Last night, in the final of the men's 1000m A group of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's Ren Ziwei won the gold medal with a time of 1 minute 26.768 seconds, and Li Wenlong won the silver medal. This is the first time that the Chinese team has won a winter Olympic gold medal in this event.
The finalists were wu dajing, Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong of the Chinese team, and the brothers Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang of the Hungarian team.
Before the start of the match, the three Chinese players touched their arms and encouraged each other. The starting gun sounded, and Wu Dajing rushed to the first place. In the second lap, Liu Shaoang was in the lead. Subsequently, Wu Dajing began to lead on the third lap. Just when the audience thought that the Chinese team was expected to achieve a good result, the referee whistled to terminate the game. It turned out that there were ice blades on the ice, and the game was suspended for safety reasons.
After the ice surface has been retouched, the game starts again. The physical fitness of several players has declined. Ren Ziwei led the way, and Wu Dajing overtook. Next, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing alternately led the way. Liu Shaolin followed closely and completed the counter-overtaking with 5 laps left. In the last two laps, Ren Ziwei began to exert force, struggling to catch up, and he crossed the finish line almost at the same time as Liu Shaolin.
As Liu Shaolin celebrated his victory, the referees began watching the video, and the hungarian and Chinese coaches were anxiously awaiting the final result. By repeatedly watching the video, the referee judged Liu Shaolin to have committed two fouls in the game, gave him a yellow card warning, and cancelled his results. This also means that Ren Ziwei won the gold medal.
At this moment, Ren Ziwei was filled with tears of excitement, and then jumped up with excitement. Subsequently, he wore a national flag and went around the field to thank the audience, and the audience resounded with warm applause. On the other hand, Wu Dajing, who won the fourth place, also applauded him.
This is the first Winter Olympic gold medal won by the Chinese team in the short track speed skating men's 1000 meters event. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Jilin's Li Jiajun won the silver medal with a time of 1:32.43, and he only lost to the South Korean player by a narrow margin of 0.05 seconds. Twenty-four years later, Ren Ziwei helped the Chinese team make history.
Talking about the twists and turns of the game, Ren Ziwei said after the game: "The game is ever-changing, and I don't have a lot of thoughts to think about other things. Before the game, all 3 of us agreed that we must take down the championship, and we really did, which is the best proof for our team. I'm thankful for my two teammates, without whom I wouldn't have gotten this gold medal. ”
Ren Ziwei said that he still has 3 competitions in the future, the schedule is also very tight, can not say that 100% will win the championship, but each competition will do their best, try to fight to the end.
"It's the best proof for our team, thanks to my two teammates." Ren Ziwei and his teammates celebrate the victory. Photo by Liu Ping, a reporter of this newspaper
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After learning that he had won the championship, Ren Ziwei was excited and screamed in the sky. Photo by Liu Ping, a reporter of this newspaper
Ren Ziwei burst into tears. Xinhua News Agency
Photo by Liu Ping, a reporter of this newspaper
Journalist's Note
The heart can't stand it anymore
Last night, at the Capital Stadium, the short track speed skating track, I witnessed history!
Witnessing history is first and foremost because the Chinese short track speed skating team made history. This is the first time in history that three Chinese players have reached the final of short track speed skating, and this is also the first time that the Chinese short track speed skating team has won the gold medal in the men's 1000 meters. When Ren Ziwei raised his hands high and waved his fists and pointed to the national flag on his chest, the heavy honor had been written into the history of China's short track speed skating.
Witnessing history is more because of the selfless mutual help of the team members. Because of physical problems, after the first departure and nearly half a mile, Wu Dajing's physical fitness inevitably declined, so after the second departure, he chose to escort his teammates. On the first departure, the young general Li Wenlong fell in the fourth place, and also "protected" the two big brothers in front of him in his own way. When Ren Ziwei wore a national flag to receive applause, Wu Dajing, who won the fourth place, was also applauding him. At this moment, the honor belongs to the entire Chinese short track speed skating team.
Witnessing history is also because this night is really exciting. From the quarter-finals, almost every game will have a scene that requires the referee to decide, people continue to fall, people are constantly being punished, and even in the final, there are athletes who are yellow carded for two fouls, so the ups and downs of the game really make my heart a little unbearable. Just think, as a bystander, I can't stand the overly intense pace of the game, let alone the athletes on the field.
Source Beijing Daily
Reporters Li Li, Liu Shuang, Li Songlin
Process Editor Wu Yue