On May 13, the Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China held a mobilization meeting for the deployment of the 1,000-day countdown to the Milan Winter Olympics. The Chinese short track speed skating team and the Chinese freestyle ski team have won the titles of "pacesetter" and "model" in training. Among them, Olympic champion Lin Xiaocheng won the title of "pacesetter in ice and snow training", and Lin Xiaocheng was also listed with world champions Zhong Yuchen, Liu Guanyi and Song Jiahua. Beijing Olympic champion Gu Ailing won the title of "Model Training in Ice and Snow Events", while freestyle skiing halfpipe world champion Zhang Kexin, short track speed skating stars Gong Li, Zhang Chutong, Zang Yize and Wang Xinran also won the title.
According to reports, the conference also commended several advanced collectives of China's ice and snow projects. The Chinese short track speed skating national training team won the title of "Sharp Knife on Ice", the skeleton national training team won the title of "Snow Pioneer", and the curling World Youth Championships men's team, bobsleigh national training team and freestyle skiing moguls national training team won the title of "Season Progress". In the advanced individual commendation, Olympic champions Lin Xiaocheng and Gu Ailing have become the focus of attention from the outside world. Lin Xiaocheng won the title of "Pacesetter in Ice and Snow Project Training".
Last season, the world short track speed skating star originally from South Korea won the men's 500m World Cup event, winning his first individual gold medal since joining the Chinese short track speed skating team. At the previously concluded World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Lin Xiaocheng hit the first line in the men's 500m final, but was fouled for not wearing a timer and passed by the gold medal. However, in the men's 5000m relay final, Lin Xiaocheng made a comeback and won the championship with Li Wenlong and Zhong Yuchen.
Lin Xiaocheng has said that his ultimate goal is to stand on the championship podium again at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. Gu Ailing, who created history for Chinese freestyle skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics, won the title of "Model Training in Ice and Snow Events" at this commendation meeting. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing won gold medals in the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe and big air events, and won the silver medal in slopestyle, making her the most eye-catching athlete of the Chinese Legion.
After winning the title of "Model Training in Ice and Snow Events", many netizens speculated that Gu Ailing may continue to represent the Chinese team in preparation for the Milan Winter Olympics. In terms of other athletes, Zhong Yuchen, Liu Guanyi, Song Jiahua, Gong Li, Zang Yize and Wang Xinran of the short track speed skating team were commended. Freestyle skiing aerials Kong Fanyu and Li Tianma, snowboard halfpipe world champion Cai Xuetong, and freestyle skiing halfpipe star Zhang Kexin have also won the title of "pacesetter" or "model" in training.
(Luo Treasurer)