Why China's short track speed skating has been a miracle? Can you tell me more about it?

1. Long history

Ice sports have a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, there are records of "ice theater" in the history books. After the Yuan Dynasty, Ice Creek became more popular. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, royal skating shows and folk skating shows were very popular. The unique geographic location and climate conditions make the people of Northeast China love ice and snow sports culture. The number of professional ice rinks in the three northeastern provinces accounts for about 20% of the number of ice rinks in China. In addition, there are a variety of natural skating rinks, which have laid a deep mass foundation. The people of Northeast China have been pushing the limits of ice and snow sports, and have become the "movers" of short-track speed skating gold medals.

2. Policy preference

Compared with freestyle skiing, speed skating and other winter sports, short-track speed skating has more gold medals, easy to achieve results, and a high mass base. In addition, the requirements of short track speed skating on body, coordination and team consciousness are very favorable to the choice of Asian countries. In summary, this has been prioritized and supported by relevant national resources, which has contributed to the explosion of short track speed skating.

3. The Power of Role Models

From Yang Yang to Wang Meng, Zhou Yang, to Wu Dajing, each generation of Chinese short track speed skating leaders has distinctive personality traits that inspire future generations to surpass themselves. The power of role models is infinite. Generations of short track speed skating champions and short track speed skating teams have achieved two-way results, making the Chinese short track speed skating team the king of winter sports. China quickly seized the opportunity to develop the program and identified short track speed skating as a key breakthrough program in China's ice and snow sports, and set up a national training team in 1993, laying the foundation for the rapid development of the program. This also means that the country vigorously promote ice and snow sports, continue to train professionals, as well as athletes' innate strengths, acquired efforts and other factors, so that in the past decade, "talented" athletes emerge frequently, so that China's short-track speed skating can create another miracle.

4. Chinese players good technology

In terms of technology, the gap between the Chinese team and the South Korean team was widening, Chinese players skating technology is very traditional, relying on power. The South Korean team, on the other hand, pioneered a brand new short track technique, which relies relatively little on strength, and still maintains a high speed in the second half of the long-distance race.