Xinhua News Agency, Harbin, February 13 (reporter Wang Nina) on February 13, Zhang Hong, the first gold medalist of China Speed skating Winter Olympics, announced his retirement. This is what the reporter learned from the 9th anniversary and retirement ceremony of Zhang Hong Winter Olympics in Heilongjiang.
At the ceremony on that day, Zhang Hong put on skates again, galloping on the ice with the younger generation of speed skaters on the skating rink, announcing the formal end of his career as an athlete.
Zhang Hong said, looking back on his sports career, Zhang Hong said excitedly that he was very happy, proud and proud to stand here with everyone and spend this meaningful moment. “When I was 7 years old, I stood on the field in Harbin and started my own sports career. I was born in Harbin and grew up in Harbin. I thank Harbin for giving me life. I thank the land in Heilongjiang for cultivating me and giving me such natural conditions to engage in ice and snow sports.” Zhang Hong said that at the 2010 Sochi Winter Olympics, she won the first gold medal in the Winter Olympics for China speed skating, and this gold medal also witnessed the joint efforts of Chinese speed skaters and ice snowmen.
Zhang Hong said frankly that although she left the stadium after the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, she never gave up her efforts to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics as an athlete. However, due to her knee injury, she finally failed to stand on the track again, but appeared in Beijing Winter Olympics as a member of the International Olympic Committee, speaker and award guest.
For the future, Zhang Hong said that she would promote the growth of athletes in many international organizations including the International Olympic Committee, hongjijin and the International Olympic Research Center of Harbin Institute of Technology, olympic culture and education, international sports organization personnel training, Chinese sports culture and the spread of ice and snow culture and other aspects to make more efforts and contributions.
Zhang Hong was born in Harbin city in April, 1988. In January 2008, 20-year-old Zhang Hong won the championship in the Speed skating women’s short-distance all-around project of the 12th National Winter Games held in January 2012, four years after the transition from short-track speed skating to speed skating.
On December 16 of the same year, Zhang Hong won the championship in the second competition of women’s 1000 m in the speed skating World Cup Harbin Railway Station and won his title Prime World Championship. On December 30 of the same year, Zhang Hong won the women’s 1000-meter speed skating championship in the Asian Championships.
On February 13, 2014, the 26-year-old Harbin Girl started her first Winter Olympics trip. With a score of 1 minute 14 seconds 02, he finally won the championship and achieved the “zero breakthrough” of the gold medal of China Speed skating Winter Olympics “.
After the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Zhang Hong faded out of the stadium. On February 10, 2015, Zhang Hong became Beijing’s image ambassador for bidding for the Winter Olympics. On February 25, 2018, Zhang Hong was elected as a member of the IOC and the IOC Athletes Committee. In addition, Zhang Hong is now also the chairman of the coordination committee of the Koh Gen Do Winter Youth Olympic Games and the executive committee of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games organization.
At the event, Zhang Haihua, deputy mayor of Harbin municipal government, presented souvenirs to Zhang Hong, and Yin Changbo, Party secretary of Heilongjiang sports bureau, issued a commemorative certificate to Zhang Hong. (Finished)
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