Beijing, 3 Nov (Xinhua) -- According to the official WeChat account "China Ice and Snow" of the Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport, Li Yan, chairman of the Chinese Skating Association, has been appointed as the head coach of the speed skating national training team.
On the 2nd, "China Ice and Snow" released a message entitled "Leaders of the General Administration of Sport Visit the Winter Olympic Preparation Team to Encourage Ice and Snow Athletes to Dare to Break Through and Dare to Compete", revealing that Gou Zhongwen, director of the State General Administration of Sport, came to the CRRC Erqi National Ice and Snow Sports Science and Training Base in the western suburbs of Beijing on the 2nd to visit the Winter Olympic preparation team that was training here, including the speed skating national training team. According to the news, Gou Zhongwen learned more about the training of the team members to Li Yan, chairman of the Chinese Skating Association and head coach of the speed skating national training team, and affirmed the mental outlook of the team members.
On November 2, Gou Zhongwen, director of the State General Administration of Sports, inspected and visited the training team at the National Ice and Snow Sports Science and Training Base. Image source "China Ice and Snow" official WeChat account
According to the information in the article, Liang Linhua, Wang Xiuli and Han Jialiang are currently leading the training of the middle distance women's group, the middle distance men's group and the long distance men's group respectively, and the athletes mentioned in the article include Han Mei, Li Qishi, Yin Qi, Shen Hanyang, Wang Shuaihan and so on.
On February 22, 2018, in the men's 500m short track speed skating final at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing won the championship with a time of 39.584 seconds, celebrating victory with head coach Li Yan. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Haofei
Li Yan, 55, is the meritorious coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team. From 2006 to 2019, she coached the Chinese short track speed skating team, leading the team to win four, two and one gold medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
On May 23, 2019, at the "fixed point" work conference on short track speed skating in preparation for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, it was decided to form a "speed skating and short track speed skating national team", with Wang Meng as the head coach, and Li Yan left the position of head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team.
On April 29, 2020, the news of the opening of the short track speed skating and speed skating physical fitness training camp was released, and Wang Meng, the leader of the coaching team of the "Short Team", resigned. Since that time, the Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport has not officially disclosed the specific situation of the coaching staff of the speed skating national training team.
According to official information, the short track speed skating and speed skating national teams that were once combined have been re-separated. At present, the head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team is Kim Sun-tae, a South Korean.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Zhang Hong achieved a breakthrough of zero gold medals in the Winter Olympics in the speed skating event for China in the women's 1000 meters. Among the active players, Ning Zhongyan and Gao Tingyu have strong strength.
Editors: Liu Yang, Yu Sihui, Ji Jiadong