Xinhua News Agency, Changchun, March 22 (reporter Wang Jingyu, Zhou Wanpeng) in the national speed skating championship men’s 500-meter competition held on the 22nd, Gao Tingyu, the bronze medalist of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, won the championship with a greater advantage.
In the two taxiways in the upper and afternoon, Gao Tingyu, who represented the battle of Heilongjiang skating training center, slipped out 35 seconds 45 and 35 seconds 10 respectively, finally, he won the championship with a score of 70 seconds and 55 seconds. Yang Tao of Shenyang Institute of Physical Education and Hou Kebo of Beijing Sports Bureau won the runner-up and the third place respectively. The total scores of their two taxiways were 71 seconds 26 and 71 seconds 54 respectively.
Gao Tingyu’s performance in the world arena this season was flat, and the best 500-meter season was 34 seconds 59 slipped out of the competition held by inzel in Germany. For the performance of the day, Gao Tingyu thought it was normal.
“In the first round, I felt that I didn’t play well. I didn’t mobilize my state. In the second round, I had a very obvious improvement.” Gao Tingyu said, “it is similar to what I expected, between 35 seconds 1 and 35 seconds 2.”
Gao Tingyu told the reporter that in the first season after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the training was mainly adjusted. “It must be adjusted after the Olympic Games. If one’s nerves are always tense, it will collapse after four years…… Compared with the World Cup, it is a little powerless. The Foundation is not enough and it has been adjusted all the time, so it has not been practiced.” He said.
Gao Tingyu said that he still has many shortcomings and personal skills need to be improved. When asked about the goal of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Gao Tingyu said that it would be better to do your best.
Yang Tao, who won the runner-up, said frankly that he was satisfied with the ranking, but not very satisfied with the results. He said: “The physical condition is not the best, and there is no slip out of the best level of training.” Yang Tao told the reporter that when he participated in the World Youth Championship in the 2016-2017 season, he could slide to more than 35 seconds and 3 seconds. In the past two years, he has not improved or dropped significantly. “Others improve quickly and stay where they are. It is very uncomfortable. I hope to make a breakthrough.” He said.
In the women’s 500 m competition, the 27-year-old Jin Jingzhu slipped out the results of 38 seconds 77 and 38 seconds 56 respectively, and won the championship in 77 seconds 33, it was Tian Ruining and Shi Xiaoxuan who won the runner-up and the third place.
On March 10, in the final of the speed skating World Cup held in Salt Lake City, USA, Jin Jingzhu won the tenth place with a score of 37 seconds 733. After the 22th game, Jin Jingzhu said that he was in a very ordinary state. Because I have been playing some time ago, I just came back for a week, and there is no systematic training. I feel that it is quite good to slip to this result.