Since the departure of South Korean coaches Kim Sun-tae and Ahn Hyun-so, the Chinese short track speed skating team has been in a situation without a head coach, and now neither of them is likely to return to China, which means that a new manager must be determined as soon as possible. Recently, the Chinese short track speed skating team has assembled for training and began to prepare for the next stage of the event. From the currently announced big list, it can be seen that the team still has not set up a head coach, but there is one person who has attracted attention from the outside world, she is the champion zhang jing, and CCTV also praised it at the first time!
It is understood that Zhang Jing served as the general adviser of the short track speed skating team training camp this time, responsible for the specific training instructions. Although nominally a consultant, Zhang Jing actually assumes the responsibility of head coach, which not only makes the outside world wonder whether the relevant departments want her to be the coach of the short track speed skating team? Zhang Jing, 48, was originally a Chinese short track speed skater who participated in the Winter Olympics and has been working as a coach since retiring. However, Zhang Jing has been unknown for a long time, until she became the head coach of the Hungarian national team, and then slowly grew into the world's top coach.
In 2012, Zhang Jing took over the coaching whip of the Hungarian short track speed skating team, when the Hungarian team had no strength to speak of, and no team member had ever reached the highest Olympic podium. After years of hard work, Zhang Jing led the Hungarian team to usher in a breakthrough, cultivating a total of 4 Olympic champions, they won gold medals in the 2018 Winter Olympics, and the Liu Shaolin brothers quickly became popular all over the world. At the Beijing Winter Olympics at the beginning of this year, the Liu Shaolin brothers performed even more prominently, with the Hungarian team winning a total of 1 gold and 2 bronze, and also breaking the Olympic record in the men's 1500 meters event.
With outstanding coaching achievements, Zhang Jing is almost a heroic presence in the eyes of the Hungarian people. At the summary meeting after the Winter Olympics, Zhang Jing was invited to attend and was cordially received by the Hungarian Prime Minister. But Zhang Jing has been adrift for 10 years, and she has always longed to play for the country and lead Chinese players to create brilliance. After the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhang Jing expressed relevant ideas, which did not attract much attention at the time. Today, the national team's appointment of Zhang Jing as general counsel should be laying the foundation for her to officially become the head coach.
The Chinese short track speed skating team once reached its peak under the leadership of Li Yan, and with the retirement of those athletes, the overall strength of the national team has declined. In this Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing was not in good shape, and his personal project failed to win the championship, but he helped his teammate Ren Ziwei successfully reach the top. Now, Wu Dajing decided to recuperate for a while, and it is still unknown when naturalized player Lin Xiaoyuan will recover, and the national team needs to discover and cultivate more young players as soon as possible. Judging from Zhang Jing's performance in the Hungarian team, she is very good at promoting young people, and may be able to bring surprises to the Chinese short track speed skating team.