Gao Tingyu won the Winter Olympics men's 500m championship to create a new history of speed skating in China

(Beijing Winter Olympics) Gao Tingyu won the Winter Olympic Speed Skating Men's 500m Championships and created a new history of speed skating in China

Beijing, February 12 (China News Service) -- In the men's 500-meter speed skating competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics held on the 12th, China's Gao Tingyu broke the Olympic record with a time of 34.32 seconds to win the championship, which was the first time that a Chinese athlete won a gold medal in the men's winter olympics of speed skating.

The picture shows Gao Tingyu at the ceremony of awarding souvenirs. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service

A total of 30 runners participated in the men's 500m race, divided into 15 groups. According to the rules, two people in each group glided at the same time, and finally ranked according to the elapsed time of all the players.

The Chinese team sent Gao Tingyu and Yang Tao to compete, among them, Gao Tingyu is currently the ace player in China's speed skating sprint event, at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's 500 meters event, becoming the first male athlete in China to win a speed skating medal at the Winter Olympics.

This season he won the 500m world cup in Poland, the first World Cup of his career.

Gao Tingyu, who appeared in the 7th group, performed strongly at the starting stage, and in the cheers of the audience, he rushed to the line with a score of 34.32 seconds, temporarily ranking first, which also broke the Winter Olympic record.

At this time, there are still 8 groups of players who have not appeared. But among these players, no one surpassed Gao Tingyu, and in the end, Gao Tingyu won this precious gold medal. Yang Tao eventually ranked 21st.

This is the second speed skating gold medal won by the Chinese team in the history of the Winter Olympics, and at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Zhang Hong won the first gold medal in the Chinese Speed Skating Winter Olympics in the women's 1000 meters of speed skating.

In an interview after the game, Gao Tingyu revealed that during the previous day's training, his leg was strained, and the night before the game, he was actually very nervous. "I didn't sleep much yesterday and it was too stressful to play at home." Gao Tingyu said.

Although he was very nervous before the game, in the game, Gao Tingyu was still full of momentum, in his own words, there was no way to be affected by injuries, it was impossible not to play, play at the doorstep, "just finish".

Previously, Gao Tingyu, who already had a bronze medal in the Winter Olympics, had said that he wanted to change the medal to a different color, and he said that he was now "doing what he said".

Talking about his future plans, Gao Tingyu said: "Protect your body, because the injury is too serious now. As long as you have a little injury or a little mistake in the speed skating event, you will not be in the top 3, or even the top 10. ”

At the opening ceremony of the previous Beijing Winter Olympics, Gao Tingyu and Zhao Dan appeared together as the standard-bearers of the Chinese delegation. His grandmother was in tears when she saw him appear as a flag bearer, and when asked what she wanted to say to her grandmother, Gao Tingyu said, "I will go back early." ”

Gao Tingyu's victory broke the Winter Olympic record. Since the start of the beijing Winter Olympics speed skating competition, every day will produce a new Winter Olympic record, and Gao Tingyu also gave a high evaluation to the ice rink of the National Speed Skating Hall: "This land does not break the record, why won the championship?" (End)