When the gold medal of the mixed relay was finally won, several members of the Chinese short track speed skating team celebrated. But after the moment of ecstasy, they still cried. Especially the veteran generals Wu Dajing and Fan Kexin, tears wet their faces.
This gold medal did not come easily.
For Fan Kexin, this is her third time participating in the Winter Olympics, but it is the first Winter Olympic gold medal.
Before the Sochi Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin, who became famous at a young age, won the World Championship, the World Cup sub-station and the 500-meter championship consecutively, and his status was at its peak. Unfortunately, in the semi-finals of the women's 500m short track speed skating 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.
But fortunately, she won a silver medal in the 1000 meters that she was not good at.
Four years ago in Pyeongchang, Fan Kexin played as the leader of the Chinese short track speed skating team, but she made major mistakes in both the 500m single event and the 3000m relay. Until a long time later, Fan Kexin confessed that he did not dare to talk about the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at all: "When I think about it, I can't cry." ”
Fan Kexin is 28 years old, and it is no accident that the Beijing Winter Olympics is her last chance to realize her dream. This time, she really wanted to win. And today, she finally did it. After winning his first Winter Olympic gold medal, Fan Kexin cried.
For Wu Dajing, this gold medal also represents too much. At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, the Chinese short track speed skating team was unfavorable, and Wu Dajing was under great pressure for the first four matchdays. In the final 500 meters, he rode a horse and successfully won the championship.
But after winning the championship, Wu Dajing inevitably ushered in a low tide period. Coupled with the impact of the epidemic in the past two years, international competitions are not many, and they have brought him a lot of impact. In this season's short track speed skating World Cup, he was in poor shape in the first three short track speed skating World Cup matches: he snatched out of the final in Beijing, failed to qualify for the semi-finals in Japan, was knocked down by his opponent in Hungary and only finished fourth, and did not win the gold medal in the men's 500 meters until the last stop in the Netherlands. After the game, Wu Dajing admitted that until he won the gold medal in the fourth leg of the World Cup, the competitive state and mentality slowly improved, and his self-confidence in preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics increased.
From the low tide to the gradual recovery of the state, Wu Dajing never said that it was a huge pressure. As the leader of China's short track speed skating team, he is always looking for ways to self-regulate. "I have faith in myself! My real opponent is myself. Wu Dajing always said this to himself.
Today, he finally led the short track speed skating team to win the first gold medal of the Chinese delegation, and at this moment, he could not help but cry.
(Beijing Daily)