On February 13, Beijing time, the beijing winter olympics short track speed skating women's 3000 meters relay final was held. In the end, the Dutch team overpowered the Korean and Chinese teams and won the gold medal in the project. The Dutch team won the title at 4:03.409, which set a new Winter Olympic record.
When watching the game, the attentive spectator will find that the Dutch athletes have a special pattern on their helmets or sleeves - leopard print love. This mark commemorates the Dutch short track speed skating team's former star Van Ruiwen, who died of an autoimmune disease on July 10, 2020, at the age of 27.
Van Ruiwen is a famous short track speed skater in the Netherlands, having previously participated in the 2014 Sochi and 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, she won the bronze medal in the 3,000m relay with her teammates. At the 2019 Van Ruiven short track speed skating world championships in Sofia, she won the women's 500 meters championship, becoming the first female athlete in the Netherlands to win the short track speed skating world championship.
In June 2020, Van Ruiven joined the Dutch short track team in the Pyrenees for a training camp, during which time she suddenly fell ill and fell into a coma, although she was rushed to a hospital in Perpignan, France, but still failed to save her life.
The Dutch short track team at this Year's Winter Olympics commemorated Van Neuevin by printing a leopard-themed love on the sleeve of their uniforms. The proposal was approved by the International Skating Union (ISU) and the International Olympic Committee to provide them with a uniform patch pattern.
Wearing the uniform with van Ruiwen's mark, the Dutch team had a miraculous help in the final, and in the end they won the gold medal with an Olympic record- record, which is the best memorial to Van Ruiwen.