A few days ago, according to the Winter Games Center of the State General Administration of Sport, Li Yan, chairman of the Chinese Skating Association and a meritorious coach of short track speed skating, regained the teaching whip, but she did not return to the short track speed skating team, but became the head coach of the speed skating national training team. Li Yan trained Olympic champions such as Wang Meng and Wu Dajing during his coaching career, and left his coaching position after the end of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Today, the Beijing Winter Olympics are getting closer and closer, and it is expected that Li Yan can open up a new world.
Li Yan, an athlete, is a legend, winning the first Olympic medal in the history of Chinese short track speed skating. After retiring, Li Yan became a coach, in order to accumulate more experience, she went abroad and served as a short track speed skating coach in many places in Europe and the United States, and achieved good results, Apollo is the short track speed skating star trained by Li Yan. In fact, Li Yan's coaching experience is somewhat similar to his good friend Lang Ping, after accumulating rich experience abroad, Li Yan returned to China as the head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team.
With the efforts of Li Yan, the Chinese short track speed skating team continued to improve, and Wang Meng, Zhou Yang and others stood out and achieved good results in the two winter Olympics in Vancouver and Sochi. Li Yan led the team to win the first team gold medal in the history of the Chinese delegation in the Winter Olympics, and her disciples Wang Meng and Zhou Yang broke the monopoly of the Koreans many times, and Li Yan is of course our meritorious coach.
During the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics cycle, the Chinese short track speed skating team encountered many difficulties, even so, Li Yan's disciple Wu Dajing still fought for her, winning the men's 500 meters gold medal in Pyeongchang with an undisputed advantage, and remembering Li Yan's excited look, she breathed a long sigh of relief. However, Li Yan stepped down after the Winter Olympics, China's short track speed skating was fully adjusted, and Li Yan, as the chairman of the Skating Association, helped China's ice and snow projects continue to develop.
After a period of adjustment, the Chinese short track speed skating team returned to the road, and Li Yan was unable to return. However, Li Yan still regained the teaching whip, and she became the head coach of the speed skating national training team, which is also a project that Li Yan is familiar with, after all, her disciple Zhou Yang has also practiced speed skating. The Beijing Winter Olympics are getting closer and closer, and China's speed skating also hopes to make a breakthrough in the Olympic arena, and it is expected that Li Yan can open up new horizons and continue to create brilliance.
There is no doubt that Li Yan is a strong coach, and now that she has been reused, I believe she can withstand the pressure and bring more different things to China's speed skating. I wish Coach Li Yan all the best!