Short track speed skating mixed relay Winter Olympic debut: Chinese red makes golden history

Live bar February 6 news At 21:37 yesterday, deafening cheers broke out in the Capital Gymnasium, a touch of Chinese red crossed the white ice, and the first short track speed skating mixed relay champion in the history of the Winter Olympics was born.

February 5, the first match day after the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics. At 20:32, thousands of spectators at the Capital Gymnasium, silent, waited for the debut of the short track speed skating hybrid relay at the Winter Olympics.

The first quarter-final was played, when the Chinese team Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing stepped on the ice. Inside the arena, the spectators looked at each other expectantly.

The first project at the Beijing Winter Olympics left a deep Chinese imprint at the recently concluded Four-Stop World Cup. Two gold, one silver and one bronze, the Chinese team harvested a full harvest, the first of which was won in the first Beijing World Cup, the venue is the Capital Gymnasium.

The starting gun rang out, and the first stick Fan Kexin ranked first. The Italian team and the South Korean team, as the same strong team, seem to be difficult to interfere with the rhythm of the Chinese team, Qu Chunyu, Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing have taken over the baton, and the Chinese team's lead has not changed in the slightest.

There are still 7 laps left in the game, Fan Kexin was temporarily overtaken by the Italian team after taking the baton again, ranking second, and only ten seconds later, Qu Chunyu, who took over the baton, overtook the lead again.

At this time, the game has no suspense, and Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing, who scored the last two sticks, did not give the opponents behind them any chance, and took the lead in rushing the line with a larger lead and entered the semifinals. At this point, for the first time on the big screen, the Winter Olympic record of the mixed team relay appeared.

In the semi-finals, the road to the Chinese team's promotion can be described as tortuous. Not long after the start of the game, Qu Chunyu, who scored the first stick, was overtaken and ranked second. With 14 laps left in the game, Zhang Yuting, who replaced Fan Kexin, was hindered in handing over the baton, and the Chinese team failed to hand over smoothly. But after that, the Chinese team members continued to work hard to skate, and finally crossed the finish line for the third time.

The vast Capital Gymnasium was silent, and everyone was staring at the final result on the big screen. "The Chinese team is out?" The referee repeatedly watched the slow-motion replay video of the Chinese team handing over the baton.

One minute, two minutes. Chinese team head coach Kim Sun-tae and technical coach Ahn Hyun-so looked up at the big screen and exchanged something from time to time.

"Many members of the Russian team went on the track, causing obstacles" and "The American team infielder blocked" - the referee made the final penalty, and the Chinese team entered the final with the second place in the group. The audience breathed a sigh of relief and applause resounded throughout the arena.

At 21:32, the final began. The Chinese team competed with Canada, Italy and Hungary for the championship of this event.

Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin, Wu Dajing, and Ren Ziwei smiled and waved to the camera, and the audience shouted and cheered.

Starting gunfire! Fan Kexin started in the fourth lane, the first turn, the Canadian and Hungarian players fell, the referee called a halt to the game, and started again.

The starting gun goes off again! Fan Kexin started to rank third, Qu Chunyu chased to second after taking the baton, and Ren Ziwei chased after taking the baton and then chased to the first. With each transcendence, the audience cheered!

With the last 10 laps left in the game, Fan Kexin widened the gap when the Canadian and Hungarian players fell, leaving only Italy and China on the field.

Ren Ziwei started to speed up, the Chinese team was far ahead, and Wu Dajing was the last baton! The Italian team caught up, and in the last minute, the two teams almost crossed the line together.

Wu Dajing raised his arms and shouted, Jin Shantai and the team members hugged and celebrated, and the Chinese team members clapped and hugged! Everyone raised the five-star red flag and circled the field for a week.

At this moment, the Italian players are also holding the flag and waiting for the final result.

China: 2:37:348. Italy: 2:37:364. The big screen played the final ranking, and the audience who had already stood up waved the national flag in their hands and cheered again!

At the ceremony of awarding souvenirs after the game, Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu and Zhang Yuting greeted the audience, and the first gold of the Chinese sports delegation at the Winter Olympic Games was born.

(Xinhua News Agency)