As the world record and Olympic record holder in the men's short track speed skating 500 meters event, Wu Dajing regretted that he did not qualify for the final Group A final, which was really unacceptable. After the game, Wu Dajing personally confirmed that he was affected by the other side in the game, and admitted that he deliberately slowed down in order to avoid Huang Daxian's ice knife. It is precisely because of this that he was surpassed by the Kazakh players behind him, and finally missed the promotion as the third in the group.
The semi-finals of the men's short track speed skating 500 meters at the Winter Olympics, which have attracted the attention of Chinese netizens, are competing. In the previously concluded quarter-finals, China's Ren Ziwei and Sun Long have been eliminated. As the only seedling of China in this project, Wu Dajing was placed in the second group in the semi-finals, along with Huang Daxian, DuBois, Azhgaliyev and Liu Shaoang.
The first shot, Huang Daxian snatched away the foul. When the second shot reached the penultimate lap, South Korea's Hwang Dae-hyun overtook the foul inside and dragged DuBois out of the way. But this is not the point, what is important is that Huang Daxian deliberately raised his right leg in order to maintain his balance before his debut, and behind him is Wu Dajing, who is accelerating and wanting to surpass. In the face of the dangling ice knife in front of him, Wu Dajing finally chose to slow down and dodge for safety, and it was this accident that eventually caused his speed to be greatly affected, and finally the Kazakh player took the second place.
For his choice, Wu Dajing can be said to have no regrets, although he left regrets that there was no gold medal, but at least he fulfilled his mother's wish. In a previous interview with the media, Wu Dajing's mother had said: In the past ten years, Wu Dajing has not been able to reunite with her family every Spring Festival, and she does not know how many projects her son will participate in this Winter Olympics, but her only hope is to hope that her son is safe and sound. Now, Wu Lei has finally returned safely, although it is a bit thrilling.
In an interview with the media after the game, Wu Dajing personally confirmed that he was greatly affected by the ice knife: "It is a pity that I gave up the speed and went to the skating route. ”
As the narrator of the project, world champion Wang Meng was once again angry and criticized Huang Daxian: "Dajing was disturbed in that position. Huang Daxian lifted his heels back and the knife lifted up. His movement was too dangerous, and Dajing would kick his ice knife directly if he was sliding normally. If Dajing does not hide, there will be a risk of injury and illness. ”
In the end, Huang Daxian was sent out by the referee for fouls and did not qualify for the next game, while Wu Dajing also missed the Group A final because of his influence. The final gold medal in this event was won by Hungary's Liu Shaoang. Coupled with Huang Daxian's 1500-meter gold medal, this result confirms the rumors of cooperation between South Korea and Hungary.
For Wu Dajing, although he did not win the gold medal this time, he did not have to regret it too much. Although his opponents took his gold medal, they did not take away his record. The current world record in the 500-meter event and the Olympic record still belong to him, with results of 39.505 and 39.584 respectively. Wu Dajing is still the first person in the short track 500 meters!