In the short track speed skating competition for the Beijing Winter Olympics held on the evening of February 9, Beijing time, China's youngster Sun Long was fourth in the group and did not qualify for the semifinals. In the commentary, China's short track speed skater Wang Meng criticized Sun Long's attitude towards the game.
In this quarter-final, Sun Long was placed in Group 2, and after departure, Sun Long once surpassed the first leading skate around three or four laps. Unfortunately, South Korea's Lee Joon-sui began to exert his strength after half a trip, and Sun Long lost some rhythm and was gradually left behind. Despite his last lap, it was too late. In the end, Sun Long slid out of 2 minutes 19 seconds and 244 seconds to rank fourth in the group, and did not qualify.
As a new star with high hopes, Sun Long did not even reach the semi-final of the 1500 meters, resulting in Ren Ziwei facing a situation of fighting alone, which also made Wang Meng very disappointed in Sun Long's performance in this campaign. In the commentary, Wang Meng, who has a straight personality, criticized Sun Long: "You Sun Long regard yourself as a big brother, when this boy was competing in Germany, he was directly taken home by me with a ticket, not back to China, directly back to the local team." ”
Wang Meng also said that in the Olympic Games, every athlete represents his own country, and if he does not change his mistakes in the Winter Olympic Games, it is a waste of national resources. Wang Meng said bluntly: "I don't like athletes to pose like this, you are a young team member, you don't dare to fight, don't dare to surpass yourself to break through yourself, give you the opportunity to do something, directly a big mouth." ”
Born in Changchun in 2000, Sun Long was selected for the Chinese short track speed skating team in 2018. He won the men's 1000m at the 2020 World Youth Championships. In any case, I hope that Sun Long can learn the lesson of this 1500m defeat and complete the redemption in the men's relay race later.