On February 12, Beijing time, in the men's speed skating 500 meters of the Winter Olympics, China's Gao Tingyu showed an extremely excellent state, skating a time of 34.32 seconds, breaking the Olympic record at the same time, winning the Olympic gold medal and creating history again. There is a behind-the-scenes hero behind Gao Tingyu's victory, that is, Li Yan, the former gold medal coach of the short track team.
Gao Tingyu won the bronze medal in the last Winter Olympics, and this Winter Olympics, Gao Tingyu was widely optimistic, his state was very good, and he was the standard-bearer of the Chinese delegation at the opening ceremony. In the competition, Gao Tingyu, who appeared in the 7th group, skated a time of 34.32 seconds, breaking the Olympic record and finally winning the championship, which was the first time that a Chinese male athlete won the gold medal in the speed skating of the Winter Olympics, and Gao Tingyu once again created history.
After Gao Tingyu won the championship, many ice fans found a familiar figure - Li Yan, as the former head coach of the short track team, Li Yan led the Chinese short track to win countless honors, Wang Meng, Zhou Yang, Wu Dajing, Han Tianyu, Ren Ziwei and so on are her proud disciples. During the Beijing Winter Olympics cycle, Li Yan stepped down as the head coach of the short track team, which is regrettable.
But gold can shine anywhere, last year Li Yan became the head coach of speed skating, although there were only a few months to take over, but Li Yan led China's speed skating in the Beijing Winter Olympics to achieve a breakthrough again, as Gao Tingyu's supervisor coach, Gao Tingyu won the Olympic gold medal, which is the first gold medal of Chinese men's speed skating in the Olympic Games, which is gratifying. From the short track to the avenue, Li Yan once again led the Chinese team to create history.
After the game, the award was presented to Gao Tingyu, a Chinese speed skater Zhang Hong, who was a commentator on CCTV, and after Gao Tingyu won the championship, he once screamed madly and was very excited. After the game, Zhang Hong praised Gao Tingyu on the social platform: Proud of you, Gao Tingyu, you are the best!