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Wang Meng in 2012 short-track speed skating worldcup. [Photo from xinhuanet] |
Wang Meng, one of China’s shining speed skaters with four trophies from the Winter Olympics, expressed full support for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The athlete from Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province is a veteran Olympian who has four gold medals from the 2006 Turin Games and 2010 Vancouver Games. She keeps the world record in the woman’s 500-meter race.
Wang says it would be a “remarkably good” opportunity for China if Beijing wins the bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which will bring huge benefits to the country’s sport economy. “Our country’s sport GDP will keep growing fast and continuously,” She said.
She also said hosting the Winter Games will greatly help promote winter sports events among the public.“China is doing very well promoting national fitness, and it will do better,” Wang said. She is an active promoter of winter sports in her hometown, Qitaihe.
Besides short-track speed skating, Wang also loves snowboarding. She calls herself an “amateur”, but she snowboards every year. “You have to experience winter sports in person,” she said, “it’s exciting, but also calls for skill and wisdom.”
Wang said ice hockey will be what she most wants to watch if Beijing wins the 2022 Winter Olympics, which she said will be “competitive, intense and passionate”.
She said all people who love sports in China would like to see Beijing to host the Winter Olympics. “We are waiting earnestly”.
