Olympic speed skating champion Gao to skip World Single Distance Championships
BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- China's Olympic champion Gao Tingyu will sit out the remainder of the current season to focus on recovering from injuries, his coach Liu Guangbin has confirmed.
Gao claimed three gold medals from the men's 100m, 500m, and team sprint events at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin in February. At the ongoing ISU World Cup in Heerenveen, Netherlands, he placed fourth in the 500m Division B