In the Winter Olympics, short track speed skating has always been the strength of the Chinese team, and in the history of China's short track speed skating, Yang Yang can be called a milestone figure. Because there was a teammate named Yang Yang at the same time, everyone generally called them Big Yang Yang and Little Yang Yang. Yang Yang was the creator of the first gold medal for the Chinese team at the Winter Olympics, and she achieved great success in Salt Lake City in 2002, winning two gold medals.
The most concerned by the outside world is that Dayang Yang won the first gold of the Winter Olympics for the Chinese team in the short track speed skating 500 meters, but it should be known that at that Winter Olympics, the most dramatic competition for Dayang Yang to win the championship was the 1000 meters final.
Today we will review the short track speed skating 1000m final of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and she and Xiao Yangyang cooperated to finally defeat the classic battle of spoiler South Korea's Ko Ki-hyun.
Pre-match situation
Before the race, Yang Yang was under great pressure, and she won almost all the short track speed skating 1500 meters championships from 1998 to 2002, but only finished 4th in the 1500 meters final of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
Fortunately, Dayang Yang withstood the pressure in the 500 meters and won the gold medal, which was also the first gold in the history of the Chinese team at the Winter Olympics.
In this way, the pressure of Yang Yang in the 1000-meter race is much less, according to her words: after winning the championship, her pressure is relieved at once, and I feel light.
Biggest challenger
At that time, there were 4 people who entered the final, including Da Yang Yang, Xiao Yang Yang and South Korea's Gao Jixuan.
South Korea's athlete is very strong, she has won the World Junior Championships short track speed skating women's all-around runner-up, 1000 meters champion, 1500 meters super final champion before the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, is recognized as the biggest opponent of the Chinese team to win the championship.
At the same time, the women's 1000 meters event is considered to be the back garden of the Korean team, because the Korean superstar Jeon Li-ching achieved consecutive victories in the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics 1000 meters, so the Korean team has a great advantage in this event.
Chinese team strategy
Short track speed skating is strategic, especially in the final, the Chinese team has Big Yang Yang and Little Yang Yang play together, the strategy formulated at that time was to have a strong explosive force xiao Yang Yang to lead, and then the big Yang Yang with stamina first saved the gold medal, and xiao Yang Yang won the second place, which was the best tactic at that time.
Dramatic finals
After the final began, according to the pre-match tactics, Xiao Yangyang took the lead and led 5 laps.
Soon, Xiao Yangyang's physical fitness problems were overtaken by the Korean team players.
At this time, the big Yang Yang broke out, she overtook to the second place, and finally sprinted, with a time of 1 minute 36 seconds 391 times to win the gold medal, the Korean player silver medal, xiao Yang Yang third place.
The Chinese team retained the gold medal, but Xiao Yangyang did not win the silver medal.
Tactics go wrong
Later, when Yang Yang was interviewed, he said that when he saw that Xiao Yangyang's physical fitness reached the limit, he should go to a lap in the morning, so that he would not give the Korean team players a chance and could firmly suppress the opponent.
Unexpectedly, Dayang Yang took a lap in the evening, so that the Korean team players surpassed the first place, and Dayang Yang struggled to regain the first place, and finally won the championship, breaking the Rule of the Korean team for this project.
Thrilling level 10 out of 10
The attention of the outside world in this game is also very high, after all, Big Yang Yang and Little Yang Yang are playing as double insurance, especially after Big Yang Yang won the first gold, everyone's confidence has doubled.
When Xiao Yangyang's physical strength was overdrawn, the Korean players rose to the first place, and everyone held their breath at that time, after all, such a situation was not expected before the game.
Fortunately, the final result was good, and Big Yang Yang and Little Yang Yang won gold and bronze medals respectively.
After winning the championship, Xiao Yangyang was too tired to stand up, this scene is also very moving, she said before that she wanted to "protect" this gold medal of Yang Yang, and she also fulfilled her promise.
After this Winter Olympics, Dayang Yang won the silver medal in the women's 3000-meter relay with his teammates, and won 2 gold and 1 silver in one Winter Olympics. Although he did not win the championship in his strongest 1500 meters, the final result was good. The most important thing is that Dayang Yang achieved a breakthrough of 0 gold medals in the history of the Chinese team in the Winter Olympics, broke the rule of the South Korean team for the women's 1000 meters, and created his own history.