The footsteps of the Beijing Winter Olympics are getting closer and closer, athletes in various sports are preparing for the Winter Olympics qualification tournament, striving to get tickets for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and many athletes have encountered technical bottlenecks, Li Yan encouraged them through his own personal feelings: "Success often lies in that more persistence." ”
At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, short track speed skating became a winter Olympic performance event for the first time, and Li Yan won 1 gold and 2 bronzes in one fell swoop. At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, Li Yan won the silver medal in the women's 500m in short track speed skating. In May 2006, Li Yan served as the head coach of the Chinese national short track speed skating team, and led the team to win 4 gold medals at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, creating a brilliant record of Chinese ice blades, and she was known as the "Iron Lady" by the strict management of the army. At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Li Yan led the team to win 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. In June 2017, Li Yan was unanimously elected as the president of the Chinese Skating Association. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Li Yan led the team to win the only gold medal of the Chinese sports delegation at the Winter Olympics. As a manager, Li Yan led the team to compete in three Winter Olympic Games. In January 2019, Li Yan was appointed as a member of the Chinese Olympic Committee.
In the face of the original glory, Li Yan was very calm. She said: "When a huge surprise is placed in front of you, you are not messed up, and I am very glad that I have such a persistence." No matter what tribulations you experience, persistence is a very valuable quality of sports people. ”
Now that the qualification tournaments for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held in October this year, many Chinese athletes are undergoing arduous training and encountering various problems. From a champion athlete to a champion coach, Li Yan has a wealth of experience and personal experience. She said: "It takes 4 years to prepare for the Winter Olympics, but the persistence of each day in 4 years is the most important, everyone is looking for small breakthroughs every day, we put all the details together, it is a big breakthrough." Sometimes, you have to be a little silly, you have to be persistent, you insist on going forward, and as you walk, the sky suddenly brightens, and we call this stage the darkness before dawn. Many athletes feel that they have worked hard for a long time, how they have not improved themselves, how they have not been faster than others. However, we know that the foundation is done well, and the athletes have improved in what aspects, but they are not integrated, as long as they are honed a little more, and with a little patience, they are not far from success. ”