In 1980,

at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics in the United States,

for the first time,
China set up its Winter Olympic delegation,
and participated in 18 individual events,
but none of them entered top six in the rankings.
At the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics in Canada,
a Chinese skater
participated in the women's 1,000m short tract speed skating
race,
and won the gold.
However, at that time, short track speed skating was a
demonstration sport,
not an official Olympic sport yet.
At the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics in France,
short track speed skating became an official Olympic sport.
The same Chinese skater,
won a silver in the women’s 500m final.
At the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics in Norway,
another skater from China
entered the women's 500m short track speed skating final,
and had been dominated from the start,
but was surpassed by a U.S. skater when sprinting at the
end,
and got a silver.
How far's China from winning the first Winter Olympic gold
medal?
Then a proposal to reform the training system
and to select new athletes
was put forward
at the conference of the National Winter Sports
Administration.
The one who came up with this proposal,
was the assistant trainer of the short track speed skating
team, Qin Shan.
This long and intense debate
ended up with the head coach of the national team,
Jin Yalin's resignation.
Three months later,
the Winter Sports Administration
appointed Qin Shan as the new head coach
to reselect younger skaters
nationwide,
to recruit for the national team of short track speed
skating,
once again endeavoring themselves
to win a Winter Olympic gold medal.
Yang Fan.
Not bad.
How’s the ice?
The ice is great today!
Hey Fan!
Zhao Xue!
Hurry up, hurry up.
Must be kidding.
One versus one.
If you lose, you gotta leave the team.
Well,
Fan,
you are up first,
competing with Zhao Xue.
Who made this?
Coach Qin.
Qin,
a one-off race?
You are being so rigorous.
What if the good one slips,
and gets weeded out?
What I’m testing is their stress tolerance.
No matter how good they are usually,
if they drop the ball at critical moments,
it’s still meaningless.
Lanes were determined by your previous scores,
you ought to be on the outer lane.
This is unfair,
it should be decided by drawing lots.
Coach Qin said so.
Just let her stay there.
Let’s start.
How could Fan give up the inner lane?
She and Zhao Xue are close.
But this is a knockout round.
On your mark,
ready!
Just two laps left.
Why is Yang Fan still following behind?
She's not taking it seriously.
What's wrong with Yang Fan today?
Yang Fan's cut out for this.
Yang Fan,
get over here!
What were you doing?
What was wrong?
What was wrong?
Who allowed you to give up the inner lane to Zhao Xue,
and stay behind her the whole time?
You were disregarding the rules!
I wasn't helping her.
I'd been practicing overtaking in the latter part.
I just
wanted to test it.
It could be anytime,
didn’t you know this was a knockout race?
If you lose, you go home.
But I won.
What if you've lost?
That would've proved your system was unreasonable.
So childish.
Our main forces to the Asian Winter Games,
she can be one of them.
Zhao Xue…
This is the Harbin Asian Winter Games,
and now it's the semi-final of the ladies’ 1,000m.
Just one lap left,
the Heilongjiang skater Yang Fan
is now taking up the first place.
Come on! Yang Fan, come on!
Now they are entering the last curve.
Yang Fan, go!
Wonderful!
Yang Fan was the first who crossed the finish line,
and entered the final with the highest score of the group.
Qin!
Haibo,
did you see that?
Yang Fan has made it into the final in first place!
Yang Fan’s father had a car accident.
What did you say?Who?
Yang Fan’s father,
came all the way from hometown to watch her race,
was hit right after got out of the train station.
How bad is it?
Not sure yet.
Heilongjiang Sports Bureau has already sent someone there.
Yang Wentao’s family here?
Yes…
The patient is suffering a visceral hemorrhage,
we've been trying our best to save him,
but the situation
does not look good.
Mom…
Fan,
your parents aren’t here.
No way…
I've waited until now and they never showed up.
They told me when they called
they would definitely be here.
From the stadium to the hospital,
a round is 15 minutes.
Give her another 10 minutes to see her father,
within half an hour…
in half an hour at most,
Yang Fan certainly can come back.
Of course she can be back,
but seeing her father on the sickbed,
you think she can still be able to finish the race?
Then you tell me what to do!
What to do?
Do you know how much effort
she's put into this race?
Do you know how much this race means to her?
But you can't keep this from her…
Coach, manager,
why are you here?
I’ve been looking all over for you…
What’s the strategy for the final?
Yang Fan,
in the final round,
your three Korean opponents,
they all have once been,
Olympic champions.
To get a gold medal,
is not easy at all.
What's wrong with you?
Are you confident to win?
Coach,
this is in my hometown.
Sister!
What are you doing?
Sister!
Who are you looking for?
Leave me!
A race is going on in here…
Sister,
sister,
sister…
Xin, what are you doing here?
Dad had an accident.
Coach,
coach!
Yang Fan left.
Yang Fan,
are you giving up?
The final will start soon,
the three Korean finalists have already entered the rink…
Sister,come on.
