In the Winter Olympic Games, figure skating is a combination of technology and beauty, and many legendary athletes such as Kim Yeon-na have emerged in history. Today we want to review the closing performance of Japan's Asada Masayoshi at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, she did not win a medal, but there was a major mistake in the competition, but after the mistake, Asada Masayoshi perfectly closed the curtain, which is a classic battle in the history of the Winter Olympics.
Pre-match was favored
Before the Sochi Winter Olympics, Asada Masayoshi, as a two-time World Champion and a silver medalist at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the expectations of the outside world for her were very high, especially in the season before the Sochi Winter Olympics, Asada Masayoshi had just won the Grand Prix Finals and was in good shape.
There are four people who are recognized as having the highest calls to win the championship: Japan's Asada Masayoshi, defending champion South Korea's Kim Yeon-er, and Russia's Lipnitskaya and Stonikova.
Kim Yeon-er is the defending champion and the last battle of her career, with the highest demand for winning the title. Asada Masayoshi won the Grand Prix Finals and maintained her physical and competitive state well before the Sochi Winter Olympics, so many people are optimistic that she can impact her first gold in the Winter Olympics.
A major blunder in the short program
In the short program, Kim Yeon-er performed perfectly with 74.92 points, ranking first.
Snonikiva played well and ranked second.
Masayoshi Asada made a major mistake:
At the beginning, Asada Masayoshi fell while doing Axel's three-week jump, and she did not move for enough weeks. It should be known that Asada Masayoshi once completed three Axel three-week jumps in the competition, breaking the Guinness World Record, which is her best and famous action.
Subsequently, Asada Masayoshi made three weeks of jumps on the back inner point ice, and three weeks of jumps in the back outer knot ring, and there were successive mistakes.
In the end, Masayoshi Asada, who made too many mistakes, ended her short program competition, and she only scored 55.51 points, ranking 16th.
Unbelievable
After the short program, Asada Masayoshi has been close to 20 points behind Kim Yeon-er, ranking 16th, her performance has aroused great concern from the outside world, no one expected that Asada Masayoshi, who was in good shape before the game, actually made consecutive mistakes, which also made him withdraw from the medal competition early.
When Asada Masayoshi was interviewed, she was also incredulous about her performance: "I didn't slide out of my previous training level, and I don't know why. Anyway, I try to show myself in the free skate, and that's the only thing I can do at the moment. ”
Free skating ends perfectly
After a major mistake in the short show, free skating became the curtain call of Asada Masayoshi at the Winter Olympics, and at that time, there was also news that she was likely to retire after the Sochi Winter Olympics, so the report at the time was that Asada Masayoshi's career was the final battle.
Free skating, Asada Masayoshi chose Rachmaninov (Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist) "Piano Concerto No. 2", this track has a deep meaning, when Asada Masayoshi's idol Ito in the 1992 Winter Olympics, short program mistakes, free skating is the use of this track, the great reversal won the silver medal.
In the competition, Asada Masayoshi's performance can be described in two words: perfect.
She scored a high score of 142.71 points, which also allowed Asada Toya to refresh his personal highest score in the free skate, which was a perfect ending.
In the end, Asada Masayoshi's ranking also rose from 16th in the short program to 6th, although he did not win the medal, but he was still proud.
Tears fell after the game
When "Piano Concerto No. 2" ended, Asada Masayoshi, who played perfectly, burst into tears, and she ended her Winter Olympic career with a set of perfect movements, and also drew a perfect sentence for her trip to Sochi.
Asada's coach also cried after the game, and she knew what kind of adjustments and psychological fluctuations her disciples had experienced after the major mistakes in the short program, and finally performed the perfect ending in the free skate, which was not easy.
Post-match interviews
After the game, Asada Masayoshi was interviewed, she said: "Although I did not win a medal, I was able to play at my level in the free skating, and I repaid the people who supported me in my own way, no matter what, I will try to show myself in the free skating, which is the only thing I can do so far." ”
After the Sochi Winter Olympics, Asada announced his retirement from the new season, seriously considering retiring, and returning to the university campus to study psychology and sports history. In 2015, Asada Masayoshi made a comeback, and on April 10, 2017, Asada Masayoshi officially retired, ending his brilliant figure skating career.