On the evening of February 7, Beijing time, in the men's 1000-meter final of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's Ren Ziwei and teammate Li Wenlong won the championship and runner-up, and the process of the competition was full of twists and turns.
The short track speed skating competition of the day was extremely intense and foul, and the referee repeatedly decided the ranking by watching the video replay. The men's 1000m finals were three Chinese players Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong, as well as Hungarian Chinese brothers Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang.
Before the finish line, Liu Shaolin and Ren Ziwei did not give in to each other, and there was also some physical contact. Liu Shaolin took the lead in hitting the line, but after repeated judgment by the referee, he did not win the championship and also ate a yellow card, citing "two fouls in the same group of matches". Therefore, Ren Ziwei won another gold after the mixed team relay race; Li Wenlong won the second place, and Liu Shaoang won the third place.
After the game, on the domestic social platform, Liu Shaolin encountered a lot of doubts because of fouls, and even online violence. In just a few hours, the entry for "Liu Shaolin foul" was read more than 200 million times on Weibo, and more than 20,000 people participated in the topic discussion.
In the early morning of February 8, Liu Shaolin posted on Weibo, which began: "Today I almost won the Olympic championship. ”
'I'm sorry it didn't give you the results you wanted in the game, it was a tough day for me, I put all my effort into it but didn't win the gold medal.
He also congratulated his good friend Ren Ziwei, though he did not respond to the controversial topic of foul play.
In addition, after the game, champion Ren Ziwei also said that when sprinting, the two tried their best to rush and fought to the end; off the field, they were still good friends. Ren Ziwei feels that the most important trait to become a champion is to have a heart of "courage to move forward".