2002 Olympics 编辑

He participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, making the finals of the 1000 meter short course event but returned home without a medal after a controversial fall involving Apolo Ohno, Li Jiajun, and Mathieu Turcotte allowed Australian Steve Bradbury to sweep the gold medal.

After the Olympics 编辑

安獲得2002年世界少年短道冠軍,和同一年在金东圣獲得成年等級的2002年世界短道速滑锦标赛獲得第二,幾乎創造了Kim在1997年獲得青年和成年等級世界冠軍頭銜的成就。安賢洙在2003-2004年和2005-2006賽季在世界杯總排名中排名第一。

2006 Olympics 编辑

In the 2006 Winter Olympics, Ahn won gold medals in the 1500 m and 1000 m events. He set a new Olympic record time of 1:26.739 in the 1000 m, finishing ahead of teammate Lee Ho-suk and rival Ohno. Ahn also won gold in Men's 5000 m relay along with teammates Lee Ho-suk (이호석), Seo Ho-jin, and Song Suk-woo. He became the second Korean athlete ever to win three gold medals in one Olympics. (Jin Sun-yu (진선유) accomplished this earlier on the same day.) He also won a bronze medal in the 500 m event. Rarely taking the lead position throughout the entire race, Ahn's strategy is to follow the leaders, then sprint using an outside passing lane (or occasionally an inside passing lane if the opportunity arises) with only two or three laps to go. In the 5000 m relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Ahn made a brilliant pass around defending Olympic champion Canada on the final lap, helping Korea earn the victory. Sports commentators often refer to his "patented outside pass" due to its consistency and tremendous effectiveness.

Ahn Hyun-soo won a total of 4 medals in the 2006 Games, an unprecedented result by any athlete in his sport. He is the first Korean man to win at least 3 medals in a single Winter Olympics.[1]

After the Olympics 编辑

儘管在明尼阿波利斯2006年世界短道速滑锦标赛的500m和3000m項目被取消資格,並獲得了68分成為的全能世界冠軍,同袍李昊锡也獲得60分。

Conflict 编辑

After the 2006 World Championships, Ahn flew back to South Korea. At Incheon International Airport, Ahn's father, Ahn Ki-Won, had a loud quarrel with the vice president of the Korean Skating Union (KSU), claiming that the coach did not associate with Ahn and conspired with other skaters to prevent Ahn from winning the title of overall champion.

The South Korean short track team was split into two groups, in one of which Ahn was being coached by the women's coach due to conflicts with the men's coach. The tensions had risen so high that the skaters refused to dine in the same room, sit next to each other on the plane, or even share the same floor with each other. Ahn and Lee Ho-suk used to attend the same high school together, and even shared a room last year in skating camps, but since then have rarely spoken to each other.

安在他的個人網站上提到壓力對他來說太多了,他考慮退出這項運動。 由於這個問題,KSU表示,從下個賽季開始,球隊將團結在一個主教練下,以防止有害的對抗。[2]

After the conflict 编辑

意大利米蘭於3月9日到11日舉行的2007年世界短道速滑锦标赛,安獲得五次世界錦標賽,在1000公尺和5000m接力與成始柏宋炅泽金炫坤中獲得第一名。他還在同胞宋炅泽後面3000米處獲得銀牌,以及兩面銅牌於500m和1500m。他是第一個贏得五場世界錦標賽的人。[3]

Ahn is the only male short track skater to have won at least three consecutive world championships (having won five in a row); Canadian short track legend Marc Gagnon has won four times, but his titles did not come back to back.

Early 2008 season injury 编辑

On January 16, 2008, the Korean Skating Union (KSU) announced that Ahn had injured his knee after colliding with a fence during national team training at the Korea Training Center in Taeneung. After being sent to the hospital, the injury was diagnosed as a fractured knee.

