At present, the Canadian Short Track Speed Skating World Championships are in full swing. However, since the Chinese team did not send a team to participate in the competition, the attention of this event in China is not too high. As one of the strong teams of short track speed skating, the reason why the Chinese team did not send a team to participate in the competition, in addition to being affected by the epidemic abroad, there is also a very important reason that at present, this short track speed skating team does not have a head coach, and no one leads the team to Canada to compete. In fact, after the contract of South Korean coach Kim Sun-tae expired at the Beijing Winter Olympics, there were many rumors about the position of head coach of the Chinese team. So far, though, the position has been vacant. But from many rumors, the news that Kim Sun-tae will return to coaching should be the most widely circulated. So, will Kim Sun-tae return to the Chinese team as rumored? Recently, Jin Shantai gave a very strong hint on social platforms, and perhaps the answer to this rumor will be revealed in the near future.
Although the Chinese short track speed skating team did not participate in the World Championships, the Chinese short track speed skating team showed their strength to the world at the Beijing Winter Olympics, a global sports event two months ago. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team made a good start for the Chinese Olympic team in the mixed 2000 meters competition and won the first gold.
Subsequently, Ren Ziwei of the Chinese team won the second gold medal in the men's 1000 meters, and Li Wenlong won the silver medal. In the end, the Chinese short track speed skating team won two gold medals at the Winter Olympics, ranking second after the South Korean team in the short track speed skating event. This result is not very good, but it is also a completion of the task. At this time, the head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team was Kim Sun-tae, and the technical coach was Ahn Hyun-so.
The popularity of the two coaches at home also peaked at this time, and after the Winter Olympics, they returned to South Korea. However, whether they can return to China to coach has put a big question mark. On the one hand, their contracts have expired at the end of February; on the other hand, the performance of the Chinese team at the Beijing Winter Olympics has not met expectations, there are not many highlights, but it has basically completed the task. So, it's no problem to renew, no renewal, no problem choosing other coaches. It is in this context that although it is immediately facing the task of such a big competition as the World Championships, the Chinese team did not choose to renew their contract immediately, but chose to wait and see.
However, the position of head coach of a national team is not too good for a long time. Therefore, there is constant news that Kim Sun-tae will return to coach the Chinese team. After returning to South Korea, Kim Sun-tae also frequently released goodwill, and it can be seen that he is very eager to return to the Chinese team. Before this short track world championship, Kim Sun-tae may have negotiated well with the Chinese short track speed skating team. He sent out a dynamic on his personal social platform, strongly suggesting that he might return to coaching the Chinese team.
Jin Shantai wrote on social media: The World Championships have begun, although there is no Chinese team to participate, but it is still necessary to watch more and learn more. I went to the supermarket to buy some small snacks and get ready to watch the game at home. Judging from the content of this dynamic, perhaps this is to observe the competitors of the Milan Winter Olympics for the Chinese team, analyze them, and prepare for their continued coaching of the Chinese team. In fact, the meaning of this dynamic transmission has been very clear, and Kim Sun-tae coaching the Chinese team should be a matter of high probability. After all, without this intention, he is unlikely to post content related to the Chinese short track speed skating team many times. Just look at Ahn Hyun-so, another coach of the Chinese team who was related to South Korea at the time.
Ahn Hyun-so's popularity soared during the Winter Olympics, and as the Olympic 6 gold king, he has a good strength. Therefore, many netizens hope that he can continue to become the coach of the Chinese team. However, after returning to South Korea, he first said that he had no intention of returning to China to coach again. Then, his wife happened on her personal website that made the Chinese people very angry. With such a series of tosses, Ahn Hyun-so actually cut himself off the path of returning to China to teach.