Yang Binyu played a stable role in the women’s 1500-meter project and won the bronze medal at 2 minutes 10 seconds, adding another medal to the Chinese delegation.
Xinhua News Agency, St. Moritz, Switzerland, January 13 (Reporter Niu mengtong, Liu Wei) on the 13th local time, the speed skating Of This Winter Youth Olympic Games held the next day’s competition on Lake St. Moritz, yang Binyu played a stable role in the women’s 1500-meter project and won the bronze medal at 2 minutes 10 seconds, adding another medal to the Chinese delegation.
Yang Binyu and Dutch player Mai debull were arranged in the last group of competitions. Yang Binyu, who set out on the outside Road, encountered the top wind when changing corners, and the speed reduction in the second circle was obvious, the final result differs from the champion by 0.49 seconds.
“Yang Binyu’s skating posture is not particularly strong. The upper body is a little open, and the wind has a great influence on her. Overall, it has exceeded the training level.” Coach Liu Kai said that there is not much gap with the champion at present, and there is still a chance, but the strength still needs to be further improved.
Finally, the Dutch girl in the same group with Yang Binyu won the gold medal at 2 minutes 10 seconds 44, while the Japanese player Takahashi won the silver medal at 2 minutes 10 seconds 58.
After the game, Yang Binyu said that there was not a big gap between him and his opponent’s strength. “Dutch and Japanese players started faster in the first lap. I recovered a little in the last lap, and there was still a little distance left, so it’s a little pity, but it’s OK to get the bronze medal.”
In the men’s 1500-meter project that followed, Japanese athlete Yiyong won gold with a score of 1 minute 52 seconds. Chinese players Xue Zhiwen and Sun Jiazhao ranked ninth and twentieth respectively. Xue Zhiwen, who was expected to impact medals in the long-distance Project, said after the game that he saw the gap with the world’s high-level athletes. “If you go back, you must continue to work hard and strive to live up to the cultivation of the country and coaches.”
On the 15th and 16th, the speed skating stadium will usher in two projects of group chase and group departure respectively, and decide the last three gold medals of speed skating. Yang Binyu has the strength of impact medals in the collective departure project.