally. An Ki-won said that at the World Championships, there were even cases of players in the team interfering with Ahn Hyun-so.

An unexpected injury became a "major turning point" in Ahn Hyun-so's life. In 2008, he suffered a serious knee injury but had to be treated at his own expense... After missing the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he travelled to Russia the following year to become the "Viktor Ahn" of the Russian short track speed skating team.

In the years of competition, Ahn Hyun-so has also formed a friendship with Chinese athletes. Especially with Wang Meng - according to the words of the "Lord Mao", he is a hero who cherishes a hero.

On April 28, 2020, Ahn Hyun-so officially announced his retirement, and before retiring, Ahn Hyun-soo had already interacted frequently with the Chinese short track speed skating team, not only training in China throughout the winter of 2019, but also participating in the confrontation of the Chinese short track speed skating team simulation world championships. Subsequently, Wang Meng, then the head coach of the Chinese short track team, issued him a formal coaching invitation.

Although Wang Has since faded out of the Chinese speed skating team, the current head coach and Korean foreign teacher Kim Sun-tae is also an old acquaintance of Ahn Hyun-so.

Chinese ice fans are no strangers to Jin Shantai - he has twice coached in Changchun, discovered famous players such as Zhou Yang, Liang Wenhao, Han Tianyu, and Jin Shantai himself can be said to be fluent in Chinese, and he is a member of Wang Meng's coaching team.

In terms of coaching experience, Kim Sun-tae has also served as the head coach of the Japanese short track team and the head coach of the Korean short track team, and has brought out Lin Hyo-joon, Choi Min-jing and others with a very bright resume. In this way, Ahn Hyun-so and Kim Sun-tae formed the coaching team of the Chinese team.

"Wherever I am, I do my best to develop short track speed skating." As Ahn Hyun-so wrote in his retirement letter, "Thank you for all this and hope you can support my new cause." ”

(The Paper)