Beijing Winter Olympics

　　China News Service, Beijing, February 12 (Wang Hao) In the men's 500-meter speed skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics held on the 12th, Chinese athlete Gao Tingyu broke the Olympic record and won the championship with a time of 34.32 seconds. This is the first time a Chinese player has won the championship. Winter Olympics gold medal in the men's speed skating event.

The picture shows Gao Tingyu at the ceremony of awarding souvenirs.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun

　　A total of 30 runners participated in the men's 500m race, divided into 15 groups.

According to the rules, two people in each group skate at the same time, and the final ranking is based on the time used by all players.

　　The Chinese team sent Gao Tingyu and Yang Tao to participate in the competition. Among them, Gao Tingyu is the current ace player in the short-distance speed skating event in China. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's 500-meter event, becoming the first Chinese to win the speed of the Winter Olympics. Male athlete with ice skating medal.

　　This season, he won the World Cup Poland 500-meter championship, which is the first World Cup sub-station championship in his career.

　　Gao Tingyu, who appeared in Group 7, showed a strong performance at the starting stage. With the cheers of the audience, he crossed the line with a time of 34.32 seconds, temporarily ranking first, which also broke the Winter Olympics record.

　　At this point, there are still 8 groups of players did not appear.

But among these players, no one surpassed Gao Tingyu, and in the end, Gao Tingyu won this precious gold medal.

Yang Tao finally ranked 21st.

　　This is the second Winter Olympics speed skating gold medal won by the Chinese team in history. In the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Zhang Hong won the first gold medal in China's speed skating Winter Olympics in the women's 1000m speed skating event.

　　In an interview after the game, Gao Tingyu revealed that he strained his leg during the training the day before, and he was actually very nervous the night before the game.

"I didn't sleep much yesterday, and it was too stressful to play at home." Gao Tingyu said.

　　Although he was very nervous before the game, Gao Tingyu was still full of energy during the game. In his own words, there was nothing he could do if the injury affected him.

　　Previously, Gao Tingyu, who already holds a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics, once said that he would change the color of the medal. He said that he is now "walking the talk".

　　Talking about future plans, Gao Tingyu said: "Protect your body, because the injury is too serious now. As long as you have a little injury or a little mistake in speed skating, you will miss the top 3, or even the top 10."

　　At the previous opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gao Tingyu and Zhao Dan appeared together as the flag bearers of the Chinese delegation.

His grandma was in tears when he saw him appearing as the flag bearer. When asked what she wanted to say to her grandma, Gao Tingyu said, "I will go back early."

　　Gao Tingyu's victory broke the Winter Olympics record.

Since the Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating competition started, a new Winter Olympics record has been created every day, and Gao Tingyu also spoke highly of the ice rink of the National Speed ​​Skating Stadium: "If this place does not break the record, how can we win the championship?" (Finish)