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In this Chinese name, the family name is Gao.
Gao Tingyu
Personal information
NationalityChinese
Born (1997-12-15) 15 December 1997 (age 27)
Yichun, China
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
Event500 m
ClubHeilongjiang Province Ice Training Centre
Medal record
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing 500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang 500 m
World Single Distances Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Salt Lake City Team sprint
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sapporo 500 m
Gao Tingyu
Chinese高亭宇
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāo Tíngyǔ
IPA[káʊ tʰǐŋ ỳ]

Gao Tingyu (born 15 December 1997) is a Chinese speed skater who is the Olympic record holder and champion in the Men's 500m event.[1] He also served as one of the flag bearers for Team China at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic's opening ceremony.[2][3]

Career

Gao made his Olympic debut at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics,[4] winning a bronze medal in the Men's 500m speed skating event. In doing so, Gao had become the first male speed skater from China to win a medal in Olympic speed skating.[5][6]

Gao competed in the 500m event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, where he won a gold and also set the new Olympic record with a time of 34.32 seconds, making him the first Chinese man to win a gold medal in Olympic speedskating.[7][8]

However, during the event, a false start was called in the last two heats, one of which included current World Cup champion Laurent Dubreuil. This was questioned by 1992 Winter Olympics Champion Bart Veldkamp, who called it "very suspicious" as it benefitted China's athlete Gao Tingyu who was in the lead at the time.[9] Due to the false start, Dubreuil had to be more cautious to his start, and his reaction time was slower than the initial start.[10] Furthermore, a false start would have disrupted the athletes' concentration, and also used up energy.[11]

References

  1. ^ News, A. B. C. "Gao becomes 1st Chinese man to win Olympic speedskating gold". ABC News. Retrieved 12 February 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Who is China's men's 500m speedskating champion Gao Tingyu?". South China Morning Post. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Speed skater Gao and skeleton's Zhao chosen as China's Beijing 2022 flagbearers". www.insidethegames.biz. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Athlete profile – Gao Tingyu". pyeongchang2018.com. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ^ Murakami, Sakura (11 February 2022). "Speed skating-Dubreuil aims to end Canadian drought in men's 500m". Reuters. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Olympics - Speed skating - Gao wins China its first men's speed skating gold". nippon.com. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Olympics Live: Decision on Russia's Valieva expected Monday". https://www.inquirer.com. Retrieved 12 February 2022. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  8. ^ "Emotional Gao hails 'passionate' fans after speedskating gold". South China Morning Post. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Jury veroorzaakt ophef met "valse start" voor Canadese topfavoriet: "Heel verdacht"" [Jury causes controversy with "false start" for Canadian top favorite: "Very suspicious"]. www.sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference a was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Bart Veldkamp vertrouwt 500 m-zege Tingyu Gao niet: '2 hele twijfelachtige valse starts'" [Bart Veldkamp does not trust Tingyu Gao 500 m victory: '2 very doubtful false starts']. www.sportnieuws.nl (in Dutch). Sportnieuws. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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Preceded by Flagbearer for  China
(with Zhao Dan)
Beijing 2022 		Succeeded by
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