In competitive sports, winning a gold medal requires hard power, as well as a bit of luck. The most recent person in Chinese sports to be favored by Lady Luck is short track speed skater Li Jianrou, who won the gold medal in the women's 500m short track speed skating final at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
Li Jianrou, born on August 15, 1986 in Jilin City, Jilin Province, began practicing skating at the age of 10. In 2008, Lee Wasjong was selected for the national team, and in the women's 1000m final of short track speed skating at the Asian Championships that year, she defeated the then Korean sister Cho Hae-li to win the gold medal. However, Due to lack of stability, Li Jianrou was returned to the local team.
In 2010, Li Jianrou was recalled to the national team by head coach Li Yan, and after the turmoil, she quickly gained a foothold in the national team this time. At the 2012 Shanghai Short Track Speed Skating World Championships, Li Jianrou won the 1500m championship, the individual all-around champion, the 1000m runner-up and the women's 3000m relay champion. Becoming China's third Women's All-Around Champion at the World Championships after Yang Yang and Wang Meng, wang Meng's absence reflects the temperament of the new leader of the women's team.
Li Jianrou was selected for the Sochi Winter Olympics squad with a stable performance, in the case of Wang Meng's accidental injury before the game and missed the Olympic Games, the Chinese team sent Li Jianrou, Fan Kexin and Liu Qiuhong to compete in the short track speed skating women's 500 meters competition, of the three Li Jianrou's strength was the weakest, and finally Fan Kexin accidentally fell, Liu Qiuhong was affected by the third out of the group, only the main long-distance Li Jianrou reached the final.
In addition to Lee Kin-rou, there is Also South Korea's Park Seung-ji, Italy's Fang Tana, and Britain's Christie reached the final, and it is almost impossible for the Chinese team to win this gold medal. However, everything is so incredible, after starting the race, Fontana and Christie fight fiercely, and as a result, they collide, fall down one after another, and accidentally bump into the leading Park Seung-ji, who also loses his center of gravity and falls. Li Jianrou, who was in the end, was unaffected, crossing the finish line with a lead of 45.263 seconds, winning the first gold medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics for the Chinese delegation and achieving the "four consecutive championships" of the Winter Olympics for the Chinese team. However, in the 1500 meters, Li Jianrou once again reached the final, but was knocked down by a foul by a South Korean opponent and fell off the track and did not have the opportunity to stand on the podium.
Li Jianrou's victory made many people shout luck, but Li Jianrou himself said: "There is no miracle without effort!" After the Sochi Winter Olympics, Li Jianrou, 29, quit the national team, but said she would participate in the 13th National Winter Games in Xinjiang this year. When Li Jianrou left the national team, he was studying for a doctorate in sports training management at Northeast Normal University, and also opened his own ice and snow club in Jilin City.