Representing China today,
is Yang Fan, the skater from Qitaihe, Heilongjiang.
Now the three Korean skaters are warming up on the ice.
Only the Chinese skater Yang Fan hasn't showed up.
Sister, be quick!
Give me 10 minutes…
What are you talking about?
Give me 10 minutes,
just 10 minutes!
Sister! Sister, sis…
Yang Fan!
Three Korean skaters are already at the start line.
The last one getting to the start line,
is the only Chinese skater here, Yang Fan.
The final is about to start.
The fellows from Yang Fan's hometown are going to witness
her
confronting the three Korean finalists alone.
This will be an exciting race in this year's Asian Winter
Games,
let's expect to see
Yang Fan creating a miracle in the final.
The starting gun blasted,
Yang Fan was off the start line first.
Yang Fan! Go!
As the race just started,
Yang Fan's full of drive as she's sprinting.
She seems like a red rocket,
leading all the way.
In a middle-distance race,
different from in a 500m race, skaters usually would not
keep full speed the whole time.
But Yang Fan's opponents
were the champions of the women's relay in the last Winter
Olympics.
To stay in first place, is not easy at all.
Fan, go for it!
Yang Fan might be able to win.
She's caught up with emotions,
it's dangerous being like this.
The three Korean skaters are gradually speeding up,
and keep shortening the distance to Yang Fan.
Pass! Pass! Pass!
Pass her! Go pass her!
Go!Go!Go!
The Koreans are getting faster and faster.
Yang Fan, be careful!
Outer lane,outer lane!
Brilliant!
With the encirclement from three directions,
Yang Fan has still held the first place.
The Korean skaters,
once again launched an offensive.
Go pass her! Go pass her!
The Korean skaters are on the inner and outer tracks
separately,
attempting to surpass Yang Fan at the same time.
Chun Hyo-Ri and Kim Mi-Seon are aimming at Yang Fan from
both sides.
The situation is not good for Yang Fan.
Fan. Yang Fan. Yang Fan!
Yang Fan!
Regrettably,
Yang Fan fell off the field in the confrontation.
The referee did not blow up the whistle.
It seems like Yang Fan has to quit.
Yang Fan seems to have fallen badly.
The head coach of the Chinese national team, Qin Shan,
is going to check on Yang Fan immediately.
Yang Fan,
are you ok?
Hold on, hold on!
Hold it up!
Yang Fan stood up.
She's not giving up!
Although being behind the Korean skaters by a whole lap,
she's still trying to get back to the race.
Although there might be no chance anymore,
she's not giving up.
Fighting till the end,
this is exactly the sportsmanship.
Let us together,
cheer for our pride of Heilongjiang,
cheer for the fighter from China!
Yang Fan! Keep going! Yang Fan, Keep going!
Mom...where is dad?
He was just wheeled out.
Fan…
your dad had not left till your race was over.
Move, move, move, make way for us.
Excuse us, move, move.
Make a way.
Whoa,
you live so far.
I've already made it clear to manager Zhao when he was here,
I'd not skate anymore.
You can go.
But those words,
you haven't said to me.
I’ve made up my mind.
Well, then…
Oh right,
it‘s almost the World Championships,
I need an ID photo for that.
I’ve come all the way here,
it won’t be too much for you to take a photo of me, will it?
These photos of you,
were taken by your father, right?
Please turn around and sit straight.
For what happened to your father,
I sincerely appologize to you,
I’m sorry.
It was my own decision of going back to the race,
it had nothing to do with you.
I know,
in a small town like yours,
making such decision,
must’ve led to judgments by others.
Move your head to the left.
If you want to be understood,
I think there is only one way,
which is to be a world champion.
Are you still doing this or not?
Of course,
if you want to stay here,
and be a master in photography,
I can’t stop you.
But if that’s the case,
don’t let me ever see you again.
Because I don’t want to see
the Yang Fan who’s lying to herself.
It's done.
Here's what I'm gonna say at last,
whether you come back to the team with me or not,
it doesn't really matter.
as your coach, I just hope
you can be honest with yourself.
Two bucks.
Such Yang Fan,
is what your father wished to see.
When my husband started running this photo shop,
it cost him over 20 grand.
Selling it for only 10 grand would be too little.
What about this, my friend,
just adding a little more,
to 12 grand?
What are you doing, Xin?
Mom!How could you sell the shop out?
What else can I do?
You are going to college, your sister has to leave.
I know nothing about photography.
She didn’t even come to send dad off,
why are you still defending her?
Why can’t she just stay,
and run the shop?
She has to go back to the national team.
Why does she have to go back?
How talented she is in skating!
She couldn’t even get a medal in Asian Winter Games,
what a talent she is!
Your dad said that she could be a world champion.
Don't stop.
Nothing to see.
Carry on.
Fast. Fast. Fast.
Morning, girl.
Keep it low.
Keep at this speed.
9.8 seconds.
