Reported on February 6, Ren Ziwei + Wu Dajing + Fan Kexin + Zhang Yuting + Qu Chunyu, 5 people joined hands to win the first gold of the Winter Olympics, which is gratifying and congratulatory, but the happiest laugh behind it is the South Korean Kim Sun-tae.
Could it be that the first gold for China's Winter Olympics was "made" by South Korea? First of all, we must affirm the hard work of the players, but the first gold of the Chinese team does have a lot of credit from head coach Jin Shantai. In the match on the 5th, Kim Sun-tae made timely adjustments to the squad twice after the quarter-finals and semi-finals, and in the quarter-finals, Kim Sun-tae sent Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing. In the semifinals, Zhang Yuting replaced Fan Kexin. In the final, Fan Kexin replaced Zhang Yuting, which is also a kind of luck in the bottom and the ability to mobilize on the spot!
Short track speed skating in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the 2019 World Championships are not the same results, meritorious coach Li Yan left the post, and young marshal Wang Meng left shortly after taking charge. In October 2021, Jin Shantai became the head coach of the Chinese team, when he was still relatively low-key, and in the face of the interview, the answer he gave was: step by step.
Ren Ziwei + Wu Dajing + Fan Kexin + Zhang Yuting + Qu Chunyu are the confidence of the Chinese team to win the first gold. It can also be said that the coaching team is still lucky, and sometimes you have to admit that luck exists in sports competition. Kim Sun-tae has extensive coaching experience, having previously coached in Changchun for a long time, serving as head coach of the Japanese national team from 2006 to 2010, and was appointed head coach of the Korean short track speed skating team in 2014. In October 2021, he was appointed as the head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team.
For China to win the relay championship, Jin Shantai said: "First of all, the first event has a good start, and you can easily meet the next competition. But this is not the end, it still requires intense preparation, preparation for every subsequent game. Perhaps the relaxed mood, at the moment, is indeed the most important thing for the short track speed skating team.