On February 12, the National Speed Skating Hall, witnessed a new history. China's Gao Tingyu broke the Winter Olympic record in 34.23 seconds and won his first Olympic gold medal, which is also the fourth gold of the Chinese delegation in this competition!
Men's speed skating has never been the dominant sport of the Chinese team, and before the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Chinese athletes had not even stood on the podium on the Olympic stage; but in 2017, he had set a new Asian record, and in 2018, Gao Tingyu, who had just turned 20 years old in Pyeongchang, won a bronze medal and became the first Chinese speed skater to be the first man in china to skate!
After winning the bronze in Pyeongchang, he publicly said that he would change the color of the medals at the Winter Olympics. When in the past year, he has achieved consecutive international results, winning the world cup on the highest podium for the first time, which also laid the groundwork for him to break the world record in this competition!
At the 2022 Winter Olympics, the most popular athlete will undoubtedly be Gu Ailing, followed by Japan's Yu Yu Yu. But before the Winter Olympics began, Gao Tingyu and Zhao Dan were selected as riders. As for the reason for choosing Gao Tingyu as a flag bearer, Ni Huizhong, secretary general of the Chinese delegation, made it clear that this is to hope that everyone can feel the expectations of the delegation, affirming both the efforts of the athletes and their breakthroughs. After breaking the Olympic record and reaching the top, Gao Tingyu completed the "heavy trust"; Li Yan, who trained Wang Meng, Zhou Yang and others during his tenure as the head coach of the short track speed skating national team, also made a breakthrough on the "avenue"!
In an interview after the game, Gao Tingyu looked very excited; he even revealed that in order to better prepare for the game away from interference, his WeChat has been uninstalled for a week. On the hot search list, the current few are almost all related to Gao Tingyu, and his popularity has been directly chasing Gu Ailing; we can almost foresee that this gold medal will allow Gao Tingyu to complete the multiple harvests of career and fame!
