On February 13, 2022, Beijing time, the men's 500m semifinals of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, South Korea's Huang Daxian fouled again, and Canada's Steven Dubois directly fell off the track. In the end, DuBois was sentenced to the final of Group A, and still shook hands with Huang Daxian after the game, which was more polite. However, many voices believe that Huang Daxian's foul also indirectly affected Wu Dajing, who ranked third in the group and did not qualify for the final of Group A.
The competition in the men's 500 meters is fierce, and Wu Dajing is the defending champion and is naturally favored by the outside world. However, Wu Dajing has many opponents, including Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang in Hungary, Huang Daxian in South Korea, and so on. In the quarterfinals, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long were out, and Wu Dajing successfully advanced, but he could only fight alone.
Because the results of the quarter-finals are average, Wu Dajing's grouping in the semi-finals is very general, and the opponents in the same group include Liu Shaoang and Huang Daxian. Wu Dajing's third departure is indeed facing a great test, after the departure, Wu Dajing has been ranked third, Liu Shaoang is far ahead. In the sprint stage, Huang Daxian strongly overtook, but his movements were dangerous, and Dubois, who was ranked second before, fell directly off the track.
Obviously, Huang Daxian fouled, behind Wu Dajing and Azhgalliev strong sprint, but Wu Dajing failed to seize the opportunity, unfortunately ranked third, did not qualify for the A group final. Liu Shaoang and Azh galiyev advanced to the Final of Group A, and Canada's Steven Dubois was awarded to the Final of Group A.
The detailed pictures after the game show that when Huang Daxian committed a foul, the ice knife was obviously displayed, which seemed to have some impact on Wu Dajing behind him, which was infuriating. Wang Meng said that this is too dangerous, and it is false to say that there is no impact. However, because there is no physical contact, it is difficult for Wu Dajing to be judged to the final of Group A.
Huang Daxian's movements look like desperate moves, but they are really too dangerous, and it is normal to be judged foul. After the game, Canada's Steven Dubois was still a gentleman, and Wong patted him on the shoulder, he smiled, and then shook hands with Wong. Think about the last Winter Olympics, the Canadian team collectively wiped the podium action, may have been mentally prepared.