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On February 12, the Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating event decided the men's 500 meters gold medal, and China's Gao Tingyu achieved a breakthrough in the history of The Chinese men's speed skating in the history of the Winter Olympics with a record-breaking performance. In the crowd of celebrations, the current head coach of the national speed skating team, Li Yan, was particularly eye-catching, and she was known as the "godmother of Chinese short track speed skating" and became the coach who brought out the Olympic champion from the short track to the avenue.
Goodbye Li Yan, not in the short track, but in the avenue arena. To be honest, this is a bit of a surprise, but the change in coaching program may also be in line with her situation in this Olympic cycle.
Perhaps many people do not know that the first time "Volunteer March" was played at the Winter Olympic Awards Ceremony was at the distant 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, when the 22-year-old Li Yan won the gold medal in his first winter Olympics. Helplessly, at that time, short track speed skating was a performance project, and four years later, at the Albertville Winter Olympics, short track speed skating became an official competition event, but Li Yan took the runner-up. Therefore, the first gold of China's winter Olympics was recorded in the name of Dayang Yang, who won the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
For Li Yan, ice fans may be more familiar with her legendary coaching career, retiring from school, resigning to help other countries, and then playing a famous role in the United States and bringing out Olympic champion Apollo. After the Turin Winter Olympics, she was hired to officially become the head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team, and began a three-long Olympic cycle of coaching. In the past 12 years, Li Yan has experienced a grudge with Wang Meng, and has also witnessed the whole process of the women's short track to the peak and the decline in strength, and has single-handedly created the rise of the Chinese men's short track team, so it is not too much to call Li Yan the "godmother of Chinese short track".
However, in these 12 years, she also experienced the Lijiang storm, qingdao storm and field dispute with the old enemy South Korea with the Chinese short track speed skating team. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team won only one gold, the worst record since the five Olympic Games, which can be said to be the result of a series of crises. The five match days of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics were the five most tiring days li yan spent as the head coach of the short track team, after which she faded out of the line and became the president of the Chinese Skating Association, which was not involved in the affairs of the national team.
Who would have thought that in November last year, through a report in China Sports News, Li Yan's appointment as the head coach and team leader of the Chinese speed skating team did not go away. Although Li Yan's role change is abrupt, the results are beyond doubt, the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese speed skating team won 23 small seats, of which female athletes achieved full-event participation, which has not been achieved in the past three Winter Olympic Games.
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Now as a team leader, I hope to make a good atmosphere in the team, first of all, the cohesion and affinity of the team, and everyone in the team can mobilize their potential, which is very important. Because at the Beijing Winter Olympics, everyone knows the importance of this, we will not repeat it. We are full of expectations for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and we also expect that in the Beijing Winter Olympics, in the time, location, people and circumstances, we can create excellent results, so everyone can expect something from us.
—— Li Yan, head coach and team leader of the Chinese speed skating team
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Now, Gao Tingyu's ice ribbon record-breaking gold can be understood as a response to Li Yan's interview, as a coach, Li Yan has led athletes to win gold in five consecutive Winter Olympics, and the gold medal coach is well deserved. And looking at the future, what kind of changes she will bring to China's skating is indeed a thing to look forward to...