On February 12, Beijing time, China's men's speed skating player Gao Tingyu won the first place in the 500 meters. Neither the Japanese nor the South Koreans surpassed his results, finishing third and second respectively. The best European and American players were Canadians, who finished fourth.
This is the first time that the Chinese men's team has won the first place in speed skating, breaking the spell of no gold medal.
However, the three players from China, South Korea and Japan won the top three, which made people a little worried. This is the traditional advantage of European and American athletes, will the rules change in the future of speed skating?
Gao Tingyu's achievements are not controversial. It's a speed skating race, not a confrontational short track speed skating, not to mention that he set a new record, while other players have not been able to do it.
In the competition, the Chinese players appeared early but had a great advantage. 34.32 seconds is also a new world record. Along the way, none of the other players were able to surpass his results.
South Korea's players worked hard, but they could only finish second.
After the race, the Korean media and netizens also felt sorry that Che Minkui was 0.07 seconds behind. However, the speed skating competition, without physical contact, where can find the champion's foul action. In addition, on the straights, the player can slide into the ranks of other runners.
In the end, this project, which was basically dominated by European and American players, was first included in the top three by three players from East Asia. European and American players also missed the medal for the first time.
Faced with such a situation, Japanese netizens have some concerns. Will europe and the United States change the rules because of some poor results? This situation has not been unheard of in the past.
Unlike anything else, the current rules of speed skating are not complicated. The only fouls that can occur are rush runs and collisions that may occur when the outer and inner lanes alternate. However, due to the different distances of the outer and inner roads, the possibility of them meeting is very small.
In the speed skating competition, the Chinese team has been working hard, but the improvement of the performance is not fast.
However, this project has many characteristics such as surpassing itself, less contact with opponents, and the need to time in the taxi. And these characteristics are very suitable for Chinese players.
South Korean athletes have always wanted to make a breakthrough in speed skating, but they have not succeeded once. The reason is that there is no physical contact in the game, and there is no definition of foul and non-foul. The traditional advantage of the Korean team is to insert it from behind in a moment of transcendence and let its body occupy a favorable position. The opponent hits you, he fouls, and without hitting you need to slow down. But in speed skating, nothing happens.
It is reported that the clothes and equipment of the Chinese speed skating team are specially customized.
According to the rules of many previous events, once the Chinese team continues to win gold and silver in the next competition in the project, such clothing will be stopped or unified. This also means that the Chinese team must make various preparations.
Because of their special love for local brands, big brands have very few customized clothing for Koreans.
Some Japanese netizens reminded that because the strength of East Asia is too strong, the rules of the jump rope competition have been modified again and again. There are many players in speed skating in Japan, and in recent years, there have been many outstanding players in the Korean team and the Chinese team.
I hope that the Chinese speed skating team will continue to work hard and create better results in the next competition.
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