On February 11, the semi-finals of the men's 5,000m relay for short track speed skating at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics began, with Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Sun Long and Li Wenlong representing the Chinese team. After the start of the game, the Canadian team took the lead and grabbed the leading position, but the Chinese team quickly completed the overtaking from the outside. The ensuing competition was fierce, with Canada leading alternately with China. In the second half of the race, there was a sudden accident on the field, and Li Wenlong collided with the Canadian skate and fell off the track. The sudden situation disrupted the rhythm of the team, but Li Wenlong completed the handover with Ren Ziwei at the first time, and the latter accelerated to catch up with full force.
In the last few laps, the Chinese team still did not give up, and every member of the team desperately slid forward to narrow the gap with the opponent in front of them. In the end, the Chinese team finished the match in the fourth place in the group, and the Canadian team and the Italian team won the top two. After the match, the referee decided that the Chinese team had entered the Group A final after a video replay. As a result, Canada, Italy, China, South Korea and the Russian Olympic Committee advanced to the Group A final, which will take place on 16 February. After the game, the Chinese team's tenacious spirit of not giving up in the game also touched many netizens. Some netizens said, "Look at the good blood, I want to cry!" "That's the spirit of sportsmanship, never giving up until the end."
At this Winter Olympics, Li Wenlong performed well overall, and previously won the silver medal in the men's 1000 meters of short track speed skating. In order to see the replay of his son's previous game, Li Wenlong's father also specially purchased a TV with the playback function. Li Wenlong's father said that he was very excited to watch his son's game, and he wanted to watch it but did not dare to watch it, "The original TV did not have a playback function, so he bought a new TV and wanted to see the replay video of Li Wenlong's previous game." Li Wenlong's mother said that after the child won the silver medal, she sent her several selfies holding the ice pier and holding the silver medal. We are very happy to achieve such a good result, and hope that the child can adjust his mentality and achieve better results in the next competition, add color to his hometown and win glory for the country. ”
Li Qingshi, a reporter from Shenyang Evening News and Shen Bao
Source: Shenyang Evening News
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