She is as light as a swallow, and she is more than enough to navigate the track like a stream of clouds. She continued to break short track speed skating records and set new results. She has repeatedly won medals in fierce world competitions.
She is Zhou Yang, who set a world record at the age of 17 and won three gold medals in two Winter Olympics, and this female odd person who galloped on the slope let us see the chinese woman's innovation in short track speed skating. This issue of Ziya Kids Sports Observer takes you into the short track speed skating female champion Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang was born in 1991 in Changchun, Jilin Province. The winter in Changchun City is cold and long, and every year it enters the world of ice and snow very early, and the whole city is shrouded in white snow, white and pure. Zhou Yang has been dealing with snow since he was a child and loves snow days very much.
In childhood, little girls would always find the children next door and have snowball fights in the snow. The children quickly kneaded the snow balls, one did not pay attention, the big snow balls smashed to the friends around them, whenever they saw their friends being hit by the snow balls, Zhou Yang was very happy, and the play was more energetic.
The time spent playing with my childhood with my friends was always carefree and free. But poor families often worry little girls, and their parents work tirelessly to get up early and get busy in order to make a living. Girls always want to grow up quickly, earn money as soon as possible to support the family, and reduce the burden on their parents.
In 1998, by chance, Zhou Yang was selected by the speed skating coach. Parents are both happy and worried, afraid that the seven-year-old child can not withstand the strict training, but Zhou Yang firmly told his parents that he is not afraid of suffering, not afraid of tiredness, must make achievements, to give their parents a face of glory. Looking at the sensible and well-behaved daughter, the parents felt very pleased.
Training is far more difficult than expected, in addition to regular speed skating training, but also physical exercises, especially meals and snacks, can not be eaten casually. For children, not being able to eat what they like is simply a kind of torture, but Zhou Yang regards these things as the grind before success, believing that he will resist the temptation, withstand the ordeal, and he will definitely have something to do.
When training in the professional team, she is the youngest in the team, don't look at the girl short, no other little friends are older, but she is the hardest in the whole team, every day she is the earliest of the team members, sleeps the latest, sweats in the training ground, exercises professional ability, perseverance is amazing.
The girl's efforts were finally rewarded. In 2001, in the jilin short track speed skating competition, Zhou Yang won the first gold medal in his life, becoming the youngest champion athlete to win the provincial competition at that time. The coach looked at the girl's excellent results, excited, and praised Zhou Yang for being very good and promising.
After winning the award, Zhou Yang did not get complacent, as usual, began a more intense training, she had to lay a good foundation and prepare for future competitions in advance. In the training encounter problems, the girl will timely feedback to the coach, as soon as possible to correct. In 2003, the hard-working girl won 7 gold medals in the junior group of the Jilin Provincial Youth Speed Skating Competition, and her fame in the speed skating team increased greatly, and everyone knows this young and powerful girl.
A lot of training coupled with a sincere attitude, Zhou Yang stood out in the team. In 2004, she entered Changchun Sports School, where she received more professional short track speed skating training. The sports school is full of talents, and even the excellent Zhou Yang feels that many people are better and more hardworking than her, which makes her aware of the crisis.
The girl then devoted twelve points of energy to the training, and in addition to eating and sleeping, her figure only appeared on the training ground. Zhou Yang, who is not afraid of hardship and tiredness, won the national short track speed skating league championship in 2004, and after that, she achieved good results in all kinds of big and small competitions.
Zhou Yang in 2005 was amazingly explosive. In the Qiqihar station of the National Short Track Speed Skating League, Zhou Yang participated in the women's 1500 meters competition, won the championship with a time of 2 minutes 33.077 seconds, and won the championship in the women's 3000 meters event, and then assisted the Changchun Biological Team to win the women's 3000 meters relay race.
Throughout the event, Zhou Yang won the championship in the men's and women's individual all-around points. Participated in three competitions, and won the championship in all three competitions, which is well deserved for Zhou Yang.
In 2006, Zhou Yang won the 3rd place in the 1000 meters, the 2000 meters relay and the 3rd place in the all-around at the World Youth Championships in Romania, becoming the third female athlete to win the all-around medal at the World Youth Championships. Subsequently, Zhou Yang participated in the National Short Track Speed Skating League, winning four championships in the women's 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters and 3000 meters, and the results against the sky were jaw-dropping. In November of the same year, Zhou Yang, who had excellent skills, entered the national team for more rigorous training.
In the competition, Zhou Yang is not so lucky to win the championship every time, after all, there will be many excellent athletes in each event, competing with her on the same stage, just having strength is far from enough, and sometimes it needs the blessing of luck. At the 2007 Asian Winter Games in Changchun, Zhou Yang competed in the 1500m.
The 1500 meters has always been her strong point, and in the semi-finals, the girl won the first place in the group and successfully advanced to the final. She had a great chance of winning the championship, but an accident happened, in the first competition with Wang Meng and Chen Shanyou, Zhou Yang unfortunately fell, lost the opportunity, and ranked sixth, which was regrettable.
In 2008, Zhou participated in the World Cup in Canada and won the women's 1000 meters. In the World Cup, the United States battle with a good time of 2 minutes 16 seconds 729 sharply broke the world record, won the crown, at this time, the girl is only 17 years old. She also won the silver medal in the 1000 meters, the bronze medal in the 1500 meters and the first place in the 3000 meters at the World Championships.
In the 1500m event of the World Cup competition, Zhou Yang won the excellent result of the United States and Canada championships. However, in the Japanese war, South Korea's Jeong Eun-joo did not abide by the rules, did not take it, and interfered with the track by pushing the helmet with his hand, resulting in Zhou Yang's cervical vertebrae being misaligned.
In 2010, in the short track speed skating competition of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the combination of Zhou Yang, Wang Meng, Sun Linlin and Zhang Hui won the championship in the women's 3 km relay final with a time of 4:06.610. Several girls broke the world record and showed the crowd the bravery and strength of Chinese athletes.
Zhou Yang's foot was injured after a long period of training, and for a long time, she did not qualify for the event. During the period, the girl was not discouraged, returned to the national team to recover in the form of running, and tried not to fall behind in daily training.
In 2014, Zhou Yang, who returned from the king, tried his best and was calm and calm. In the final of the women's short track speed skating 1500 meters of the So-Kai Winter Olympics, the South Korean athletes who are good at skating led the way, just when everyone thought that winning the championship was hopeless, when entering the penultimate lap, Zhou Yang instantly exerted his strength, surpassed the Korean athletes with two steps at a very fast pace, and led the South Korean athletes to finish the line with a time of 2 minutes and 19 seconds and 140 seconds, and won the championship.
She is also the first athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics to defend the event, and the third gold medal won by the Chinese delegation in this Olympic event. Later, Zhou Yang achieved quite good results in various events, showing the style and strength of Chinese athletes in the short track speed skating field.
In 2019, Zhou Yang stepped back into the background as a member of the International Skating Federation's sports committee, starting at the 2019 World Championships and ending at the 2023 World Championships.
Zhou Yang, who began practicing speed skating at the age of 7, has experienced hundreds of battles and has shown amazing strength in large and small events, which is impressive. Along the way, Zhou Yang gritted his teeth and insisted on training, not afraid of hardship, not afraid of tiredness, showing the perseverance of Chinese athletes and the spirit of not being afraid of hardship.
All along, Zhou Yang has performed well, never let down his vigilance, immersed himself in training, improved his professional ability, constantly won glory for the country, and refreshed the competition record again and again. The well-deserved short track speed skating female champion is a role model for each of us.
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