The Beijing Winter Olympics are imminent, short track speed skating has always been the strength of the Chinese team, as a veteran Fan Kexin ushered in his last Winter Olympics. Fan Kexin is 28 years old, and it is no accident that the Beijing Winter Olympics is her last chance to realize her dream. 4 years ago in Pyeongchang, Fan Kexin left a huge regret, to the Beijing Winter Olympics, fighting at the doorstep, Fan Kexin has targeted the champion.
Sochi fell
In 2010, Fan Kexin entered the Chinese short track speed team, and a year later, he won the 500 meters championship at the World Championships, the women's 3000 meters relay champion, the fourth place in the women's individual all-around, Fan Ke was only 17 years old in the new year. According to her remarks: "It was like a dream. ”
Before the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin won the World Championships, the World Cup and the 500m championship consecutively, and his status was at its peak.
Unfortunately, in the semifinals of the short track speed skating women's 500 meters at the Sochi Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin accidentally fell, and her ice knife hit the ice, and finally missed the final with a time of 1 minute 24.431.
Fortunately, she won the runner-up of the 1000 meters in Sochi, in this project that is not the best, Fan Kexin started in the fourth lane, has been at the end of the team, and won the silver medal in the last lap, winning the Winter Olympic medal for the first time in his career.
Shadow of the Winter Olympics
Four years ago in Pyeongchang, Fan Kexin, as the leader of the Chinese short track speed skating team, made major mistakes in both the 500m single event and the 3000m relay.
In the most promising 500-meter short track speed skating, Fan Kexin opened a foul, although the third line collision, but because of the foul was judged invalid.
In the 3000-meter relay, Fan Kexin encountered an opponent during the handover and was convicted of a foul, and the results of the Chinese team were canceled.
Therefore, Fan Kexin left a huge regret in Pyeongchang.
According to Fan Kexin's remarks at the time, when he was interviewed, he did not dare to talk about the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at all: "When I think about it, I can't cry."
Cut your hair to express your determination
As a queen of short hair, Fan Kexin had his coach cut his hair during the Beijing Winter Olympics.
She posted her new style on social media, pointing to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin with the text: the level of coach hair cutting is very OK, do not waste a little time, sprint with all your might
Qualified for the Winter Olympics
On January 13, 2022, in the second leg of the short track speed skating selection competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin won the women's 500 meters championship, and she won the first place in the women's 500 meters in two consecutive stops, ranking first in the total points, and successfully won the ticket for the Winter Olympics.
In the 500m short track speed skating final, Fan Kexin and Qu Chunyu, Zang Yize and Han Yutong began a head-on duel.
Fan Kexin started the second way, and she quickly occupied the first place at the beginning of the race, leading all the way and winning the championship.
In this way, Fan Kexin, as the first point in the selection competition, successfully qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Questioned millennium old two
Fan Kexin has achieved great success in the World Championships and the World Cup, but has never won a gold medal in the Winter Olympics, so many people criticize Fan Kexin as the "millennium oldest" of the Chinese short track speed skating team.
The representative competition is the Sochi Winter Olympics, the overlord Wang Meng was accidentally injured before the Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin had a good chance to impact the 500 meters gold medal, but unfortunately she fell in the semifinals, which made Li Jianrou, who was looked down in the final, magically win the championship, and Fan Kexin did not get the medal.
Achilles heel
Mistakes and big game mentality is Fan Kexin's weakness, before Li Yan in an interview talked about Fan Kexin's mistakes in the game, she bluntly said that Fan Kexin had "low-level big mistakes" in the competition because of her mentality problems, too many ideas, and not controlling herself well.
Zhou Yang also said that Fan Kexin may feel that training and competition are not proportional, and it is because of the problem of mentality that it will affect her ranking.
Proud
After qualifying for the Beijing Winter Olympics on January 13, Fan Kexin was also very excited, and when she looked forward to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin, as a veteran, said: "I hope that when I stand in the Olympic arena, all the energy will burst out and then win the championship." ”
Bless the short track speed skating World Championships 5 champions, and strive to realize the dream of Beijing, and win his first gold in the Winter Olympics.
Schedule:
February 5, Mixed Team Relay (China's first gold point)
February 5, Women's 500m Qualifiers
February 7, Women's 500m Quarter-Finals/Semi-Finals/Finals