"I think it's a low-level mistake. It's more of my own ideas. Ren Ziwei brushed his hair in the mixed picking area after the game, and told reporters with slight chagrin.
In the men's 1500m semifinals of the short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 9th, Ren Ziwei was cancelled because he was judged to have an arm block foul in the competition and missed the final.
Ren Ziwei reviewed his mistake and said: "I thought of fouls, but I didn't pay much attention. I thought it might be a foul with the South Korean team, but I didn't expect that the collision with the Kazakh player was judged, and (it felt) was hand in hand. For the result of this game, Ren Ziwei said it was acceptable, "It was my own mistake."
China's Ren Ziwei (second from left) competes on Feb. 9.
And why did such a mistake happen in the semi-finals? Ren Ziwei believes that his mentality has changed. "It's a little bit heavy (of myself) baggage. The first two (competitions) are to go light, before this game everyone said 'to get three gold medals', they thought too much. Ren Ziwei analyzed himself, "In fact, we did not say who has absolute strength in this project." Before the mixed connection, 1000 meters race, there was no pressure on yourself, on the field is to play! This 1500 (m), just like the last (Winter Olympics), has not yet played the semi-finals, I already think about the final, there is no way to pay attention to the details of the (game). ”
Ren Ziwei had psychological fluctuations in the semi-finals, and because his former teammates Sun Long and Zhang Tianyi failed to qualify in the quarterfinals, the pressure of the Chinese team to impact the medal and even the gold medal that night was pressed on Ren Ziwei, who is now ranked first in the world in the project.
China's Ren Ziwei before the semi-finals on Feb. 9.
This defeat is not a "disaster" for Ren Ziwei, but there are some points to sum up. "The first thing to make a mistake is that I think too much, and I don't think about things on the field. What to do if it's not good, or what I have to do... It's not right to play with these thoughts, you've already lost half of it before you play. Ren Ziwei said, "Also, now there may be less 'reckless' energy, and more thinking is to advance to the final first." I just reflected on it, there are a lot of things that I didn't do well – like why didn't I pull all my strength in the last two laps? Let the South Korean team guard the position for Liu Shaoang there, why don't I go up and get the first position? And why did I have this collision with the Kazakh players earlier..."
Ren Ziwei sighed and said, "Alas, I just didn't think about these (the details of the game), I just thought about how I should rush to the first place in the final." We didn't finish short track like other events all at once, we needed to play round after round, and today's comparison was too bad, it was my own problem. ”
China's Ren Ziwei after the semi-finals on Feb. 9.
Ren Ziwei will also play in the men's 5,000m team relay and other competitions, for him, the most important thing is to adjust his state and devote himself to the next competition. "I've started to adjust now, it's just that there are mistakes, and don't make the same mistakes in the later games. Drop, summarize! Today ended early, you can go back and summarize well. ”
Seeing a large number of media reporters, Ren Ziwei said: "I think (everyone) still treats me as a small transparent person, more accustomed to being a transparent person, I am not used to this (high-profile state). Don't report me anymore. ”