Don’t stop. Don’t stop. Keep it.
Keep up!
Watch the pace!
Good morning. Good morning,coach. Work hard!
Here.
Do not stop. Carry on.
Right shoulder.
Fast. Fast. Fast.
Run. Run. Run.
Go. Go. Go.
Pay attention to the pace.
Get up. Get up. Continue.
Mom,
the 5,000 bucks,
is my prize for winning in the World Championships.
In your last letter, you said Yang Xin was admitted to
college,
I am so happy for her.
The Nagano Winter Olympics is in just two months,
I won't be back for the Spring Festival this year.
Take good care of yourself.
Everything is fine for me.
Your sister gave this to you.
Hello, ladies and gentlemen.
We're at the Nagano Winter Olympics, now it's the women's
1,000m short track speed skating final.
The Chinese skaters, Yang Fan and Luo Xiaoyan,
have made it into the final.
So far,
the Chinese delegation have already won five silvers and one
bronze.
To get a gold medal in this year's Winter Olympics,
here's their last chance.
They'll be competing with the two Korean skaters,
Chun Hyo-ri and Won Hye-kyung for the gold medal.
Come here you all. Listen,
don't be nervous,
commit to our tactics.
Once start,
Hyo-ri, get close to Yang Fan,
Hye-kyung, follow Hyo-ri tightly.
Is that clear?
Stop telling me what you're good at,
just stick to my tactics.
But coach,
what I'm good at is to overtake at the latter half of the
race,
I'm not good at leading…
I'm gonna say it again,
this is a Winter Olympic final,
once start, you must
ensure to take the lead.
Don't take any chances,
a silver means failure, understand?
What I want is a guaranteed win.
Why do you have so many words? Time is up.
Wait a second.
Qin, hurry.
I know.
Yang Fan,
I was so pushy to you guys on your physical tolerance,
just for a day
like today.
Keep holding on tight
at the last lap, as long as
you keep being ahead of your opponent by one body,
the gold medal is yours.
Yang Fan keeps accelerating,
Chun Hyo-ri follows her tightly,
they've left the two other skaters far behind,
the race just turned to a chase between the two of them.
Speed up.
Whether we can break the "zero Winter Olympic gold" record,
depends on the two Chinese skaters' performance.
At the last lap, as long as
you keep being ahead of your opponent by one body,
the gold medal is yours.
Hold on.
Qin…
Now there's only one lap left.
Faster.
Yang Fan is doing her utmost to sprint.
She has been one-body ahead of Chun Hyo-ri.
Good job, Fan !
Keep going,
the gold medal is waiting for you.
The last curve.
We are about to witness this historical moment
of China breaking the "zero gold" record.
What happened?
Chun Hyo-ri …
Chun Hyo-ri caught up with Yang Fan while exiting the curve.
Just before crossing the finishing line, the two of them
crashed into each other.
Yang Fan!
Are you okay?
You alright? Are you hurt?
Look.
On the screen,
we are seeing the replay,
Chun Hyo-ri passed the curve on the outer lane,
but was faster than Yang Fan who was on the inner lane.
This curve technique that the Korean team used
is amazing.
The replay shows that
Yang Fan fell behind Chun Hyo-ri by a tip of blade.
Moreover, Yang Fan was called for foul play,
and her score was declared invalid.
Dismissing the national team?
Is it really necessary?
It was what I proposed four years ago,
but now I’ve not completed the goal neither,
and I shouldn’t be an exception.
Your report today was totally on the point.
About the technique the Koreans used this time,
what's your opinion?
I've done some analysis right after the race,
the Koreans' curve-overtaking technique
uses the same concept of driving a car
to pass a curve without slowing down.
It slides for a long distance,
with a very high speed.
This is a new technique,
the Koreans have used it for the first time.
So for the failure,
it was not the athletes to blame to,
it was all my responsibility.
Just a difference of one blade tip.
One blade tip,
0.01 second…
if our physical tolerance,
can be improved by just a little more,
this difference of 0.01 second,
can definitely be eliminated.
Good,
I will give you another four years then.
Stop dwelling on it,
the national team is dismissed.
They want us to pack up and return to the provincial teams.
When will we come back?
Next year, at the National Winter Games,
there will be a reselection.
So this year will be wasted…
Coach Qin said,
put everything else aside,
focus on improving the physical tolerance first.
Coach, do you have a minute?
I need to talk to you.
Are you unwilling to train with the provincial team?
I'm aware that
you are the only one from Heilongjiang in the national team,
you are afraid of going back there
might make you left behind.
Don't worry about it,
I've got your training plans,
and arrangements.
They're on the desk,
give them to the coach of the provincial team.
I don’t mind going back to the provincial team,
but I don’t agree on practicing physical tolerance.
What’s your suggestion then?
I think what we should learn,
is the Koreans' curve-overtaking technique.
Let the Koreans teach us?
I've found a Canadian coach called Kohl,
he's very familiar with this technique,
we can invite him to teach us.
