The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has entered the middle stage, and the competition for gold medals in various sports has become increasingly fierce. The Chinese sports delegation has now won four gold medals from short track speed skating, speed skating and freestyle skiing. Previously, in the men's 500-meter final of speed skating, the Chinese team Gao Tingyu won the gold with a record-breaking result, rewriting the history of Chinese men's speed skating. It is worth mentioning that when Gao Tingyu and the coaching team celebrated, a familiar figure appeared in front of everyone, she was li Yan, the former head coach of China's short track speed skating.
With Gao Tingyu winning gold at the Olympics, Li Yan also became the Olympic champion coach of speed skating. After the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Li Yan stepped down as the head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team, and then, at the invitation of the Chinese Skating Association, she served as the coach of the speed skating team. In just four years, the meritorious manager, who has the reputation of "short Taoist godmother", has brought China's speed skating to a new peak. From the Vancouver Winter Olympics to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Li Yan has brought out the Olympic champion in four consecutive Olympic Games, becoming the most successful coach of the Chinese legion.
Before the Beijing Winter Olympics, Li Yan also specially proposed some tips to several Chinese short track speed skating team disciples, including the defending champion Wu Dajing in the men's 500 meters and ren Ziwei, the gold medalist in the men's 1000 meters. Some netizens said that Coach Li Yan is the "Lang Ping" of China's skating industry, and even if he no longer serves as the head coach, he is always worried about his former disciples. After the award ceremony for the men's 500m event in speed skating, Gao Tingyu and his coaching team hugged one by one. As one of the coaches, Li Yan also high-fived with Gao Tingyu and enjoyed this triumphant moment of Chinese speed skating.
Gao Tingyu was able to make history at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and Coach Li Yan played an irreplaceable role. Since entering the team, she has been running for the team members, looking for experienced physicalists, nutritionists, and equipment engineers, helping the team members to formulate a sound training plan and fully prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics. The arrival of this speed skating gold medal has also made Li Yan a female coach who has brought out the championship in different events in the Winter Olympics. Li Yan is China's first short track speed skating world champion, and at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, she won the women's 1000m championship, but only as a performance event at the time.
In 2006, Li Yan ended his coaching career for the American short track speed skating team and served as the head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team. At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, she single-handedly brought out many Olympic champions such as Wang Meng, Zhou Yang, Li Jianrou and Wu Dajing, becoming one of the most famous coaches in the world's short track speed skating industry. The competition in short track speed skating and speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics continues, and Coach Li Yan will continue to lead the team to the best in history. Regardless of the final result, Li Yan is already the most successful coach in the Chinese Winter Olympic Team!
(Luo Treasurer)