China Youth Daily client Beijing, February 18 (China Youth Daily , China Youth Daily reporter Yang Tun Guo Jian) appeared in the mixed interview area of Ning Zhongyan, facial expression appeared very calm, for him, speed skating 1000 meters finally took 1 minutes 08 seconds 60, to get the fifth place result, in fact, is already very good.
"I am still very satisfied with my results," Ning Zhongyan said, "after all, this result is my best result in the plains, but it is still a pity that I could not stand on the podium." ”
Photographed by Li Junhui, a reporter of China Youth Daily and China Youth Network
1000 meters is not ning Zhongyan's main event, but when he stood on the slide of the "ice ribbon" again on the 18th, he was no longer a "rookie", he understood how to start in the Olympic Games, what should be paid attention to on the way, and what kind of mentality was the right mentality. In the first 200 meters, his time was 16.60 seconds, the real-time ranking was 10th, to the 600 meters, the time was 41.64 seconds, ranking 7th, and finally, Ning Zhongyan, who appeared in the penultimate group, was ranked fourth in the instant ranking.
Ten days ago, Ning Zhongyan debuted at the Olympic Games, and he was under pressure with high hopes, and finally finished 7th in his main event of 1500 meters, with a time of 1 minute 45.28 seconds. After the game, Ning Zhongyan said that he was "unconvinced" and "put more pressure on himself." ”
"During this time, in fact, the team, especially the teammates, has been encouraging me, and I have also talked to the coach and my family, telling them my experiences and ideas that day and relieving the pressure on myself." Ning Zhongyan said.
Ning Zhongyan can be said to be young fame, born in November 1999, he is not yet 23 years old this year, after entering the national team at the age of 19, he quickly emerged, in the 2019-2020 season, Ning Zhongyan won the men's 1500m gold medal in the World Cup kazakhstan station with a time of 1 minute 44.91 seconds and broke the field record, which is not only Ning Zhongyan's first World Cup gold medal, but also the first time that a Chinese player won the World Cup gold medal in this project.
In the Beijing Winter Olympic sprint cycle, Ning Zhongyan was in excellent shape, 4 stops of the Speed Skating World Cup, won 3 gold and 2 silver, and stood on the podium 5 times, winning the men's 1500 meters, men's 1000 meters, and men's team chasing 3 individual championships. Full of confidence, when he stood on the ice ribbon slide on February 8, Ning Zhongyan finally failed to realize his dream.
For Ning Zhongyan, this may be a learning process that must be experienced, "Now that I think about it, 1500 meters is still too nervous, after all, it is my first Olympic Games, it is at home, the first event is my main event, the expectations are relatively high, resulting in too much tension before the game, I tied myself up, so I did not play my best level." ”
If the first event is 1000 meters, and the second event is 1500 meters, for Ning Zhongyan, the result may be different, but the Olympic Games do not have ifs. His teammate, Gao Tingyu, who won the speed skating 500 championship, is not like this. At the Pyeongchang Olympics, Gao Tingyu was just out of the woods and won a bronze medal. In the past four years, Gao Tingyu has been working hard and accumulating in training and competitions, which has realized his dream in Beijing, Ning Zhongyan is 2 years younger than Gao Tingyu, and four years later in Italy, he still has the opportunity to attack the Olympic gold medal again.
"Thanks to the country, under the epidemic, we can still give us such good training conditions, because many countries can not guarantee training and competition in this situation, and I believe that after four years, not only me, but the entire Chinese speed skating team will have a better performance." Ning Zhongyan said firmly.
Source: China Youth Daily client