As the double record holder of the short track speed skating men's 500 meters world record and the Olympic record, Wu Dajing was pinned high hopes before the competition, and everyone hoped that the veteran of the Chinese short track speed skating team for many years would successfully defend his title at his own gate.
However, the sky is not the limit. After successfully advancing to the semi-finals with the first place in the group, Wu Dajing was unable to win a ticket to the medals in Group A. Regrettably the reasons for the loss in all aspects, 4 days and 11 games of the schedule for a veteran who will turn 28 this year is too cruel, compared to the peak of their own, Wu Dajing's absolute speed decline is also an indisputable fact, but there is another reason is not easy to ignore, as a competitive project rather than a racing project, the short track speed skating group is very elaborate, Wu Dajing was affected by the same group of athletes this time is also an indisputable fact.
No mistake, it's you again, Huang Daxian from South Korea.
Huang Daxian's personal strength is beyond doubt, and the gold medal in the 1500-meter short track speed skating is well deserved; but he has long been "notorious" because of his small actions, and the 1000m direct yellow card is only the tip of the iceberg of his many off-the-plate moves. In the semi-finals of the short track speed skating men's 500 meters, Huang Daxian, who was in the same group as Wu Dajing, did not have a safe score, and the two actions completely disrupted Dajing's deployment and had a subtle impact on the final result.
The first one is to grab the race at the beginning of the race. This is not the first time Huang Daxian has used this trick, which is intended to disrupt the rhythm of the other players. The ancients also cloud "again and again, and then decline, three and exhausted", Huang Daxian is the use of this psychology, so that other runners who are fully focused on preparing to start miss their best state, which is not only the flow of mental strength, but also an invisible psychological hint - according to the rules, the first shot to run no one is punished, the second shot to run directly, which makes many runners who are good at starting dare not easily press the second. In short, it is a human mentality. As for Huang Daxian himself, he whose advantage is not in the starting, just uses this tactic to make up for the gap with others.
Sure enough, in the semi-final match, Huang Daxian repeated the same trick. Teacher Huang Jianxiang, who was a guest in the live broadcast room at that time, was reminded by Wang Meng's guidance and suddenly realized: "Oh! That is to say, someone deliberately did it, right? Interestingly, the scene at this time the camera turned directly to the close-up of Huang Daxian who ran away. Teacher Huang Jianxiang immediately said: "Eh? When I said, 'Someone is deliberately', I didn't know the picture would cut him, I really didn't mean it. Teacher Huang did not mention Huang Daxian's name throughout the whole time, but it was obvious that there were words in the words and he understood it on his own.
In contrast, the first is a rule of use, and the second is much worse. As mentioned earlier, Huang Daxian's advantage is not the starting point, he is good at grasping the opponent's flaws in the second half of the schedule, and fiercely inserting forward to overtake. This kind of sliding method can be called self-inflicted damage of eight hundred, injuring the enemy a thousand, high returns and high risks, because it is easy to bump into other players, not to mention the small actions that Huang Daxian uses from time to time. This is the main reason why he has been criticized. In trying to overtake Dubois, he clearly interfered with the Canadian players.
There's nothing to say about this action, proper foul play. After the game, Huang Daxian also took the initiative to greet DuBois. But here's what he's talking about after he interfered with Dubois's movement — a very unconventional lifting of his feet. This almost slammed the ice knife into Wu Dajing's face. Between the electric light and flint, Dajing had to choose to slow down, and this slack also missed the opportunity to impact the second place in the group, allowing the Athletes of Kazakhstan to pick up a ready-made one.
It is true that Wu Dajing's own performance is not ideal, but I have to say that it is really unlucky to be with Huang Daxian. According to the rules, the final of Group A only produces medals, the players in Group B are only in the qualifying battle, the 5 players in Group A have at least 3 players who have been cancelled, and the first place in Group B has the opportunity to win medals, and the probability is minimal.
Wu Dajing, who finally won the first place in Group B, could only draw such an imperfect end to his main project. DuBois got the opportunity to advance to Group A because of the rules, so how should Wu Dajing judge this secret loss? Huang Daxian owes Dajing an apology.
In any case, as the elder of the three dynasties who participated in the three Olympic Games, Wu Dajing has given everything he has, and his feet, which have long been deformed and calloused because of years of practice, make people can't bear to ask him to do more. Wu Dajing, good look! Looking forward to your last shift in the men's 5000m relay final of short track speed skating, no regrets!