Speed skater Yang Binyu won the women's mass start race at the Third Winter Youth Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland on January 16. It was China's first gold at the event.

The Chinese speed skating team bagged one gold, a silver and two bronzes.

Yang finished 13th in the mixed team sprint on the natural ice rink of Lake St. Moritz on January 15. The other teammates in this event were Carla Alvarez Fernandez from Spain, Filip Hawrylak from Poland and Nuraly Akzhol from Kazakhstan. The mixed team sprint, initiated at the edition in 2016, is regarded as a platform for young athletes from different countries and regions to bond as friends.

Yang is from Heilongjiang Province in northeast China. The 17-year-old impressed the media with her excellent English. She also served as the occasional interpreter for other Chinese sprinters.