Gao Tingyu thrilled the home crowd by becoming the first Chinese man to claim an Olympic gold medal in speed skating,     1    (win) the 500 meters on Saturday.

“Gao has conducted     2    excitingly fast and excellent performance at the Speed Skating Oval. And the March of the Volunteers will be played again inside the stadium.” said the message from the General Administration of Sport shortly     3    the competition. This was also the fourth gold medal for Team China at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games     4     the first Olympic gold in the country’s speed skating history.

In 2018, the     5    (high) potential Gao already got a bronze medal at Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea, as he said after the win in Pyeongchang: “I feel like that my capacity has reached the point     6     I can compete for Olympic medals. As long as I’m in a stable state of mind, I think for me the opponent is only     7     (I).”

Ever since he     8    (admit) into China’s speed skating team in 2015, Gao has won championships in    9    (compete) that were held home and abroad. He has suffered from severe back injuries and had an eight-month break before competing in the China Speed Skating Championship in 2021.

Gao was also the    10    (nation) flag bearer at the opening ceremony of Beijing 2022 on February 4.