This technique you are referring to,
I’ve heard about it,
and studied it before.
Learning it,
will consume a lot of time and energy,
and we'll need many adjustments to our current tactics.
It indeed has its merits,
but it does not fit for us.
Why not?
Every national team has its own tactics.
Strengthening physical tolerance is ours.
But it's the future of short track speed skating,
all the top teams are practicing it now.
This time we are behind by one tip of blade,
next time, the difference might be one body.
What are you trying to say?
I'm just sharing my thoughts.
I am the head coach of the Chinese national team.
Just follow my plan,
there will be no problems.
Well, you also said that as long as I sticked to your plan,
I could definitely win.
For the lost in Nagano,
don't you
feel responsible at all?
Weren't you slower than usual in the last lap?
Just a little bit…
A little bit slower still means slower.
The Koreans' curve technique indeed made them fast,
but if you didn't slow down by that much,
how could they get ahead of you by a tip of a blade?
A tip of a blade!
You don’t want to focus on physical tolerance,
whereas, you are the one who needs it the most!
Losing a race,
You have never looked for the reasons from your own,
you'll never become an Olympic Champion in your life.
Well if you think so,
then why am I still wasting time here?
Yang Fan,
China's efforts in Winter Olympics,
just because of you,
have been wasted for another four years!
Qin!
What did you say to Yang Fan when she came to you?
Nothing particular,
what’s up?
She left to the provincial team this morning,
but she didn’t even take her skates.
She's not going to retire, is she?
No, no.
Listen to me,
there is no way that she refused to train with the team
was because of you.
At any rate,
please stall her for me,
do not let her leave anyhow.
Here you go, ma'am.
Our fabrics are very fine,
you're gonna love
the material and the texture.
If you like them, bring me more guests!
Absolutely! See you next time.
Awesome, take care!
Your shop is running so well.
Just wanted to come and see you.
What a surprise,
that you came for me.
How’s the bussiness of your clothing shop?
It's alright.
In this entire mall, I'm the first to open in the morning,
and the last to close at night.
I need to restock from the wholesalers every 10 to 15 days.
As for income, it makes me a little more than skating,
but comparing to you, a world champion,
not even close.
Yang Fan,
I’ve always envied you since a kid,
you are so talented.
No matter how much efforts I put in,
I could never catch up with you.
When you defeated me in the knockout race,
I could take it.
But now,
if you decide to retire just because of an argument with
coach,
I think that's just unacceptable.
Who told you I was retiring?
You were not?
Fine, fine.
So what?
I asked her to see you.
Wasn't it you who said I could never be an Olympic Champion,
and China wasted four years because of me?
I said that, but so what?
You quit for real?
I never said I'd quit.
So what does this mean?
I'm applying to go abroad.
Go abroad, to where?
Canada? For Kohl?
Yes.
I’ve already emailed him.
Do you know the annual amount
of the budget to your provincial team?
Go abroad?
The cost... I'll figure it out.
What exactly are you trying to do?
Are you dying to train with someone else?
Coach,
what I want is just studying the new tactics abroad.
I'm telling you this, Yang Fan,
half a year later,
the selection will be launched at the National Winter Games.
If you end up learning nothing with Kohl,
you are done.
This is my decision,
I'll live with it.
Ok.
Then don’t regret it.
Come on, you guys in the back!
Hurry up!
Faster. Faster.
58 second. Not bad.
Hurry up.
Qin,
Two more laps.
Qin,
Keep going!
Yang Fan sent us a letter.
Coach, manager,
I haven't written to you guys for so long,
because I wanted to give you a surprise.
I’ve grasped the overtaking technique at the curve.
The essential thing about this technique,
is that when you pass the curve,
you do four kicks,
instead of three as we ususally do.
Timing, strength, and angle of the kicks
are the key factors of this technique.
The curve-overtaking technique,
works well when surpassing the opponent in the last lap.
I’ve always been good at surpassing in the latter part,
so this perfectly matches with my style.
I'll show you in this year's National Winter Games.
It 's amazing Yang Fan
learned this technique so fast.
Well, it might not be that difficult…
I mean,
if this technique is not that hard to learn,
we can try it too.
This way we can reduce some physical tolerance practice.
I'm always worried that too much practice may bring about
injuries…
I'll know when it's too much.
Moreover,
whether this can work or not,
if it's really a good technique as she said,
we'll know in the race.
Who let you rest!
All stand up, stand up, stand up!
Get up!
Keep going.
Be quick, hurry up, hurry!
Don't slack.
Come on!
Move. Move.
This is the 9th National Winter Games,
here's the broadcast of the women’s 1,000 m short track
speed skating final.
The skaters in the first three places are
Luo Xiaoyan, Wu Haixia and Wang Jiajia, who are all from the
Jilin team.
Yang Fan, who's from the Heilongjiang team, is in last
place.
They were teammates in the national team,
but at this moment,they’re opponents against each other.
Three laps left.
