On the evening of February 12, Gao Tingyu, the flag bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympic delegation, won the championship in the men's 500 meters of speed skating and set a new Olympic record. At the award ceremony held after the game. Excited, Gao Tingyu jumped high and jumped to the highest podium.
This exciting scene is familiar, reminiscent of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Liu Xiang, who won the men's 110-meter hurdles event, also jumped on the championship podium in such a domineering way, and stretched his arms outstretched to spread the five-star red flag draped on his body, which also became a classic moment of the Chinese legion at the Olympic Games. After the game, when asked if this action was to imitate Liu Xiang of that year, Gao Tingyu humorously replied: "I can jump much higher than him." ”
Speed skating is 500 meters, which is the shortest distance racing event at the Winter Olympic Games. If you compare it to the Summer Olympics, it is equivalent to the 100-meter trapeze war. As a result, this project has always attracted much attention at the Winter Olympics. Previously, Chinese athletes have never been able to win the event at the Winter Olympics, and Zhang Hong won the gold medal in the women's 1000 meters of speed skating at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, which is already China's first speed skating gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics. Today, Gao Tingyu has rewritten history with his excellent performance.