Yang Yang (A)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yang Yang is a former Chinese short track speed skater and current IOC member. She is currently a member of the Chinese national short track team. Yang is one of the most accomplished short track speed skaters of all time having won 59 world titles. Her victory in the women's 500 m short track at the 2002 Winter Olympics made her China's first-ever Winter Olympics gold medalist. She added a second gold in the women's 1000 m short track at the same Games and has also won two silver and a bronze medal. By coincidence, she had a contemporary on the Chinese skating team also named Yang Yang. The "(A)" identifier was used as a way to distinguish her from the other Yang Yang. Originally, this Yang Yang was known as Yang Yang (L) for "large", as she is older than Yang Yang (S) (for "small"), however, she objected to the "L" identifier, changing it to "A" for "August", her birth month. Although Yang Yang (S) is now retired from competition and there is no longer a need to distinguish between the two in results, Yang Yang (A) still uses the identifier in competition, considering it a part of her identity.... Mehr