2024-01-29 02:31:00
Original title: 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze won at the Winter Youth Olympics (introduction)
Speed skater’s international debut accelerates growth (theme)
The competition for the speed skating event at the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games ended recently. In the collective start event, Liu Yunqi of the Chinese team won the bronze medal in the women’s group and Pan Baoshuo won the silver medal in the men’s group. In the end, the Chinese speed skating team ended the Winter Youth Olympics with 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. Jin Xin, coach of the speed skating team, said: “It was the first time for the young athletes to participate in an international competition. The overall performance was good, showing personal abilities and teamwork.”
Liu Yunqi (right) in the speed skating mixed relay final.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Wei
In the speed skating competition of this Winter Youth Olympic Games, all 5 medals won by the Chinese team came from Liu Yunqi and Pan Baoshuo. From winning the silver medal together in the 1500 meters, to winning the gold medal in the mixed relay, to starting as a collective, 1 silver and 1 bronze. In the end, the two gained a lot from the Winter Youth Olympics. After winning the 1,500-meter silver medal, Pan Baoshuo told Li Lingwei, a member of the International Olympic Committee who presented him with the award, that he would strive to win the gold medal later. “I fulfilled my promise the next day.”
The gold medal that delivered on that promise came from the mixed relay event. The speed skating mixed relay is a new event in this competition. Each team sends two male and female skaters to skate a total of 6 laps. In the final, Pan Baoshuo surpassed the Dutch and Korean players in the last lap and won the gold medal with an advantage of 0.04 seconds. “The competition was very thrilling. It was the first time for everyone to compete. I am very happy that we won this gold medal.” Jin Xin said that for the mixed relay event, each team was familiar with it while exploring, and there were four teams competing on the field. , the competition process is inevitably a bit chaotic. “I practiced several times before the game, but it was different once it came to the game. I had to pay attention to the handover position while also avoiding collisions.” Even so, Jin Xin believes that the addition of the event has changed the previous characteristics of speed skating being a race against time and enhanced the Ornamental.
“We were very happy when we held the national flag and walked around the field. This is the first gold medal won by the Chinese speed skating team in the Winter Youth Olympic Games.” Pan Baoshuo said. Jin Xin believes that Pan Baoshuo showed strong personal strength in this competition and has great ideas about the competition. Liu Yunqi was also able to complete the plan seriously. “When the coach said she would rest for 10 minutes, she would not rest for 11 minutes. She would also start warming up in advance to prepare for the next round of training.”
The other two young players, Zhang Shaohan and Zhang Wanli, are both sprinters. Although they failed to stand on the podium, they also gained experience and growth. “Zhang Shaohan was under a lot of pressure in the 500-meter race on the first day, and the runners in the same group had a false start, which also had an impact on her.” However, in Jin Xin’s view, these experiences are experiences that can help athletes grow faster. Zhang Wanli was not in good condition in this competition, but he gave full play to his own advantages in the collective start competition and cooperated with his teammates to implement techniques and tactics. Jin Xin said that in recent years, the reserve force of speed skating has become increasingly abundant. Not only have talents emerged, but the performance has also improved a lot. (Reporter Li Xiaojie)
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