Chinese Church Voices first featured Li Yan, the "Iron Lady on Ice" in 2014 following the Sochi Winter Olympics. She has continued to coach speed skating and this year was the head coach of the Chinese speed skating training team for the Beijing Winter Olympics. This article continues the story of Li Yan’s personal experience and the humility that is key to her success as a world-class coach.
Chinese Church Voices first featured Li Yan, the "Iron Lady on Ice" in 2014 following the Sochi Winter Olympics. She has continued to coach speed skating and this year was the head coach of the Chinese speed skating training team for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Here we learn more of Li Yan’s personal experience and the humility that is key to her success as a world-class coach.
To help our readers in their Olympic-watching prep, here is a story from Chinese Church Voices about a legendary Olympian—Li Yan, a short-track speed skating athlete and coach, who happens to be from China and happens to be a Christian.
Li Yan—the head coach of the Chinese short track ice skating team who quietly prays during competition, “God is my stronghold, I have no fear.”
The story of Li Yan, a Chinese Christian speed-skating coach.
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