In the women's freestyle ski jump final that ended at noon today, our post-00s youngster Gu Ailing won his first Olympic gold medal with the perfect performance of the third jump, which is also the third gold medal of our Chinese delegation. Compared with Ren Ziwei's championship winning history, I feel that Gu Ailing's victory can better reflect the advantages of our home battle.
To be sure, home field advantage is negligible in short track speed skating
In last night's short track speed skating men's 1000m final, Hungarian Chinese Liu Shaolin was the first to cross the finish line, but he was cancelled for two foul moves in the race. As a result, the second Ren Ziwei who crossed the finish line won the championship. If you watched the game seriously last night, you would definitely remember such a scene.
When Liu Shaolin slid across the finish line, his first reaction was not to celebrate but to smash his helmet with both hands. Why did Liu Shaolin do this? The reason is simple, because he knows that several of his actions in the game are likely to be judged foul. Once the referee caught Liu Shaolin's foul action, then he slipped in vain.
As it turned out, his worries were not superfluous. After a slow-motion replay, the referee confirmed Liu Shaolin's two fouls, and the results were invalid. Although the Hungarian delegation subsequently filed a complaint with the International Skating Union, it was futile. The ISU has justifiably refuted their claims on the basis of clear footage and rules.
Speaking of which, one might think that this would reflect home field advantage, and the away player would be punished if he fouled. One thing to say, such a view is wrong. Liu Shaolin was justly sentenced for foul not because the second person to cross the finish line was Chinese, but because too many unfair penalties in the short track speed skating competition of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea in 18 years caused strong dissatisfaction among athletes around the world, which eventually prompted the International Skating Federation to revise the rules of punishment later, and now the referees must write a clear code of the penalty when making the penalty, so that the outside world clearly knows how to foul.
To put it bluntly, it is not because the competition has become fair in China, but because the rules of the competition are now much more standardized than before. Even if this year's competition is still held in South Korea, the referees do not dare to blatantly reverse black and white.
Looking back at Gu Ailing's championship winning history, our home field advantage is vividly displayed
Although Gu Ailing is a real skiing genius, the big jump event she is comparing today is not her main sport. In this project, Swiss Greymore had a better result, and France's Theis was also very competitive. So unless Gu Ailing plays extraordinarily, it will be difficult for her to win the big jump championship.
Then, she really played exceptionally.
After the first two jumps, Gu Ailing did not rank first, but she jumped out of the 1620 grab board (turn 4 and a half weeks of grasping board) almost perfectly in the crucial third jump, which was the first time she successfully made this move in the competition, and the degree of completion was extremely high. After the jump, Gu Ailing was also super excited, and this natural reaction fully demonstrated that she herself understood that this was a super level of play. In the end, the referees scored a high score of 94.5.
Compared with Gu Ailing, Thermo and Theis's third jump did not say that they played at a super level, and even did not play normally, so in the end, Gu Ailing won the championship in a small upset in the.
Speaking of which, you may wonder where this home field advantage is reflected?
Don't worry, I'll publish the answer now. I think home field advantage is reflected in two ways:
First, this is a competition in China, and the audience is Chinese, because this time we do not sell tickets to foreign audiences. Then the impact of the shouts and cheers of the home audience on the athletes is obvious. In an extreme sport, athletes can play their best in cheers, not to mention Gu Ailing, a cheerful girl. In contrast, it is difficult for French and Swiss girls to get excited on the road.
Second, in a game where judges score and win, the home athlete is difficult to lose even if she is not taken care of. Compared to the purely faster sport of short-track speed skating, the "maneuverability" of the big jump platform is greater. Then in our Chinese competition, the judges naturally know what can be done and what cannot be done.
According to the detailed scoring table, we can also see that the gap between the highest and lowest scores of each jump of Gu Ailing is not only very small, but also the judges of the highest and lowest scores in the three jumps are also changing. Therefore, Gu Ailing's score basically does not exist in the phenomenon of pressure points. Compared to away athletes, home athletes are more likely not to lose in a scoring match.
In summary, I think Ren Ziwei's home field advantage in the process of winning the short track speed skating championship is really minimal. In the process of Gu Ailing's big jump to win the championship, home field advantage is very important.