Source: Sports Weekly
For competitive sports, competition is the best way to test the effectiveness of training. However, an epidemic caused Ning Zhongyan to miss the 2020-2021 World Series. "Because of the impact of the epidemic, if you can't participate in the competition, you don't know what your training results are," Ning Zhongyan said.
Even so, at the end of the 2019-2020 season, Coach Wang Xiuli came back to coach Ning Zhongyan, which was of great help to Ning Zhongyan. Although missing a season, when Ning Zhongyan returned to the World Cup stage in the 2021-2022 season, he also let everyone see a more mature Ning Zhongyan.
Strong return, looking forward to the "first time"
In the first leg of the 2021-2022 World Cup in Tomashuv, Poland, Ning Zhongyan won the silver medal with a score of 1 minute, 46 sides and 191 in the men's 1500 meters final, only 0.03 seconds behind gold medalist Kim Min-seok of South Korea, although there is still some gap from the personal best, but after all, it is the first World Cup after the return, and compared with the 2019 competition here, Ning Zhongyan's progress is still obvious.
However, Ning Zhongyan's good state did not make people wait too long. Just a week later, at stavanger in Norway, the second leg of the World Cup, Ning Zhongyan continued to play the men's 1000m, 1500m and team triathlons. This time, Ning Zhongyan first partnered Lian Ziwen and Wang Haotian to win the gold medal in the men's team sprint, and then, in the men's 1500 meters, Ning Zhongyan won the second gold with a time of 1 minute 45 seconds and 16 seconds, only 0.23 seconds away from the track record.
At this time, nearly two years have passed since Ning Zhongyan last reached the top of the World Cup, and less than 80 days before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
From the first time he stood on the top podium of the World Cup, to a year of dormancy caused by the epidemic, and now returning with such a posture, Ning Zhongyan said that this has greatly improved his confidence. "If you don't get a medal and go to the Winter Olympics, your confidence will be worse. Now that I have won the gold medal, I am more confident. At this time, Ning Zhongyan was quite eager to represent China in the Winter Olympics, and after he reached the top of the Norwegian station, he wrote on his personal social media: "If faith has color, it must be Chinese red." ”
The speed skating men's 1500m event has historical significance in China, but the results of this event are not ideal, and even the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang did not get the right to participate. Nowadays, the appearance of Ning Zhongyan has undoubtedly made the Chinese people full of expectations, and Ning Zhongyan is still using his performance to increase everyone's confidence in him.
In the third leg of the 2021-2022 World Cup in Salt Lake City, USA, Ning Zhongyan won a silver medal in the 1500 meters event, with a time of 1 minute 41 seconds 386 seconds, which can be ranked in the top three of the season. In the Finale of the World Cup in Calgary, Canada, Ning Zhongyan won the gold medal in the men's 1000m sub-event. Although this project has to face more competition for Ning Zhongyan, as he said before, having a gold medal in the account will make him more confident.
"I am very happy to end the four-stop World Cup tour of the 2021-2022 season with 3 gold and 2 silver, and thank you for your support and encouragement. Next, go all out to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics and show your best self to the people of the whole country! Ning Zhongyan summed up the past season with such a paragraph, and also expressed his confidence in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Although he was absent in the 2020-2021 season, in the 2019-2020 season and the 2021-2022 season, Ning Zhongyan won the second place in the men's 1500 meters of the World Cup.
Along the way, the reason why Ning Zhongyan can have today's results is like what he said: "Step by step, complete the training down-to-earth." For the Beijing Winter Olympics, Ning Zhongyan believes: "The Olympic champion will not be too far away from the hard-working people. ”
Four years ago, Gao Tingyu participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, winning the bronze medal in the men's 500 meters of speed skating, making history. Now, as another "Gemini star", Ning Zhongyan in his first personal Winter Olympics, but also with the 7th place in the speed skating men's 1500 meters for his own Beijing Winter Olympics trip to the first shot, 4 days later in the Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating men's 1000 meters, Ning Zhongyan will also compete with all the strong players, we also look forward to fighting at the doorstep of his home he can hand over a more perfect Winter Olympic report card!