Yang Fan of the Heilongjiang team stays in last place.
It seems that the Jinlin team has the chance
to take down the first three places in this category.
Two laps left,
the athletes are sprinting with all their strength.
Yang Fan is still in last place,
…seems like the Jilin team will get this gold medal for
sure.
One lap left.
Yang Fan is not slowing down at all to enter the curve.
Yang Fan suddenly launched an offensive.
She surpassed Wang Jiajia in a flash.
Yang Fan is getting faster and faster,
Haixia is the next target.
From outer lane again,
she surpassed Wu Haixia.
Full gear,
sprint!
Whoa, what just happened?
Yang Fan surpassed the three Jilin skaters successively,
turned the tables and won the championship.
Let's congratulate Yang Fan!
Going abroad was right.
In this year's National Winter Games,
our short track speed skating team,
performed exceptionally well.
Now,
let's welcome Yang Fan,
to say something.
From outer lane again,
she surpassed Wu Haixia.
Yang Fan is not slowing down at all to enter the curve.
Yang Fan is going offensively now.
She surpassed Wang Jiajia in the blink of an eye.
In the past half year abroad,
what I felt the most was,
homesick.
I missed our national team,
and all of my teammates.
We missed you, too!
...she surpassed Wu Haixia…
...Luo Xiao Yan sticks to the inner lane…
Whoa, Yang Fan surpassed
the three Jilin skaters successively,
turned the tables and won the championship.
Let's congratulate Yang Fan!
The training of the skaters abroad is different from us,
they desire to get trained,
whereas, we see training as our task.
Yang Fan,
why don't you talk a little about Kohl?
Yeah, we heard he was really handsome,
and tall.
Yeah!
Talk about it!
Tell us!Tell us!
Coach Kohl is very kind,
but not as strict as coach Qin…
Where is coach Qin?
Oh, he’s not feeling well.
Qin Shan,
are you sure about this?
Are you really going to resign?
The foreign training system,
is indeed more advanced than mine.
My intention is pure,
as I mentioned from the very beginning,
we need fresh blood in the team.
For the instructors,
it's the same.
Do you really think the committee
will agree to have a foreigner
to be the head coach of the national team?
As long as he can get us a gold medal,
it doesn’t matter if he’s a foreigner,
or an alien.
Let me tell you the truth,
Qin Shan,
for all of us,
this generation,
this is the last Winter Olympics to fight for a gold.
Where is coach?
At the rink.
Manager, is coach really going to resign?
We've been tried persuading him for a long time,
but he didn't listen at all.
Yang Fan,
your spot of going abroad,
was applied by Qin.
The tuition,
was also applied by him.
Coach,
are you really not training us anymore?
I've already recommended Kohl
to the committee.
Is it really that hard to learn the curve overtaking
technique?
While we were in Qitaihe,
it was you who told me to be honest with myself.
But now,
are you being honest to yourself?
You are right,
the curve overtaking technique is not that hard,
the athletes just need to
learn and comprehend the movements,
but the instructors,
need to study the principles of the movements,
the multiple variations,
and the applications.
It is far from easy.
I…
really want to be with all of you,
but…
we are running out of time.
On the first day I was enrolled in the national team,
you told us,
that we were a team,
we need to trust each other.
Why are you giving up now?
Why aren’t you even giving it a try?
Yang Fan,
thank you
for coming to persuade me
at this point.
But when it comes to the Winter Olympics,
I
am not important.
Yes, you are.
You are very important.
It was you who changed me.
Without you,
after my father’s death,
I would never come back to the national team.
Without you,
I might never even get to learn the new tactics abroad.
In the past half year abroad,
I was trying so hard to train myself everyday,
not because I wanted to prove that you were wrong,
but just wanted to show you,
that I do have the courage to challenge myself.
And this courage,
was given by you.
Qin Shan!
please stay,
we need you.
Ms.Jiang,
Xiao Zhang.
Yang Fan is on the newspaper again,
it’s the front page.
Hello,audience.
from the opening of the 2002
Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in the United States,
there are three months left.
Today,
We have the honor to have
the head coach of the national team of short track speed
skating, Qin Shan,
and the seeded skater, Yang Fan,
come to our studio.
Coach Qin,
at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics,
do you have the confidence to win the championship,
and achieve this historical breakthrough?
Confidence,
of course we do have confidence.
As we all know,
within the recent years, Yang Fan
has always been No.1 in the world rankings.
But of course,
short track speed skating is a sport
with uncertainties.
So we can only say,
the chance of winning
is great.
Yang Fan,
the Korean skaters have always been
our most competitive opponents in the Winter Olympics.
Rumor has it,
that in order to defeat you,
they've done several reselections of the skaters.
What do you think of that?
In the category of 1500 meters,
I've never lost once within the past three years.
So from my perspective,
no matter who they choose,
the gold medal,
belongs to me.
In front of the audience,
how could you brag about yourself?
I was just telling the truth.
That's not an excuse to show off.
