"Someone told me before the game that you can't win the championship in this way, and now I want to say, what is this?" Gao Tingyu finished saying this sentence in the mixed mining area, and pointed to the golden pier in his hand, which was Gao Tingyu, a Geng Zhi boy who did not have any "cover" when he spoke. 4 years ago he said in Pyeongchang that he would change the color of the medals, 4 years have passed, he said to do it, let himself stand on the highest podium, but also proved the strength of the Chinese speed skating team, in addition to what is the so-called "flag bearer curse", in Gao Tingyu, there is no existence.
The injury before the game made Gao Tingyu's prospects not optimistic for a while, but he himself said that there was nothing to keep, and he would not keep it, because it was fighting at the doorstep: "This is fighting at the doorstep, you must fight, in fact, the starting time is not the best state, 0.1 slower than the usual results, but here, can't manage so much, fight is right." It is precisely because of this open-mindedness that Gao Tingyu has created a new Olympic record and written a new history.
When asked what he thought of winning the championship in a record-breaking way, Gao Tingyu once again uttered a witty remark: "Is it good not to break the record in the ice ribbon competition?" Right! As he spoke, he laughed again. Although it is easy to say, everyone knows that he and the coach and the whole team have worked hard for this Olympic medal, and for everyone, what does he have to say? Gao Tingyu replied: "Thanks to my coach, he sacrificed a lot of time with his family for me, I also want to thank the whole team, but also to thank my motherland." ”
4 years ago in Pyeongchang, he was a fledgling young player, 4 years later, he is already the core of the Chinese speed skating team, so fighting at the doorstep, do you feel this pressure? 'Of course there was pressure, and the pre-match injury made me more stressed, because physically, it wasn't at its best, but mentally speaking, it was still a good adjustment, but the night before I was still a little insomnia, and the tension was still there." Gao Tingyu said.
Of course, this tension is not only reflected in the game itself, in fact, the pressure has come as early as when he learned that he would be the standard-bearer of the Chinese sports delegation at the Winter Olympics. Gao Tingyu said: "At that time, there were really some surprises, indeed some accidents. However, as for the so-called 'standard-bearer curse', I think it does not exist. Didn't I break it this time? In addition, someone said to me before the game that you can't win the championship this time, and I want to say now, what is this (pointing to the golden pier).""
Text/Beiqing Sports Zhang Kunlong