March 19 news, short track speed skating World Championships ended in the early morning of this morning, the Chinese team won 1 silver and 3 bronze, after the game, the Chinese team coach Li Yan mentioned his future with tears hinted that he may step down, it is reported that Li Yan is likely to leave the coaching position and concentrate on serving as the president of the Chinese Skating Association.
Li Yan
CCTV reporter Wei Chi Xuemin asked, "Will you continue to coach in the frontline, or as a head coach or whatever?" What are your personal wishes and plans? ”
Coach Li Yan's hoarse voice said: "Thank you very much and very grateful, it is really time to rethink so many outstanding Chinese athletes who have been practicing with me for so long." Now enter Beijing time and bless Beijing. I also hope that there is a better coaching team that can lead the athletes to continue to move forward. ”
While saying that, Li Yan's eye sockets were a little moist.
And Wu Dajing celebrated the gold grab
Previously, it was said that Li Yan was dismissed from class because of poor grades. After the athletes and coaches of the Chinese sports delegation at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics returned to China, they participated in the summary meeting, and Gou Zhongwen, director of the General Administration of Sports, criticized individual projects, "psychological preparation and training are not sufficient and solid", but the object of criticism is not the short track team, but the only gold medal won by Wu Dajing, which boosted the morale of the team and was praised.
In fact, what really affects Coach Li Yan's continued coaching is her current other identity: the president of the China Ice Association. On June 2, 2017, Li Yan was unanimously elected as the president of the Chinese Skating Association, which means that she not only bears the sports performance of the short track speed skating team, but also shoulders the responsibility of improving the performance of speed skating, figure skating and other sports promotion.
As the head coach of the short track team, he has to train with the athletes for half a year, and the year before the Olympic Games, he has to lead the team to play qualifiers and training, which is obviously li Yan cannot concurrently do it.
Li Yan was elected president of the Chinese Skating Association
This evening, CCTV reporter Wei Chi Xuemin tweeted: "Just now Coach Li Yan said that I am the 'topic king', to tell the truth, I want to see the most beautiful scenery on the side of the field, but after each game, I hear her hoarse voice and hope that she is not so tired and concentrate on being the chairman of the Ice Association." It is better to change the 'head coach' to 'head coach of the Chinese skating team', and there is a short track speed skating and speed skating coach in charge... What good advice do you have? ”
CCTV reporter proposed a solution
In fact, the CCTV reporter said this also implied that Li Yan's new job made her not have the energy to be fully responsible for the daily training and competition of the short track team, so the position of a head coach can overlook the overall situation. However, compared to Lang Ping's role as the head coach of the women's volleyball team, there is still a big difference, and Lang Ping still has to train and guide with the team every day.
Li Yan's current situation is somewhat similar to Liu Guoliang's at that time, when the head of the sports federation also hoped to let Liu Guoliang serve as the chairman of the Table Tennis Association and shoulder a more important role, but in the end it failed to reach an agreement, and later Liu Guoliang, who was in his prime, stepped down as a national table tennis and could only accompany his daughter to play golf, which was deeply regrettable.
Liu Guoliang