Haibo,
for Yang Fan, I think
it's good to be a little aggressive.
She has won so many world championships,
restaining her opponents’
confidence,
might be helpful.
You could definitely win a gold medal
for how fast your defection is.
Manager,
coach has always been on our side,
right？
Neutral.
I remain neutral.
Dude,
what is it?
Coach Jin has been sick recently,
acutually, these years,
he has always been thinking of you.
Go to see him if possible.
Coming,coming.
Who is it?
Mrs. Jin,
Qin?
What brought you here?
Come on in!
Come in.
I heard that,
coach Jin…
We went to the hospital last month…
it was cancer.
Qin Shan's here?
Coach Jin,
it is me.
Are you…
Are you okay?
I've watched all the races your team was in.
They all performed well.
Good job.
I have some notes over there,
go, go take a look.
Might be helpful.
Yes, that one,
the black one,
black one.
In the 1998 Winter Olympics,
and the World Championships these years,
you all did well,
good job.
Coach Jin…
At that time, I…
All right, all right, all right,
At that time,
they all said,
that you questioned me in front of the leaders,
and betrayed me.
But this time,
as long as you
win an Olympic gold medal back,
whether it was really a betrayal or not,
is not important.
The Winter Olympics is close,
stop wasting time here.
Leave, go, go.
Coach Jin,
you’ll see.
At this moment,
thousands of spectators are gathered in the stadium,
to watch the first final of this Winter Olympics,
the final of the women's 1,500m short track speed skating.
The finalists are
Ko You-Jung and Choi Min-Young from South Korea,
Look, Yang Fan's here.
Jessie Wright from Canada,
Ivanova from Bulgaria,
and Yang Fan, Wang Jiajia from China.
Sit, sit. Take a seat.
It’s about to start.
The skaters are warming up now.
Yang Fan seems to be in a great state now.
In the World Championships during the past three years,
Yang Fan won the championships in all the 1,500 m races.
This is Yang Fan’s competitive category.
She said in an interview before the race,
that she had great confidence of winning.
Let's look forward to witness
the Chinese Winter Olympic delegation
to break the "zero gold" record.
Fan, the Korean team seems tough to deal with, be careful.
Coach,
the two Korean skaters look so experienced.
They are only seventeen years old,
this is their first world-class race,
so don't be nervous.
Aren't they taking the Olympics as an exercise?
Fan,
you are definitely going to win.
Listen to me,
do not underestimate your opponents,
warm up comprehensively,
take it easy,
you got this.
Go! Go!
Relax. Relax.
Go for it.
Don't worry, coach.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the final of the women's 1,500 m short track speed skating,
is about to start.
Go to the start.
Ready.
Once started, the two young Korean skaters
took the lead.
Each lap of the ice rink is 111.12 meters long,
thus a 1500-meter distance includes 13 and a half laps.
To the skaters,
it requires great physical tolerance.
Thus the athletes
usually don't start too fast.
Yang Fan and Wang Jiajia from China,
are currently at the third,
and the fourth places respectively.
The situation just changed,
Yang Fan,
and Wang Jiajia collaborated,
by switching their positions strategically,
thus blocked off
the Canadian skater.
The Canadian skater
suddenly speeds up,
and occupies the inner lane.
With her abundant experiences,
she stayed on the inner lane,
and successively surpassed Yang Fan and Wang Jiajia,
taking up the third place.
Wang Jiajia and Yang Fan,
dropped to the fourth and the fifth.
This is the 4th lap,
all skaters are speeding up now.
The Canadian skater at the third place,
Jessie Wright,
initiated a surpass from the outer lane.
What just happened?
Jessie Wright just fell down accidentally.
Jessie Wright has won several
world championships.
What a pity!
She has to drop out of the game.
There are only five skaters continuing.
The Korean skaters
are at the first and the second places.
The third and the fourth are
the Chinese skaters.
Jiajia!
Wang Jiajia is trying to overtake from the outer lane,
but the Korean team sensed it.
Hold it! Hold it!
Come on! Yang Fan!
Wang Jiajia unexpectedly switched her path,
and cut through from the inner lane.
What happened?
Attempting to surpass the Koreans,
Wang Jiajia lost balance,
and fell out to the protective mats.
This is too coincidental,
two skaters who attempted to overtake the Korean team
have both fallen out of the tracks.
What a pity that Wang Jiajia was out,
there is only one Chinese skater continuing,
Yang Fan.
No changes of the athletes' positions yet,
the forecasted champion, Yang Fan,
is still at the third place.
The accidential tumbles of the two skaters
increased the tension of the race.
In the last four laps of the game,
there is not much time left for Yang Fan.
Go pass them!
Go pass them!
Go pass them!
Yang Fan has made up her mind,
and decided to overtake from the outer lane.
Choi Min-Young reacted fast,
coming to the outer lane in advance,
and cut Yang Fan's way.
There are only three laps left in the race,
and Yang Fan is still in third place.
