"Winter Olympic Events"
With 18 days to go until the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, today's "Winter Olympics Event", we want to focus on the iconic figure of the Chinese men's short track speed skating team: Wu Dajing.
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
The final of the short track speed skating 500m event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, on this day, all the eyes of the Chinese people are focused on Wu Dajing, and it is on this day that he won the gold medal in this event with a world record-breaking result!
February 22, 2018, was an unforgettable day in Wu Dajing's life. In the men's short track speed skating 500m quarterfinals, he set a world record in 39.800 seconds and made it all the way to the final. Since the Chinese delegation still did not have a gold medal in the later stage of the Olympic schedule, in the penultimate project of the Chinese Winter Olympic Army, Wu Dajing gathered the hopes of countless people, and the pressure can be imagined.
The first shot of the final, Wu Dajing rushed away, and one more time will be sent off! In the second shot without a chance to make a mistake, he adjusted his mentality and started smoothly, winning the championship with a new world record of 39.584 seconds!
This is the first gold medal of the Chinese delegation at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the first gold medal of the Chinese men's ice event. At this moment, Wu Dajing's name resounded throughout the Gangneung Ice Sports Center. In the case of the Chinese short track speed skating team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics repeatedly being unjustly punished, Wu Dajing can be said to have fulfilled his mission to fight for the Chinese Winter Olympics Legion and even the whole of China! Got a decent gold medal!
It is not surprising that Wu Dajing has such a performance in the short distance event. Because in the World Cup competition in the previous season, Wu Dajing won three consecutive World Cup championships. With only four stops at the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in the Olympic year, Wu Dajing proved himself to be a strong contender for the gold medal with his achievements.
Looking back at this history four years later, it is not difficult for us to find out how bleak the "Pyeongchang Trip" of the Chinese Ice and Snow Army would have been without Wu Dajing's "tiger's mouth pulling teeth" at that time. I hope that Wu Dajing can focus more on his strengths and add luster to the Chinese Winter Olympics Legion at his doorstep!