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Hungarian skater Shaolin Liu aims to win gold medal in Beijing 2022
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In ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup concluded in Shanghai on Sunday, Shaolin Liu from Team Hungary was a shining star, who won two men’s 500m gold medals and led his team to win a silver in 5000m relay.
The 24-year-old short track athlete pledged to win another gold medal in Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in an interview with Xinhua.
Liu is of mixed heritage, whose father is Chinese and mother is Hungarian.
“My dad hopes I could win gold medals every time, especially in China, because I am half Chinese,” he said.
Liu told Xinhua that the victory made him famous in Hungary and a large number of brands has flocked to him for cooperation since then.
“But I still want to focus on training because I aim high in Beijing,” Liu said.
Liu’s life returned to peace this summer. He devoted himself to training and yielded fruitful results. In Salt Lake City, the first leg of this season’s World Cup, though he fell behind Wu Dajing to win a silver medal of 500m, he got into 40 seconds for the first time in his career.
Later in Montreal, he won men’s 500m gold medal and became a strong opponent of Wu.
“I feel very lucky,” he said, revealing that he has learned a lot from the Chinese team. “I admire that Wu Dajing can always keep his time at around 39.5 seconds.”