The 24th Winter Olympic Games will kick off in Beijing on February 4, 2022. The sports department of Chinanews.com launched a series of columns “Hundred Questions about Winter Olympics”, aimed at popularizing Winter Olympic knowledge, answering hot questions, sharing interesting stories about ice and snow, and helping everyone have a better watching experience during the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The 39th Winter Olympics 100 Questions | Why is Li Yan’s gold medal not China’s first gold in the Winter Olympics?
When it comes to the first gold winners of the China Winter Olympics, people who know sports will think of Yang Yang for the first time. In the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, Yang Yang aspired to the women’s 500-meter short track speed skating event, achieving a breakthrough in the zero gold medal of the Chinese Winter Olympics.
In fact, before that, Chinese short-track speed skater Li Yan won the gold medal at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics. But because short track speed skating was still a performance event at that time, it was not an official event, so this gold medal could not be regarded as the first gold medal in the Chinese Winter Olympics.
It wasn’t until the Albertville Winter Olympics in 1992 that short track speed skating officially became a competition event. That year, Li Yan was slightly disadvantaged in the 500-meter project and placed second. Although missed the highest podium, this precious silver medal became the first Winter Olympic medal in the history of the Chinese short track speed skating team.
Data map: On February 17, 2018, the women’s 1500m final of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics short track speed skating event was held in Gangneung. Chinese player Li Jinyu won the silver medal and South Korean player Cui Minjing won the gold. The picture shows Li Yan, coach of the Chinese Short Track Speed Skating Team, hugging Li Jinyu after the game.Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
After retiring, Li Yan became a coach. She has coached in Slovakia, Austria, and the United States. After the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, she returned to her motherland and became the head coach of the Chinese national short-track speed skating team.
In the process of coaching, she brought out a number of Olympic champions such as Wang Meng, Zhou Yang, and Wu Dajing. Under the leadership of Li Yan, China’s short track speed skating has also created many brilliance.
Data map: On February 22, local time, the Chinese sports delegation held a press conference in Sochi. Li Yan, the head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team, attended the press conference and answered questions from reporters. The picture shows Li Yan answering questions from reporters after the press conference.China News Agency issued Tomita photo
With the pace of the Beijing Winter Olympics approaching, Li Yan has been appointed as the head coach of the national speed skating team a few days ago. She will once again lead the Chinese team and launch an impact on the highest honor. Looking forward to more surprises for Chinese ice and snow athletes in the near future. (Xing Rui)Return to Sohu to see more
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