It seems that the Korean team is well-prepared today.
Yang Fan initiated another overtake from the outer lane.
Choi Min-Young changed to a fuller range of motion,
and blocked Yang Fan's route with Ko You-Jung,
from the inside and outside at the same time.
Last two laps.
Come on! Come on!
Yang Fan!
All of the Chinese spectators stood up,
shouting Yang Fan's name.
Faster. Faster. Faster.
Pass her!
You’re missing the chance.
Yang Fan speeded up,
approaching Choi Min-Young.
Watch out,Yang Fan!
Watch out.
Yang Fan .Watch out!
Last lap.
Yang Fan started to overtake from the outside which she's
good at.
Choi Min-Young is trying to distract Yang Fan.
But Yang Fan made it!
Yang Fan successfully overtook Choi Min-Young,
coming to the second.
Yang Fan keeps approaching Ko You-Jung, staying on the outer
track.
Last curve.
Whoa!
What happened?
Yang Fan,
has also been distracted by the Korean team,
and dropped to the last place.
Qin,
did the Koreans play foul?
From the replay we can see,
that the Korean skater was ahead.
The referees called it an unintentional touch of the skates,
not a foul.
The results were seen to be effective.
Yang Fan was the last.
This is hard to believe,
the first final of the Salt Lake Winter Olympics
just ended with an unexpected result.
The one who never lost a 1500m race in the past 3 years,
the Chinese athlete Yang Fan,
was defeated by the 17-year-old young Korean skaters,
Ko You-Jung and Choi Min-Young.
In your opinion, what made Yang Fan lose?
Competitive sports,
have a lot of uncertainties.
The reasons for Yang Fan's failure were complicated.
The coach of the South Korean national short track team
Kim Hyang-Nam once said
it seems the Chinese team has been under a magic spell
that has been keeping you from winning a Winter Olympic
gold.
How would you respond to this?
We Chinese,
never believe in these superstitious sayings.
We will let the results to speak for us
to the whole world.
Yang Fan,
the Korean team won you by chance,
but you are dealing it wrong,
you still have the 500m race later on,
you need to pull yourself together for that one.
Fan,
this was all my fault,
I didn't manage it well.
I should've stayed away from them.
We've practiced together for so long,
I didn't help you out at all.
It was all my fault.
Yang Fan,
We all know you were under huge pressure,
but getting this gold medal is not just your job.
This
is the last Winter Olympics for the four of us.
If we can't get a gold medal,
we take the blame together.
Count me in.
Together.
Coach,
in the next race of 500m,
I want to use the tactic of leading.
Leading?
I'll get to the front once the race starts,
so they can't affect me at all.
What if they use the same tactics as in Nagano,
surpassing you from the outer tracks?
I don’t mind.
In the next race,
I'm not gonna go easy on them.
How could the foreign athletes
come to the Olympics so happily?
When we take this gold medal,
we'll probably be happier than them.
This is the Salt Lake Winter Olympics.
Here's the broadcast of the women's 500m semi-final,
Yang Fan from China,
has changed her tactic.
She has been leading from the start of the race.
The gold and silver winners of the women's 1,500m race,
Choi Min-Young and Ko You-Jung from Korea,
are following Yang Fan closely.
Leading in the front from the beginning
consumes the skaters a lot of energy,
Balance. Balance. Balance.
looks like Yang Fan,
is all in today.
There is only one lap left.
The Koreans are initiating an offensive.
Choi Min-Young came to the outer lane first.
Choi Min-Young is approaching Yang Fan from the outer lane!
It is getting intense.
Excellent!
Yang Fan has entered the curve first, and
took the lead.
Choi Min-Young is using
the outer-lane-overtaking technique that Yang Fan 's is
adept at.
Choi Min-Young is accelerating,
she almost catches up with Yang Fan.
Come on. Yang Fan!
Whoa,
Yang Fan was the first to pass the finish line.
But she fell down while sprinting.
Are you ok?
Feeling alright?
Let's congratulate Yang Fan,
in the final later,
she will be once again fighting
for the first Winter Olympic gold medal for China .
Coach,
I have won.
Hurry up, clean her wound.
Wrap it tight.
I'm fine.
How is Yang Fan doing?
Doctor,
what's the situation now?
This is a really large wound,
it needs to be sewed,
but it can only be simplified now.
If she insists on playing,
the wound will definitely be torn up.
The Committee just asked,
if we decided to forfeit the race.
Qin,we have no time,
make a call now!
Da long,
hurry,
take them out and help Haixia warm up, hurry!
Fast!
Go, go, go!
Go!
Jiajia, hurry!
Haixia,
Bring your stuff.
Haibo,
give us a moment please!
Coach, I'm fine,
I'll be okay in the final.
I've no problem kicking…
Yang Fan,
give it up!
This is a bad injury,
and it will definitely affect your movements in the race.
The 500m has never been your competitive category,
you won't get a gold with an injury.
