Gao Becomes 1st Chinese Man To Win Olympic Speedskating Gold
Feb 12, 2022, 4:32 PM
Tingyu Gao of Team China skates on the way to setting a new Olympic record time of 34.32 during the Men's 500m on day eight of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Speed Skating Oval on February 12, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
(Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
BEIJING (AP) — Gao Tingyu has become the first Chinese man to claim an Olympic gold medal in speedskating by winning the 500 meters.
Gao added to the bronze medal he took in the 500 at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
Zhang Hong had been the only Chinese gold medalist at the oval.
OLYMPIC RECORD!
Listen to the crowd as Gao Tingyu takes the lead in the men's 500m final!#WinterOlympics
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She won the women’s 1,000 eight years ago in Sochi. Now she’s got company.
Gao set an Olympic record of 34.32 seconds.
The silver went to Cha Min Kyu of South Korea for the second straight Olympics.
Wataru Morishige of Japan took the bronze to complete an Asian sweep of the podium.
