On the evening of February 7, in the final of the men's 1000m Group A of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's Ren Ziwei won the gold medal, Li Wenlong won the silver medal, and Wu Dajing ranked fourth.
The short track speed skating women's 500m and men's 1000m races on the evening of February 7 have been thrilling since the quarter-finals. Among the 6 Chinese players who participated in the competition, except for Fan Kexin's regretful exit, although several other players successfully advanced to the semi-finals, the twists and turns of the process can almost write a book.
Among them, except for Qu Chunyu, who successfully advanced to the second place in the group, several other people were sentenced to enter the semi-finals, and this twist and turn did not stop. In the semi-finals, Li Wenlong and Ren Ziwei played in the first group. The two of them slid across the finish line in second and third places, and thought that Li Wenlong would not be able to make the final, but after the referee reviewed, South Korea's Huang Daxian was sentenced to be out of the game, and both Chinese players successfully advanced.
Next Wu Dajing came on, he was bumped in the middle of the race and crossed the finish line with a third place finish. After the referee reviewed, the South Korean player was sentenced for foul play. In this way, the Chinese team has a historic three people who successfully met in the final.
Before the final began, the three Chinese players touched their arms and encouraged each other.
The starting gun sounded, and Wu Dajing was in first place. On the second lap, Hungary's Liu Shaoang slid to the first place. With three Chinese runners in the middle, Wu Dajing began to lead on lap 3. Subsequently, due to blades on the ice, the game was suspended for safety reasons.
Due to the consumption of the previous few laps, everyone's physical fitness has decreased. After the ice was retouched, the race resumed. Ren Ziwei led the way, and Wu Dajing overtook. Next, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing alternately led the way. Hungary's Liu Shaolin followed closely and finished with five laps left. In the last two laps, Ren Ziwei began to exert his strength, crossing the finish line almost at the same time as Liu Shaolin.
At the moment of sliding past the finish line, Ren Ziwei tried his best. But he was still a little slower than Liu Shaolin beside him.
On February 7, in the men's 1000m final of short track speed skating, China's Ren Ziwei and Hungary's Liu Shaolin crossed the finish line almost at the same time.
What followed was a long wait, with the referees on the sidelines watching the video repeatedly, and the audience waiting with bated breath.
A long 4 minutes passed and the referee came with the final result in hand. At this moment, the big screen also wrote such a sentence: Liu Shaolin was yellow carded for two fouls in a game!
At this moment, Ren Ziwei jumped up. Because that means he got the championship! As on the previous two days, 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 because of tactical coordination, also applauded him.
For the first time in history, three players from one country reached the final, winning both gold and silver medals.
Photo courtesy of Liu Ping, reporter of the Winter Olympics, Xinhua News Agency
Client The Winter Olympics | Reporters Li Li, Liu Shuang, Li Songlin
Edited by Kang Dian
Process Editor Wu Yue