Historic Success: Shaoang Liu Wins Hungary's First Individual Gold Medal at Winter Olympics
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- 18 Feb 2022
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In the final, Shaoang Liu immediately took the lead, and although he was pressured by Russian Ivliyev, he could not overtake him, so he took first place after 40 seconds and became the Olympic champion.
Shaoang Liu, Hungary’s first individual Olympic champion in the 500-meter speed skating final, said he woke up Sunday morning in Beijing thinking he would be an Olympic champion.
"The night before, when I went to bed, I was already thinking about the races and trying to evoke positive feelings. In the morning I woke up with the feeling that I would be an Olympic champion,”
said the athlete, who won bronze in Beijing in the 1000m and with the mixed relay and won gold with the men’s relay four years ago in Pyeongchang.
"Inside I was expecting it, but I was just telling myself that, and I felt like the last time when I won the world championship over that distance,”
he added.
Shaoang Liu recalled that it was very difficult for him to get to Beijing because he had contracted coronavirus before his scheduled departure. When he arrived in the Chinese capital a week later than the others, he felt uncomfortable because he had to be alone while his teammates were already training. Read More…