Due to the injury, KSU announced that Ahn would not be competing in the ISU Samsung World Cup Series 5 and 6 in Quebec City and Salt Lake City, respectively. It was also reported that he would not be competing in the 2008 World Championships in Gangeung or the 2008 World Team Championships in Harbin, China. As a result of the unexpected injury, it was clear that Ahn would be unable to defend his sixth World title, leaving his countrymen Lee Ho-suk, Song Kyung-taek, and Lee Seung-hoon to make up the ground. After undergoing three surgeries, his rehabilitation period was predicted to be around 2–3 months.[4]

After eight months off the ice, a Korean news article reported on September 5, 2008 that Ahn was back training, undergoing approximately two hours of physical reinforcement and skating along with around five hours of rehabilitation accompanied by muscular power training. The article also reported that Ahn was eyeing the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.[5]

Because of his injury, Ahn did not compete in the 2009 World Championships in Vienna, Austria which took place March 6–8.

2010 Winter Olympics 编辑

During the South Korean National Team Trials, which ultimately determine the Fall World Cup and Olympic Teams, Ahn was unable to qualify, finishing 7th in overall points (because Ahn didn't compete in the last two World Cup seasons, he needed to finish in the top three in overall points to qualify). Due to his inability to qualify, he did not compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Despite this, Ahn competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia as a Russian citizen.

Moving to Russia 编辑

Ahn was the leader in the 3000 meters for the 2011–2012 season. He was also in the first place 5000 meter relay team.[6]

2014 Winter Olympics 编辑

 
Ahn at the Men's 500 metres short track podium

At the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics, Ahn won the bronze medal in the 1500 m event. He won the first short track speed skating medal that Russia has earned while competing as Russia.[7] Ahn then won the first Russian gold medal in short track, winning the 1000 m event, leading the first Russian 1-2 finish in short track, with Vladimir Grigorev winning silver.[8] On the 21st of February Ahn won his 7th overall and 5th Winter Olympic gold medal when he finished first in the 500 m men's final.[9] With that gold medal, he became the first short track skater to win all four Olympic golds, the 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m relay. He also became the short track speed skater with the most Olympic gold medals, with 5,[10] which increased to 6 with a 5000 m relay win later the same day. With that gold, he became the short tracker with the most Olympic medals, at 8, tied with Apolo Anton Ohno; he also became the short tracker with the most Olympic Gold medals, at 6.[11]

After the Olympics 编辑

作為一名滑冰運動員完成職業生涯後,安為俄羅斯短道競速滑冰的教練。[7][12] Notwithstanding his decisiong to coach speed skaters, Ahn continued skating for Russia. At the 2017 European Championships, Ahn became third in 500 metres and second in 500 m relay.[13][14] Ahn is planning to retire from sports after the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[15]

  1. ^ Ahn Hyun Soo Profile. Yahoo! Sports. [2007-03-12]. (原始内容存档于11 March 2007). 
  2. ^ Gwang-lip, Moon. Korean Skaters Come Apart. The Korea Times. 2006-04-06 [2007-03-12]. 
  3. ^ 引证错误:没有为名为worlds的参考文献提供内容
  4. ^ Kang Seung-woo. Skating Champ Injures Knee While Training. The Korea Times. 2008-01-17 [2009-02-20]. 
  5. ^ Ahn is back training. Chosun.com. 2008-09-05 [2009-02-20] (Korean). 
  6. ^ http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=3672
  7. ^ 7.0 7.1 Mark Zeigler. Viktor Ahn: For Russia, with love. U-T San Diego. 10 February 2014. 
  8. ^ Beth Harris. Viktor Ahn wins 1st Olympic gold and 2nd short track medal for his adopted Russia. Associated Press (Yahoo Sports). 15 February 2014. 
  9. ^ Gregory Sysoev. Short Track: Russia's Viktor Ahn Storms to Second Gold in Sochi. RIA Novosti. 21 February 2014. 
  10. ^ AP. Russia's Ahn wins only short track gold that eluded him: 500m. Fox Sports. 21 February 2014. 
  11. ^ Beth Harris. Viktor Ahn of Russia wins 2 short track golds. AP (Yahoo! Sports). 21 February 2014. 
  12. ^ Alexander Vilf. Viktor Ahn to Coach Russian Short-Track Speedskaters. R-Sport (RIA Novosti). 2014-02-11. 
  13. ^ Виктор Ан стал третьим на чемпионате Европы по шорт-треку на дистанции 500 метров
  14. ^ Россияне завоевали серебро в эстафете на чемпионате Европы по шорт-треку
  15. ^ Naturalized Russian short tracker to retire after Olympics in native land