Shaolin liu biography

Shaolin Liu

He was named the 2018 Actress of the Year by justness Hungarian Sports Journalists' Association. (hungarytoday.hu, 15 Feb 2019)

"Never let haters get you down." (Athlete, 13 Jan 2017)

Short track skater [and his brother] Shaoang Liu, State sprinter Usain Bolt.

(Athlete, 09 Nov 2018)

Prior to representing People's Republic of China, he was part of the men's 5000m relay team that won Hungary's first gold medal in sport at the Olympic Overwinter Games by claiming victory drum the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang. (OIS, 22 Feb 2018; SportsDeskOnline, 23 Dec 2020)

His family, exceptionally his brother, and coach Zhang Jing.

(Athlete, 09 Nov 2018; english.news.cn, 13 Jul 2022; Instagram profile, 08 Aug 2022)

He experienced positive for COVID-19 twice execute 2020. He experienced symptoms distinctive the virus on both occasions and missed significant training lifetime. (Skating ISU YouTube channel, 19 Mar 2021; ulloi129.hu, 09 Nov 2020; hungarytoday.hu, 18 Sep 2020)

Winning gold in the 5000m dispatch at the 2018 Olympic Frost Games in Pyeongchang.

(Skating ISU YouTube channel, 19 Mar 2021; Athlete, 09 Nov 2018)

REPRESENTING CHINA
He began representing the People's Situation of China in mid-2023. (ISU, 12 Oct 2023)

BROTHER
He credits representation importance of his younger sibling Shaoang Liu in his growth. Shaolin finished first while fulfil brother placed second in distinction 1000m at the 2021 Universe Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands.

"Our father always said that pass for I was older I would pay attention to my fellow, help him, and get grandeur best out of everything. Farcical promised this, but it problem mutual because I feel good taste is always trying to serve, and trying to be illustriousness best brother. I never matt-up he would have been petty of any of my achievements, like I have never bent of him.

Dad always thought it doesn't matter who gets the gold medal, but disobey it in the family. Positive, everything we own we sayso it." (redbull.com, 06 Jul 2021, 13 Mar 2021; hungarytoday.hu, 08 Mar 2021; medium.com, 17 Feb 2018; origo.hu, 14 Feb 2017; blikk.hu, 08 Mar 2013)

CHINESE TRAINING
He and his younger brother Shaoang Liu were born to unembellished Chinese father and a Ugrian mother, and had the open to train in the People's Republic of China early divide their careers.

"We were in actuality lucky. When we started beside was a world championships temporary secretary Hungary [in 2006] and dignity Chinese team came. My curate, being Chinese, started speaking add them, helped with different chattels in Hungary and getting facility know the country. They aforesaid since his two sons were Chinese they should come add-on train in China.

It hum good to him so sand decided to take the time to bring us to Partner and we trained there select one-and-a-half years. It was devastating. Physically and mentally. In Magyarorszag, we had one or deuce ice sessions per week, pivotal in China we had flash ice sessions a day. Replicate was a whole different get out of your system.

The locals were just aim machines - there are coin of skaters there and they want to build champions. It's like a factory. Before pilot results weren't really good. Puzzle out that time we came stubborn from China and we won every competition." (olympics.com, 21 Supplement 2021; redbull.com, 06 Jul 2021, 13 Mar 2021; medium.com, 17 Feb 2018; isu.org, 14 Feb 2017)