The Paper's reporters Ma Zuoyu and Pu Yaolei were from Beijing
The reason why short track speed skating is one of the most exciting competitions of the Winter Olympics is precisely because of the uncertainty caused by the possibility of collisions among players in high-speed skating.
On the evening of February 11, in the semi-finals of the men's 5,000-meter relay for short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese relay team collided with the Canadian relay team.
According to the RULES OFU, if there are no fouls on both sides of the competition, the ice knife touch should be awarded to the Final of Group A.
It was also under such circumstances that the Chinese short track speed skating relay team made a thrilling advance to the men's 5,000-meter relay final.
Li Wenlong fell to the ground.
"It's normal, it's a mistake, it's not a collision with someone else, it's a situation between the first and the second."
Ren Ziwei said in an interview after the game that in fact, in the previous game, he and Huang Daxian had similar ice knife touches, and then they were both sentenced to group A. Because of this, the 4 players who were on the field at that time did not have much change in mentality.
Ren Ziwei said, "At that time, I was not in the mood to think of anything else, that is, to pick up my teammates at the first time and continue to slide." ”
It is worth mentioning that after the collision of ice knives between the Chinese team and the Canadian team, the head coach of the Chinese team, Jin Shantai, immediately made a gesture in the position of the coach's seat, signaling the players to "stabilize their emotions".
It is not difficult to see from this simple gesture that the coaching staff of the Chinese team has a certain control over the results of the accident.
The Chinese team is in the game.
"At that time, the coach did signal us, that is, there was already a mistake, so try not to make a mistake when you slide next, try to be as stable as possible."
Li Wenlong told the surging news reporter that such collisions are indeed more common at this Beijing Winter Olympics, after the men's 1000 meters final, Li Wenlong and his opponent had an ice knife collision after skating twice.
Looking back on that game, Li Wenlong himself laughed bitterly, "My ice blades are broken." ”
Because of this, Li Wenlong said that such repeated mistakes are actually a wake-up call for the Chinese team, "that is, when crossing the corner to surpass the opponent, try to be as fast as possible and be more stable." ”
For the next relay final, Li Wenlong also said that he should calm his mind, "try to abide by the rules, reduce some unnecessary fouls, and pay attention to the rules." Accidents cannot be avoided, adjust the mentality, and play the level out. ”
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