I know how you feel,
but it's a fact that must be faced up to.
Yang Fan,
calm down!
There's more in your life than this race.
Don't be upset.
I know you’ve tried your best.
All these years…
I have put so much efforts in training,
and racing,
what was it all for?
For a result like this?
I can live without an Olympic gold,
but I just want to fight alongside my teammates,
once again for the country.
Why would you ask me at this moment,
to give it up?
Why would that person be you?
Why?
Bite tight.
Hold the upper!
Hang on.
Thank you, coach!
This is the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics,
here's the short track speed skating race.
The next is the final of
the women's 500m short track speed skating.
The Chinese skater Yang Fan is entering the rink.
In the semi-final,
she won the first place to enter the final.
Although in the last race,
her ankle was injured,
we still hope that in the final,
she can have a great performance.
Ms.Jiang, where are you going?
I'm old, I'm afraid of watching this.
You guys keep watching, I'll take a walk.
I’ll go with you, mom.
The lane order of the athletes has been announced.
Yang Fan is at the first lane,
Choi Min-Young from the Korean team is at the second,
Ivanova from the Bulgarian team is at the third lane,
Canadian athlete Jessie Wright is at the fourth,
Wu Haixia is the fifth.
According to the short track speed skating's rules,
athletes are free to change tracks once the race starts.
500m is a very short distance,
so the track order is very important for the athletes.
The closer lane one takes,
the more advantages one can take from the start.
Ahhh... regrettably,
Wu Haixia performed exceptionally well
in the semi-final,
but getting the outer lane in the final,
levelled up the difficulty for her to win the gold.
It does not look good for Haixia.
What a pity that Fan is injured,
it would be great if they could switch lanes.
Give me 10 minutes,
just 10 minutes.
Your dad said
she could be a world champion.
I can live without an Olympic gold,
but I just want to fight alongside my teammates,
once again for the country…
I have trained myself desperately every day,
I was not trying to prove you were wrong,
but to tell you that
I have the courage to challenge myself,
and this courage,
was given by you.
Go to the start.
Ready.
It’s incredible .
With an ankle injured, Yang Fan
still has come to the first place.
Yang Fan,
is being way ahead.
Jessie Wright and Choi Min-Young are following behind her.
Wu Haixia and Ivanova are at the last.
Choi Min-Young accelerated,
and overtook Jessie Wright,
Yang Fan is still hanging onto her lead.
Two laps left.
Yang Fan’s movements are rhythmic and powerful,
she skates as if she's flying on the ice.
One last lap,
and Yang Fan is still in the lead.
Go up! Go up!
Hold on! Hold on! Hold on!
In the next race of 500m,
I want to use the tactic of leading.
What if they use the same tactics as in Nagano,
surpassing you from the outer tracks.
What is happening?
Unexpectedly, Yang fan is going fowards the outside,
at the last half of the final lap.
Amazing!
At the critical moment of a Winter Olympic final,
in spite of being ahead of the opponents, Yang Fan
slid to the outer lane,
giving up the advantage of staying on the inner lane
to the Korean team.
Aided by the inner lane, Choi Min-Young got closer to Yang
Fan.
Yang Fan has entered the curve from outside,
and used her signature
curve-overtaking tactic at the outer lane.
Choi Min-Young is almost parallel to Yang Fan.
Champion!
Yang Fan is the champion of the women's
500m short track speed skating.
This was such an amazing race!
In the race of 500m,
the category she's not confident in the most,
Yang Fan took an invincible lead throughout the race,
and made a hit at the decisive moment.
She has taken over the dominance in short track speed
skating
from the Korean team.
All the Chinese audiences at the arena
stood up.
They offered a storm of applause
to the delegation of China,
to the first Winter Olympic gold medal of their country.
I knew you could do it.
Mom,
my sister just won the championship,
my sister is an Olympic champion now, mom.
From 1980 to 2002,
seven terms of Winter Olympics,
twenty-two years,
the Chinese team has finally got China
the first Winter Olympic gold.
Let's congratulate Yang Fan,
and the short track speed skating team of China.
Let's memorize this historical moment of
Yang Fan winning China,
Great!Great!
the first
Winter Olympic gold medal.
This is great!
Awesome.
The flag!
Good job.
Good.
The Chinese national flag is now in the hands of Yang Fan
and Haixia,
waving in the air,
like a roaring flame,
lit up the entire rink of the Winter Olympics.
This flag,
is not only in Yang Fan and Haixia's hands,
but also flying
in the hearts of
all the Chinese spectators,
and audiences in front of the televisions.
We have all witnessed,
the birth of the first Winter Olympic gold of China.
We've all experienced,
a race that will be memorized by the history.
We have got to know from an interview prior to the race
that due to age restrictions,
for all the athletes and the instructors of the national
team,
this was their last Winter Olympics.
But we believe that,
they will pass along the experiences,
the courage, and the spirits
to the younger generation of the athletes
to
the next generation
of the Chinese short track speed skating team.