Wang Meng after class? On the evening of April 28, a number of media disclosed that Wang Meng, the head of the coaching team of the short track speed skating and speed skating national team, was dismissed because of the poor performance of the team. According to the news, Zhou Yang's mentor and Korean foreign teacher Kim Sun-tae will be responsible for training, and Zhang Bei will serve as the team leader.
With two years to go until the 2022 Winter Olympics, making such an adjustment is also far-reaching. On May 23 last year, Wang Meng became the head of the coaching team of the speed skating and short track speed skating national teams, and at the beginning of her tenure, Wang Meng was under great pressure because the two winter ace events she took over were the projects that her mentor Li Yan had mastered.
In less than a year, Wang Meng suffered a "dismissal" and changed coaches urgently in less than two years from the Winter Olympics, leaving little time for China's dominant projects.
Lack of experience and lack of achievement
On May 23 last year, Wang Meng became the head of the coaching team of the national team of speed skating and short track speed skating. In this less than one-year tenure, the performance of the Chinese short track team and speed skating team, although occasionally surprising, was relatively flat overall. It is understood that the main reason why Wang Meng left class was because of the poor performance of the team. In less than a year after taking office, Wang Meng's main task was to compete in the 2019-2020 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup. Although the Chinese team ranks second in the gold medal list with 10 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze medals with a total of 34 medals, the gap is obvious compared with the South Korean team that has soared to the top of the 24 gold rankings. In addition, in the overall standings of the 9 individual events, none of the Chinese teams ranked first, especially in the traditional advantage projects of men's and women's 500 meters, which also made ice fans quite worried about the prospects of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
However, it is undeniable that Wang Meng's efforts in selecting talents are still worthy of recognition, and rising stars such as An Kai and Zhang Chutong can rise in this Olympic cycle.
In March, Wang Meng also said in an interview, "I don't think I've had a good season this season. It may be that the positioning is a little high at the beginning, I did not put my position well, or the volume of management is a little large, and I have not had enough energy to devote myself to training. There are a few other things that interfere, which is my own problem. Wang Meng also mentioned that he likes the profession of coaching very much, and is especially willing to be with athletes on the ice rink, and stressed that they also like and are willing to be with her.
Good players are not good coaches
Wang Meng won the gold medal four times in the Winter Olympics, creating a "Mao era", at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Wang Meng won the 500, 1000 meters and 3000 meters relay championships, becoming the first triple crown in the history of Chinese short track, as long as she participates in the competition, it is difficult for Korean athletes to win the championship.
Later, due to injury, Wang Meng, who had been preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, failed to participate and finally chose to retire. In the athlete era, Wang Meng's achievements have attracted worldwide attention, but he also has a tense relationship with the coach and team leader because of his personal personality and other reasons, and even triggered a fight in the team in Yunnan, which was sent back to the provincial team.
After retiring from the army, Wang Meng once went abroad for further study, and also invested in his hometown of Qitaihe to set up his own company, engaged in the production of skating equipment and so on.
Wang Meng's achievements need not be said, but whether an excellent athlete can become a good coach has never been a fixed answer. Successful people such as Zhou Jihong, Liu Guoliang, Lang Ping, and even Wang Meng's predecessor Li Yan. But losers abound. Wang Meng's shortcomings lie in his lack of sufficient coaching experience, and he was quickly pushed to the forefront.
After china's short track speed skating at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics only earned 1 gold, China's ice and snow began a cross-border "leapfrog" development. Wang Meng, who has not appeared for a long time, has suddenly become the head coach of the cross-border cross-sports short track speed skating national training team under the Chinese Rowing Association. Last year, Wang Meng's cross-border cross-sports team broke off relations with the Chinese Rowing Association and returned to the Winter Sports Management Center, and Wang Meng himself became the head of the coaching team of the national team of speed skating and short track speed skating.
But good athletes don't necessarily make good coaches. As an athlete, Wang Meng is a milestone in the history of Chinese short track, but as a coach, her ability is obviously slightly immature in the national team, especially the responsibility of serving as the head of the coaching team.
Last year, Wang Meng was under tremendous pressure at the beginning of his tenure. Although the Winter Games Center has equipped Wang Meng with a very complete coaching team, in a year, the performance of the Chinese short track speed skating team has not changed much, which also makes It possible for Wang Meng to "take classes under the fire line".
Zhou Yang took over the heavy responsibility
After Wang Meng leaves office, South Korean foreign teacher Kim Sun-tae will be in charge of training. The new team leader, Zhang Bei, was formerly the vice principal of Beijing Lucheng Water School and was previously the leader of the Chinese cross-country skiing team.
From 2004 to 2014, Jin Shantai was the head coach of the Changchun Short Track Speed Skating Team, he was Zhou Yang's Bole and the enlightenment coach of world champions Liang Wenhao and Han Tianyu. In 2014, Kim Sun-tae's contract with Changchun expired, he returned to South Korea as a head coach, and since then the overall level of the Korean team has improved significantly, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the host Korean short track team won 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronzes to rank first, Kim Sun-tae is a good hand in material selection and coaching.
The 43-year-old Kim Shan-tae is an old friend of the Chinese short track speed skating team. He has achieved good results in the Winter Olympic Games, but also has the experience of leading the team to participate in the competition, but also knows Chinese, and it is not difficult to communicate with the athletes, which is his advantage in becoming the head coach of Chinese short track speed skating.
Industry insiders said that Jin Shantai is particularly good at coaching male and female players in the middle and long distance and relay, especially the male and female relay lineups must have at least two middle and long distance players, such as Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang, who have the ability to play the back-distance sprint. The overall takeover of Kim Sun-tae will focus on this focus, bringing a new atmosphere to China's short track speed skating "master of kings", and finally competing with the old rival South Korea.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Chen Hua Text Editor: Gong Jieyun Caption Source: Xinhua News Agency Infographic Photo Editor: Zhu Xuan
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