Which event is the strongest in China, short track speed skating or speed skating?

Judging from the honors won by China team in short track speed skating and speed skating, short track speed skating has an absolute advantage. It can be said that the Chinese short track speed skating team holds up half the sky of ice sports in China.

In the 35-year history of short track speed skating in China, 23 outstanding athletes won 103 world championships and broke the world record 20 times. China's first gold medal in the Winter Olympics came from short track speed skating. In previous Winter Olympics, China won 7 gold 10 silver and 7 bronze, and short track speed skating became the strongest ice event in China.

Speed skating has basically let us down in the Winter Olympics. Only in the men's 500m final of Pyeongchang Winter Olympics last year, China won the bronze medal with a time of 34.65 seconds, which was the first medal in the history of China Winter Olympics. Compared with the honor of short track speed skating, speed skating can be said to be a lot dimmer.

The star players of China's short track speed skating team can be said to be endless, and the short track speed skating team represented by Li Yan has always been the absolute main force for us to win the gold medal and silver medal in the Winter Olympics. Wang Meng, Wu Dajing and other athletes who have won the Winter Olympics in recent years are all members of our short track speed skating team.

Short track speed skating not only has star players at present, but also our Chinese short track speed skating team, under the leadership of Li Yan, is constantly cultivating new people and reserving a large number of reserve talents for the team. At present, the promising stars of the China delegation are women's teams: Wang Meng, Liu, Li Jianrou and Fan Kexin; Men's Team: Liang, Wu Dajing, Han Tianyu and Shi Jingnan. I believe that with the combination of these old and new players, our short track speed skating competitiveness can be further improved.