Women's 1000 meters refract short track women's battle situation The "Sino-Korean War" has become a thing of the past

Live Bar February 12, 2018 Short track speed skating women's 1000 meters has always been a "must-fight" for Chinese and South Korean teams, and before the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the gold medals in the event have been won by Chinese and Korean athletes. In the short track speed skating world championships since the 21st century, in addition to Chinese and Korean players, only Bulgarian star Radanova, Britain's Alice Christie and the Netherlands' Three non-Chinese and Korean players have won the championship.

However, since the 1,000-meter gold medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Dutch girl Shultin has become the "overlord" of the project. At the 2019 and 2021 World Championships, Schulting completed two consecutive 1,000m titles. In the three World Cup seasons of the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle, Schulting has also led the World Cup 1000m single table. In the women's 1,000m tri-round on the evening of February 11, Shultin first broke the world record set by South Korea's Shin Seok-hee at the Calgary Highlands Ice Rink in 2012 and won the Group A final. Shultin is also the second athlete to complete the women's 1000m Winter Olympics after South Korea's Famous Jeon Lee-ching.

If we understand the origins of the speed skating program, it is not difficult to understand the rise of Schulting and the Dutch short track speed skating team she represents. The Netherlands is already a powerhouse in speed skating, and Schultin started from practicing speed skating as a child. A year ago, Schultin also "played tickets" to participate in the World Single Distance Championships in Speed Skating and won the 8th place in the women's 1000 meters. Now the secret of Schulting's advantage in the game is also that she has the ability to take the lead from the start. At the same time, Schulting, as a leading skater, also has outstanding endurance, which is also her advantage in the middle and long distance races.

When asked why Schulting was so advantageous in the middle and long distance races, in addition to his own talent and ability, Schulting actually attributed more credit to the team and teammates he trained with. "My training team is very good and this gold medal was actually won by me and the team." After crossing the line in both the semi-finals and the final, Schulting hugged and celebrated with Belgian Hannah Desme, who was also a teammate who trained with Schulting in Heerenveen, the Netherlands. Since 2018, Desme and his brother have accepted invitations to train with Schulting's coach Ott and the Dutch short track speed skating team. In Shultin's view, the competition between her teammates and training partners in the Dutch team has also helped her improve her ability faster.

The Dutch and Belgian players went hand in hand, but the Chinese and Korean players who used to dominate the project seemed to be left behind. In the Group A final, in addition to south Korea's Choi Min-jin, who finished second, the other four were all European and American players. In the Group B final, South Korean youngster Lee Youbin also faced the same competitive situation. The three players sent by the Chinese team, Qu Chunyu, Han Yutong and Zhang Chutong, all stopped in the quarterfinals. The women's 1000-meter competition of this Winter Olympics is actually a portrayal of the current short track speed skating women's competition pattern. The "China-South Korea controversy" has become a thing of the past, with North American and European players gradually becoming more common faces on the podium.

When the game was replayed after the game, Qu Chunyu, who was in the same group as Shulting, was not very satisfied with her technical and tactical execution, and like Shulting, she "kept running forward" and occupied a good position, which was her ideal state. Zhang Chutong, a young player who participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, saw the gap between her speed and endurance with her opponents, and her lack of ability and experience also made it impossible for her to go further. "What is lacking now is indeed very much, after all, it has not been 'polished' to that time." Whether it is Qu Chunyu or Zhang Chutong, they also mentioned that they have "tried their best" in this game. In the middle and long distance events, it is indeed difficult for today's Chinese women's team to have the strength to impact the medals of international competitions.

There are only two match days left for short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics, and in the women's individual event, the Chinese team has not been awarded a medal. Judging from the situation of the World Cup season, such a scene may be expected, but for the audience who has witnessed the glory of the "golden generation" of the Chinese short track women's team in the early 21st century, even if the Chinese women's team is in the 3000-meter relay event, the "absence" in the single event is destined to become a pity.

(Sports Network)