On the third gold medal day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the short track speed skating field began to compete for gold medals in the men's 1000 meters and women's 500 meters. China's Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong eventually won gold and silver on the men's field, adding another success to the short track speed skating team. However, behind the perfect ending is a twist and turn, suspense rebirth, due to the fierce competition between the players, more collisions, this game is also jokingly called "wrestling competition" and "god script" by netizens. The complex rules involved in the game and the referee's judgment are also "confused" to the audience, and even some netizens have made the referee into an emoji, so how did these judgments come about?
Ren Ziwei held aloft the five-star red flag to celebrate The photo was taken by Hu Xuerong, a reporter of the People's Daily Network
Netizens made the referee on the spot into memes
Review: Why is the performance of the Chinese team "thrilling"?
In the men's 1000m 1/4 final gliding process, although Wu Dajing occupied the first place, but was pushed by the Canadian players and fell to the end of the team, the two players in front of them fell to take Wu Dajing out of the track, and finally Wu Dajing was directly sentenced to advance; Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong's promotion process was not smooth - the two players were affected to varying degrees after falling in the same group, but due to the obvious collision and pushing action during the competition, the two were directly sentenced to the semifinals.
Huang Daxian did not shy away from the process of inner overtaking, and was convicted of fouling in a collision with a Chinese player.
In the men's 1000m semi-finals, South Korea's Hwang Daehyun was handed foul when he overtook China's Ren Ziwei and Lee Moon-yong in Neidao, and although he crossed the finish line first, he also missed the final.
Hungary's Liu Shaolin's first foul: when the inner road overtook, he cut from the inside of the blue line to block the opponent, and did not avoid it.
Hungary's Liu Shaolin committed a second foul: the hand blocking action was obvious at the cross.
In the men's 1000m final, the first competition was suspended due to the scattered ice blade parts of the contestants. After the restart, Hungary's Liu Shaolin and China's Ren Ziwei led the way, and the competition between the two continued until the moment of the line. According to the high-speed camera system, Liu Shaolin took the lead in rushing the line with a slight advantage of 0.04 seconds, but the final result was not announced on the big screen for a long time. After the referee's deliberation, Liu Shaolin fouled in the final, and Ren Ziwei won the gold medal.
Li Wenlong, Ren Ziwei and Liu Shaolin, who finished in the top three in the men's 1000m (from left to right)
Clarification: The inner path is further clarified beyond the rules
After the match, South Korea and Hungary appealed to the REFEREE of the International Skating Federation, and the INTERNATIONAL Skating Union wrote in the announcement that "the skater (Huang Daxian) was sentenced for 'violation of the law caused by (physical) contact'. ”
Originally, in order to unify the penalty standards for the violation of the inner lane, the International Skating Federation added two 5 cm wide blue lines in the venue to clarify the distinction of responsibility after a collision between athletes, which is equivalent to the line drawn on the road surface when a motor vehicle is driving.
Image source: "Beijing Speed Skating Public Account"
With a basic reference in mind, the ISU then provides examples of different situations.
When two athletes are side by side and both are outside the blue line, if the outside athlete wants to overtake, leave enough space for the inner athlete to squeeze the athlete inside into the blue line. (A foul is awarded if a gray athlete squeezes a white athlete to the inside of the blue line)
In this case, if the inner athlete wants to achieve overtaking, he needs to avoid the outer athlete and if there is a collision, the inner athlete is punished for fouling. The basis for Huang Daxian's punishment is precisely from this point.
On the side of The Hungarian liu shaolin, the International Skating Federation also explained in the announcement, and the referee ruled that Liu Shaolin had received a yellow card for two fouls in the same match. The first penalty was imposed because 'contact was caused by changing lanes from the inside out in the straight' (the second case); ”
Regarding the arm blocking at the end point, the Islamic Skating Union also has a clear provision. This action is not allowed under any circumstances.
Traceability: Why is the international skating federation's penalty scale becoming more and more stringent?
At the short track speed skating arena of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, a series of penalties by referees caused an uproar. Since then, the International Skating Union has revised the rules every two years, issued a trial version of the technical penalty manual, defined the penalty code, and continuously refined the vague penalty regulations. For the changing rules of the field, the athlete's targeted preparation before the game and the technical and tactical adjustments on the field also need to be carried out simultaneously. Therefore, the ability to understand the rules and the ability to execute tactics are crucial.
Thanks to the further refinement of the rules, it is also necessary for THEA technical officials and referees to unify the criteria for sentencing. In the short track, whether it is an "inadvertent mistake" caused by a lack of understanding of the rules, or a malicious foul that violates sportsmanship, it will be punished.