Beijing, February 12 (Liu Xingchen) On the 10th, the first day of the men's steel frame snowmobile event at the Beijing Winter Olympics ended. Yan Wengang finished 3rd among all the runners after the first two rounds of skating.
For the Chinese steel frame bobsleigh national team, which was only established in October 2015, it was a surprise that it achieved such a result in its second appearance at the Winter Olympics.
For the day's performance, Yan Wengang gave himself an 8. He is looking forward to playing at a higher level in the 3rd and 4th rounds of matches.
Image source: Yan Wengang Weibo.
He did what he said.
On the evening of the 11th, the men's steel frame bobsleigh race at the Beijing Winter Olympics ended, and Yan Wengang finally won a valuable bronze medal with a time of 4 minutes 01.77 seconds! This is the first time that a Chinese steel frame snowmobile has reached the Olympic podium.
For him, for The Chinese Steel Frame Snowmobile, this is undoubtedly a milestone moment.
This night belonged to the 24-year-old Tianjin boy.
#1 "Crossover" steel frame snowmobile from the long jump
Tianjin
Yan Wengang, born in July 1997, is an authentic Tianjin Wuqing native.
In the competition on the 10th, Yan Wengang's family waited in front of the TV early.
After creating a good achievement, relatives and friends in his hometown also sent him blessings.
"I also hope that he will get good results this time, win glory for the country, and win glory for Tianjin Wuqing."
In the face of the child who stood on the Olympic field for the first time, Yan Wengang's father's words were full of pride.
Image source: Screenshot of the video of the beautiful Wuqing public account.
From long jump to steel frame snowmobile
In August 2009, 12-year-old Yan Wengang entered Wuqing Sports School and began to emerge under the leadership of coach Cui Jingchen.
Initially, Yan Wengang practiced the long jump. In 2016, Yan Wengang, who trained in the Tianjin Athletics Team, was selected to enter the National Ice and Snow Team to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics. It was also from then on that he began to come into contact with steel frame snowmobile sports.
7 years of long jump career, so that Yan Wengang has trained excellent explosive power, which is the necessary physical fitness in the starting stage of the steel frame snowmobile.
The trajectory of his life changed.
#2 Emerging hard-working players
Initial training for the steel frame snowmobile
For Yan Wengang at that time, steel frame snowmobiles were completely unfamiliar territory. From the track and field to the ice track, he first needs to cross the "psychological barrier".
Recalling the days when he first practiced the steel frame snowmobile, Yan Wengang admitted that he gritted his teeth and survived.
Because of his unskilled movements, Yan Wengang's whole body was bruised, but he still had to continue to lie on the sled to train on the second day. Day after day, throughout the winter, the swelling and bruises on his body never faded.
But Yan Wengang didn't think there was anything to it, "Only when the body becomes stronger, can it really become strong psychologically." ”
Hard work and self-discipline helped Yan Wengang overcome technical, psychological and other difficulties, and gradually gained a firm foothold in the steel frame snowmobile race.
In 2018
On December 7, the 5th leg of the Steel Frame Bobsleigh European Championship, King's Lake, was held in Germany, and Yan Wengang won the championship in 51.27 seconds. This is the first time that the Chinese men's steel frame bobsleigh event has reached the highest podium in continental Europe.
After this match, he became famous.
The picture shows Yan Wengang in the game.
The coach of the national training team once commented on Yan Wengang: Looking back at the sliding record, his results are the most stable, and the steel frame snowmobile is a technology-led project, as long as the technical stability is improved, it is inevitable to achieve good results.
In 2019
This year, Yan Wengang won the gold medal in the men's steel frame snowmobile of the 14th National Winter Games, and he helped the Tianjin team achieve the "breakthrough of zero" in the history of the Winter Games, and also declared himself to become the leader of the domestic project.
In 2020
On February 29, the 2020 World Snowmobile Championship was held in Altenberg, Germany, after the men's steel frame bobsleigh two rounds, Yan Wengang finished 11th in 3:47.91, setting a personal world championship best and the best result in the history of the Chinese team.
#3 Winter Olympic debut, eager to make history
Prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics
With his outstanding performance on the "Snow Tour Dragon" track, Yan Wengang passed the domestic selection competition with strict conditions, and won the "four choices two" competition with Yin Zheng, and obtained the qualification to represent the Chinese team at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
"My goal is to stand on the podium of the Winter Olympics and achieve a historic breakthrough." In looking forward to the goals of the Winter Olympics, Yan Wengang said so.
For him, who is on the Olympic stage for the first time, behind this sentence is the day-to-day sliding practice, which is a self-breakthrough again and again.
In 2022
After staying in Yanqing Winter Olympic Village, Yan Wengang and his teammates seized the time to familiarize themselves with the track.
In fact, for the "Snow Dragon", Yan Wengang has long been familiar with it. Even every bit of track detail, every corner angle, he has been deeply imprinted in his mind.
February 11, 2022
On the evening of the 11th, on the "Snow Tour Dragon" track of the National Snowmobile Bobsleigh Center, Yan Wengang sped by, as fast as a whirlwind.
With everyone's expectations, he fulfilled his promise and wrote a new history of China's steel frame snowmobile.