In the latest beijing winter Olympics men's short track speed skating 500m final, Hungary's Liu Shaoang finally took a key step, leading all the way from the beginning of the race, and finally won the event with a time of 40.338 seconds, while Konstantin Ivrekan of the Russian Olympic team won the silver medal with a time of 40.431 seconds, and Canadian athlete Steven Dubois won a bronze medal in the 500m final after successfully winning silver in the men's 1500m event. The three athletes of the Chinese short track speed skating team participating in the 500-meter race can be said to be completely destroyed. Sun Long, who was sentenced to the second round in the first round, was eliminated in the quarter-finals with a fourth-place result in the group. As the champion of the men's 1000 meters, Ren Ziwei also did not go far, and was eliminated in advance with the third place in the group in the quarterfinals. Although Wu Zijing successfully advanced to the semifinals with the first place in the group in the quarterfinals, he only ranked third in the group in the semifinals, and the top two of the two groups had the opportunity to directly advance to the final of Group A. Wu Dajing, as the defending champion of the men's short track speed skating 500 meters event, could only participate in the Group B final and did not have the opportunity to defend the title.
Of course, on the way forward for Wu Dajing, he did encounter unprecedented difficulties, in addition to entering the lonely state in advance, his semi-final group was also a master, but he ranked third from the beginning, although he briefly slid to the top two, but was quickly surpassed by the opponent, plus South Korean athlete Huang Daxian had dangerous actions in the process of surpassing, although there was no direct foul on Wu Dajing, but it also affected his gliding. However, because the front is basically not in the leading position of the top two, even if there is a penalty in this group, it has nothing to do with Wu Dajing. He also lost the opportunity to compete for the title in the early round, ending in regret in the 500m event.
Of course, in the final of the 500-meter B group, Wu Dajing still skated the best result of his group, and finally ended his competition in the 500-meter field with the first place in the group, and his final result was 41.157 seconds. Here we may wish to discuss why Wu Dajing, as the defending champion in the 500-meter short track speed skating event, did not even get a final place in the end, regrettably losing the opportunity to defend the title. First of all, as Far as Wu Dajing is concerned, in the world short track speed skating arena, it may not be too old, but due to the impact of Chinese physical reasons, coupled with the previous injuries, Although Wu Dajing's absolute speed is still relatively prominent, compared to his personal state at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 4 years ago, there has indeed been a big decline. And for the past two seasons, his dominance in various competitions has been decreasing. In the entire world ice world, there are about 7-8 athletes who can be said to have equal performance, and their ability is not divided, and the key is to see who can be in the leading position in the field. This time, it was obviously Liu Shaoang who played to the best and successfully laughed to the end.
Secondly, for Wu Dajing, when he had the opportunity, he was too hasty, too strong when he should not have exerted his power, and when he should have the opportunity, he encountered the change of lanes and deceleration of the previous athletes, that is, the unexpected situation on the semi-final field affected his play. It makes it difficult for him to successfully seize the opportunity when it arises. To some extent, Liu Shaoang also won by strength this time. As commentator Wang Meng said, Wu Dajing also lost over not being able to play equally stable in every round.
Third, I believe that everyone has also felt that the competition for the entire 500-meter event this time is very fierce. Wu Dajing's achievements at his peak four years ago, from the world record to the Olympic record, were held by him, but this time, not only him, but all the athletes were far from the record he set four years ago. Especially for Wu Dajing personally, the opponent's strength is getting closer and closer to his peak, and his own explosive power in the short-distance event has declined to a certain extent, coupled with the fact that in the whole team, it is difficult for other athletes to escort Wu Dajing in the short-distance event, and according to the current competitive pattern, it is really difficult for him to fight independently. We can only say that Wu Dajing has tried his best, and the Chinese short track speed skating team really needs to make further efforts in the cultivation of new talents.