On the evening of February 12, in the men's 500-meter final of speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese athlete Gao Tingyu broke the Olympic record with a time of 34.32 seconds and won the championship!
At the same time, this is the first men's speed skating gold medal in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics, and Gao Tingyu has created a new history of speed skating in China.
Gao Tingyu celebrated after the game
The breakthrough in men's speed skating in the mainland is inseparable from the hard work of coaches and scientific research teams.
Professor Li Wei of the School of Physical Training of Beijing Sport University taught on the National Cycling Team in 2018 and prepared for three consecutive Olympic Games in Beijing, London and Rio. As head coach at the Rio Olympics, he won the gold medal in the women's team racing on track cycling and broke the world record. At present, he is also the leader of the scientific research and physical fitness team of the National Avenue Speed Skating Team in preparation for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
After Gao Tingyu won the gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Beiti Media interviewed Professor Li Wei online.
Professor Li Wei and Gao Tingyu in front of the Beiti University Power-Speed Laboratory
"Gao Tingyu's performance I scored 100 points, 120 points, very perfect!" In the interview, Professor Li Wei said happily.
Gao Tingyu won the championship instantly
In response to Gao Tingyu's performance, Professor Li Wei said that the speed of speed skating is closely related to altitude, and in the past, it would be faster when training at high altitude, and the result of 34.32 seconds skated in the plain area is already a top result. This is one thing that the whole preparation team is excited about.
After winning the championship, he hugged the coaching team
On the evening of the 12th, Gao Tingyu appeared in the seventh group, the first place in the starting circle, and the moment he set a new world record with 34.32, Professor Li Wei knew that the gold medal was most likely stable.
He said: "At that time, when we saw Gao Tingyu's results, we had a 90% chance of winning the gold medal. After all, this is the Olympic Games, can not say 100% of the possibility, the higher the level of the players in the back, the whole team at that time was also very nervous, Gao Tingyu's results were placed there, and it was also very influential on the players who came out later. ”
As early as the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Professor Li Wei, as the head coach of the Chinese cycling team, led the Chinese women's cycling team to win the gold medal in the women's team sprint and broke the world record. Professor Li Wei said: "Cycling and speed skating are very similar in terms of strength and speed requirements, which is one of the reasons why I was asked to be a speed skating fitness training coach at that time. Professor Li Wei's set of physical training concepts also helped athletes prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics, in which he mentioned three key points of physical training:
First, we must pay attention to the optimization of technology, if Asian athletes want to win, they must repeatedly polish sports technology and strive for excellence.
Gao Tingyu prepares for battle at the North Sports University Sophomore Base
The second is that physical training should be combined with a special height, if there is too much unrelated physical training, it will destroy the overall training structure and interfere with the output of sports technology.
The third is to pay attention to strength and speed, and solving the problem of strength and speed is not only speed skating, but also the key and core of all racing projects.
In terms of training details, Professor Li Wei mentioned the "speed training method".
"On the one hand, we worked with other teams to create a towing device that provides athletes with specific traction training, and on the other hand, the large fans around the ice rink provide strong winds for athletes to accelerate, and the combination of the two allows athletes to reach their maximum speed when training, thus helping athletes to constantly challenge the limits of speed."
Demonstration of the towing device
Large fans around the ice rink help with speed training
"In the speed skating event, too much effort has been invested, the Chinese men's speed skating can achieve such results in the world, in the Winter Olympics, can produce breakthroughs, the weight of this gold medal is very heavy." Professor Li Wei fully affirmed Gao Tingyu and the performance of the Chinese speed skating team at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
When asked by the reporter about Professor Li Wei's mood after Gao Tingyu won the championship, he said: "The Olympic gold medal is the glory of every athlete's life, behind which is the hardship and effort of the entire Winter Olympic team. The Winter Olympic gold medal is insurmountable, and the highest goal pursued by every athlete, the staff behind it, and the coaches is the Olympic champion. ”
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Editor: Shuhan Yang (Intern)
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