On February 12, 2022, Beijing time, in the men's 500 meters final of speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gao Tingyu defeated South Korea's Che Minkui with a margin of 0.07 seconds to win the championship. After the race, Zhang Hong presented Gao Tingyu with a gold medal, while runner-up Che Minkui made a controversial move before reaching the podium, sweeping the podium with his hands. Many Chinese netizens expressed their dissatisfaction and bluntly said that Che Minkui had nothing to do.
It can be used perfectly to describe Gao Tingyu's performance in the final, no matter how the opponents in the same group performed, he maintained his own rhythm, starting, accelerating, sprinting, in one go, breaking the Olympic record at the same time, the gold medal was in the pocket.
After the game, Gao Tingyu was full of confidence, bluntly saying that 34.32 seconds is a normal result, and there are better results in daily training. Asian players performed well in this event, pushing European and American players off the podium. Runner-up was South Korea's Cha Min-kuei, who was only 0.07 seconds slower than Gao Tingyu. Japan's Shigeharu Mori finished third.
After the game, Mori Shigehang was more satisfied with his results, and he and Gao Tingyu clapped their hands and looked more excited. South Korea's Che Minkui, who once again won the silver medal, looked unsatisfied, and said in an interview that he had made a mistake.
At the subsequent award ceremony, the Japanese players were still very happy, took the bronze medal from Zhang Hong's hand, and even said thank you and were polite. Subsequently, the South Korean player made a controversial move before going to the podium, he swept the podium with his hands, made two back and forth strokes, and then stood on the podium.
As we all know, this action has some special meanings, the last Winter Olympics, the Canadian team members made such a move, the reason is clear to everyone, it was a short track speed skating competition at that time. And in the speed skating arena, is there any controversy about such a result?
Many netizens expressed dissatisfaction, what does this mean? Some netizens think that Che Minkui has nothing to do. Of course, we can't say what his specific meaning of this action refers to, but it is indeed controversial to do such an action at this time.
Since the Beijing Winter Olympics have been held, South Korean athletes have indeed grabbed the camera, and some Korean athletes said that the food in the restaurant is average. In the short track speed skating competition, it is clear that the Korean player has fouled, but he still has to complain. A female standard-bearer in South Korea questioned the quality of the ice, and then to the controversial action of Che Minkui, not knowing what the Korean player was thinking.
In any case, the Chinese player won the cleanest gold medal, Gao Tingyu's championship was not controversial, and the Korean players could only watch us cheer. Congratulations to Gao Tingyu, continue to cheer in the future!