Victor Ahn coach for China

18 September 2020   -   Viktor Ahn (RUS), one of the most succesfull shorttrack skaters in history, will be the new national coach of China.
   
    Ahn will take over the job from former Chinese Shorttrack Champion Meng Wang and joins a number of retired Winter Olympic champions to coach Chinese athletes in this Winter Olympic cycle where China will host its first Olympic Winter Games.
    Ahn won 3 Gold medals (total 4 medals) at the Olympic Winter Games as Hyun-Soo Ahn for Korea in 2006 in Torino. He missed South Korea’s team for the 2010 Olympics after undergoing knee surgeries in the months leading up to the Olympic Trials. In 2011 he became a Russian citizen and won 3 Gold medals (again 4 in total) as Victor Ahn for Russia in Sochi 2014.