The open category competition of short track speed skating at the 14th National Winter Games finished all events on February 18th. Sun Long, a 2018 undergraduate student from our university, won three gold medals in the men's 500m, 1000m, and 1500m events. Zhang Chutong, a 2019 undergraduate student from our university, won the women's 500m gold medal, as well as silver medals in the 1000m and 1500m events. In addition, two athletes also won the men's 5000m relay gold medal and the 2000m mixed relay silver medal respectively. The "Double Stars" of East Normal shone on the stage of the 14th National Winter Games, becoming the most outstanding male and female athletes in the short track speed skating events of the 14th National Winter Games.
Both Sun Long and Zhang Chutong are outstanding undergraduate students nurtured under the "U-G-S" excellent ice and snow sports talent cultivation model in NENU. These two students not only possess excellent athletic abilities but also outstanding academic achievements. These two students fully embody the aim and characteristics of talent cultivation at our university, emphasizing not only the improvement of athletic abilities but also the enhancement of students' learning abilities and comprehensive qualities to promote their all-round development.
(From News Center, translated by Zhu Yanan, revised by Chen Yanxu)
