The picture shows Ning Zhongyan in the game.
BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- On February 19, the final of the beijing Winter Olympics speed skating men's collective start event ended, and Ning Zhongyan won the 12th place, so he ended all the competitions of the Winter Olympics.
After the game, this Heilongjiang guy admitted that he had not been home for the New Year for four years. After the Winter Olympics, he wanted to go home and get his driver's license and go out with his family to relax.
On February 18, ning Zhongyan, who played in the penultimate group 2 in the final of the men's 1000 meters of speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, ranked 5th with a time of 1:08.60. He was only one step away from the podium.
Turn the camera back to the men's 1500m speed skating race at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Feb. 8. In the face of a group of strong players, Ning Zhongyan finally ranked 7th.
Speed skating men's 1000 meters and 1500 meters are not the dominant events of the Chinese team. At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Chinese athletes ranked around 30th in both events.
It was not until Ning Zhongyan stood out that the Chinese team quickly narrowed the gap with the world level in these two items.
This 22-year-old boy is good enough.
In the 4 World Cup matches this season, Ning Zhongyan won 3 gold and 2 silver, and he became the leader of the new generation of speed skating in China.
From the fledgling to rewriting the history of China's ice and snow sports, Ning Zhongyan has walked very quickly and steadily.
Heilongjiang
In 1999
Ning Zhongyan was born on November 3, 1999 in Ning'an City, Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province, a young man from Heping Village, Shiyan Town.
He began learning to skate at the age of 11
When Ning Zhongyan was a child, his teacher Geng Yuhua inadvertently watered ice once and opened his speed skating career.
Ning Zhongyan, who began learning to skate at the age of 11, showed great talent. At the age of 18, he was selected for the Chinese speed skating team.
Image source: Ning Zhongyan Weibo.
The first signs
In 2017
This year, Ning Zhongyan ushered in the Bole in his life - world champion coach Wang Xiuli.
His advantage in the middle distance was thoroughly aroused. Thanks to the accumulation of previous long-distance training, after switching from long distance to middle distance, Ning Zhongyan's ability to maintain speed became his advantage. Coupled with hard training day after day, he improved rapidly.
In 2018
After entering the speed skating national team, Ning Zhongyan's main sport is long distance.
"I didn't get good grades, and I thought about giving up." Ning Zhongyan was not smooth sailing in the early days.
Later, he became a sparring partner for Zhang Hong, the speed skating Olympic champion at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. When he saw that Zhang Hong insisted on training and playing no matter what the circumstances, Ning Zhongyan was also determined to break out of the world.
Prove yourself
In 2019
For Ning Zhongyan, this is a very important year. After years of accumulation, he finally ushered in the time of outbreak.
In Wang Xiuli's words, it is inevitable that Ning Zhongyan can achieve results. "Ning Zhongyan is a long-distance transfer, so his speed maintenance ability is good, and the most important thing is that he is willing to use his brain in training competitions, very smart, and improves quickly."
January 2019
At the National Speed Skating Championships, Ning Zhongyan won the men's sprint pursuit with a time of 1:23.77.
November 2019
In the men's speed skating 1000m final of the speed skating World Cup in Minsk, Belarus, Ning Zhongyan finished second with a time of 1:09.220, achieving a historic breakthrough for Chinese male athletes in the project in recent decades.
December 2019
In the men's 1500m race of the 2019-20 Speed Skating World Cup in Nur-Sultan, Ning Zhongyan was in the same group as Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion Ness.
In the last corner of the last lap, Ning Zhongyan reversed his opponent to win the championship in 1:44.918 while breaking the track record, which was the first men's 1500m gold medal won by the Chinese speed skating team on the World Cup stage.
Dutchman Ness bluntly said after the game that Ning Zhongyan's transcendence process was like a "rocket".
Excellent back-distance speed maintenance ability has gradually become the killer of Ning Zhongyan's decisive victory.
That season, Ning Zhongyan won 1 gold and 4 silver in the speed skating World Cup, and the total points of the World Cup were second only to the Dutchman Nes.
In the men's middle distance event of speed skating, China's top world champion is Still Luo Zhihuan. Wang Xiuli commented on Ning Zhongyan, "After more than 50 years, Elder Luo finally had someone to follow. ”
Data map: Ning Zhongyan Provided by Heilongjiang Provincial Sports Bureau
March 2020
In the speed skating World Cup finals, Ning Zhongyan finished 5th in the men's 1500 meters with a time of 1 minute 45.693 seconds. In the total points of the men's 1500 meters of the World Cup that season, Ning Zhongyan ranked second. This is the best result of a Chinese male player in the overall ranking of the World Cup event.
2020-2021
Due to the epidemic, Ning Zhongyan and the members of the speed skating national training team have not participated in international competitions for more than a year.
After the outbreak of the epidemic, the team conducted a long closed training camp. Faced with unknown challenges, Ning Zhongyan, who was only 20 years old at the time, constantly adjusted his mentality and competitive state while training.
It was this self-disciplined personality that led to his subsequent success.
The best season
November 2021
In the Speed Skating World Cup in Poland, Ning Zhongyan finished second in the men's 1500 meters with a time of 1:46.191. Due to the epidemic, Ning Zhongyan has not participated abroad for more than a year. Facing the Beijing Winter Olympics, he said that he would improve his skills and physical fitness in the sprint preparation stage.
In the Speed Skating World Cup in Stavanger, Norway, the Chinese team composed of Ning Zhongyan, Wang Haotian and Lian Ziwen won the men's team racing championship with a time of 1 minute 20 seconds and 122 seconds.
In the men's 1500m final, Ning Zhongyan skated 1:45.167 to win the championship. From 1000 meters to 1500 meters, Ning Zhongyan has excellent performance.
On January 29, Chinese speed skating team members Ning Zhongyan, Lian Ziwen, Xu Fu and Wang Haotian (from right to left) trained at the "Ice Ribbon" at the National Speed Skating Hall. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Xu
February 8, 2022
Ning Zhongyan finished seventh in the men's 1500m final of speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics. He made the history of men's speed skating in China.
In this event, the best result of the Chinese team in the previous Winter Olympics was 18th in 1992, created by Liu Gongfei.
Ning Zhongyan, who stood on the stage of the Winter Olympics for the first time, made Chinese male speed skaters rank among the top 8 in the event for the first time.
After that game, Ning Zhongyan admitted that he did not play at a normal level because of excessive pressure, and he was not convinced by this result and would continue to adjust his psychological state.
At the age of 22, Ning Zhongyan galloped through the arena and amazed everyone.
Hard training has given him the ability to compete with the world's strongest players. For him, the future has infinite possibilities.
This Heilongjiang boy who does not accept defeat has been writing a new history of Chinese men's speed skating. (End)