On February 12, Beijing time, the competition of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is underway, and in the men's steel frame snowmobile event on the evening of February 11, China's Yan Wengang counterattacked all the way to win a valuable bronze medal in the case of personal strength was not optimistic. After the game, Yan Wengang stood on the podium wearing a national flag, and Yan Wengang cried when receiving the award, as if to tell the difficulty of this road, Yan Wengang achieved a record of the first person in history.
The Chinese snowmobile national team was only established in 2015, which belongs to a late-start project, Yan Wengang is the main member of the first generation of national teams, the world championship results at the beginning of his career were not good, and in 2018, he participated in the steel frame snowmobile World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and only won the 31st place. Yan Wengang finished 11th in the 2020 World Snowmobile Championship.
It can be seen that Yan Wengang's personal level is not the top in the world, but only through day-to-day training and the outbreak of the scene to reverse the bronze medal of the Winter Olympics, which further highlights Yan Wengang's difficulty. Yan Wengang won the third place in the men's steel frame snowmobile at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which is the first time that a Chinese athlete has reached the podium of the Winter Olympics in this event.
Before participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics, Yan Wengang also created a record of being the first person in history, and in the 2020 World Snowmobile World Cup, Yan Wengang achieved 11th place with a time of 3 minutes 47.91 seconds, creating the best time in his world championship and the best result in the history of the Chinese team. It can be said that Yan Wengang is the first person in China's snowmobile, constantly creating history, worthy of respect. Yan Wengang's mother is also very concerned about the child's performance, after seeing Yan Wengang win the copper, Yan's mother said: "I hope that the child can be safe and secure, and I also hope that he can win glory for the country." After the game, Yan Wengang posted a blog in the early morning to thank the workers who worked hard for China's ice and snow. In addition, Yan Wengang also said that he had not returned home for the Spring Festival for five years, and now he wanted to call his mother, "I still miss her." ”
As the first person in history, he can win the first Olympic bronze medal for China's snowmobile project, for Yan Wengang, this is why he cried with tears when he received the award, Yan Wengang has become one of the pride of Chinese sports from this moment on.
At the same time, because of the creation of history, Yan Wengang won the bronze medal, and the attention of Chengdu is no less than other projects to win gold, people's daily evaluation of Yan Wengang: "The first steel frame snowmobile winter Olympic medal in the history of the Chinese team." The good news is coming! Congratulations to Yan Wengang! CCTV officials even said: "A moment in history!" Yan Wengang won the bronze medal, congratulations! ”
Yan Wengang's bronze medal this time is also the first bronze medal won by the Chinese sports team, the total number of medals came to 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze, ice and snow project has never been the strength of the Chinese sports team, so the Chinese team has not been strong on the stage of the Winter Olympics. To this end, Yan Wengang can win the bronze medal in an already unpopular project, and it is extremely difficult to make history for the Chinese team. Let us look forward to the performance of Yan Wengang in the future, and look forward to the continued good development of the Chinese Snow Racing Team!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)