Last night, in the women's 3000m relay final of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team composed of Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Zhang Chutong and Zhang Yuting won the bronze medal with a time of 4:03.86. This is the second time that the Chinese short track speed skating women's team has reached the winter Olympic podium in this event after a gap of 12 years. After the game, the girls hugged each other tightly with tears in their eyes. The bittersweet and bittersweet of the road to their dreams is probably known only to them.
Photo by Liu Ping
Qu Chunyu surpassed several degrees
The teams that reached the final were China, the Netherlands, Canada and South Korea. The Chinese team, composed of Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Zhang Chutong and Zhang Yuting, set off on the second track.
Before the start of the game, there was a "cheering sound" in the whole stadium. The first stick of the Chinese team was Fan Kexin, and after the departure, she was in second place, and the strongest Dutch team led the way. After 3 laps, the Chinese team fell to third place, and Qu Chunyu overtook the South Korean team to rise to second place after taking over the baton. Since then, the Chinese team has played very steadily, always holding the second position. It was Qu Chunyu again, rushing to the first position with 9 laps left. However, the Dutch team soon rebounded and slipped again.
The game entered the last 4 laps, and the Chinese team's physical fitness declined and fell to the last place. In the last lap, Fan Kexin tried to catch up, and finally the Chinese team finished the race with 4:03.86 and won the third place. The Dutch team, led by suzanne Shultin, won the title with a time of 4:03.409, the sixth record for the Winter Olympics at the Capital Stadium. The South Korean team finished second.
A bronze medal is already precious. This is the second time after 12 years that the Chinese women's team has stood on the podium of the Winter Olympics in the relay event.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the Chinese short track speed skating team is now welcome." In the "Ice Pier" section of the athletes' exclusive commemorative edition, with the sonorous music of the scene, Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Zhang Chutong, Zhang Yuting, Han Yutong (substitute) stepped into the arena, and the girls jumped on the podium happily. The audience applauded and cheered enthusiastically. Five members of the Chinese team held hands and waved and bowed to the audience in various directions in the stadium. Subsequently, they took a group photo with the champions Dutch team and the runner-up South Korea team members, and their smiles were bright.
Fan Kexin kissed Bing in thanks
After winning the bronze medal and celebrating with his teammates, veteran Fan Kexin leaned over and kissed the ice. In the post-match press conference, I was asked if this was a signal to say goodbye to the field? Fan Kexin said that this is to express gratitude.
"It's a start, not a retirement. Because I finally won the Winter Olympics (mixed team relay), this is my beginning. I also had a joke with the reporters just after the game, I said that I was just 29 years old, and there were foreign players who were still competing until they were 50 years old. I'm young, I'm capable, and more importantly I love the project. Fan Kexin said, "I kissed the ice because I was grateful, thanked the motherland for its strength, let us show our strength on the field of the Winter Olympics, and also thanked the short track speed skating project." ”
In the first two competitions, Fan Kexin cried after the game. This time, she not only did not cry, but also smiled and said, "I really didn't mean to cry." That's because of the excitement, thinking about the efforts of myself and my team, and I am excited. I really won't cry again today. ”
Fan Kexin, who has participated in three Winter Olympics and is the oldest athlete on the team, said that the fine tradition of the Chinese short track speed skating team is inherited. As the "big sister" in the team, she will do her best to help the young team members, and also looks forward to the country's future training of more outstanding athletes to participate in relay events, "because our goal is to win gold." ”
The five "golden flowers" are all Northeastern girls
The five "golden flowers" of the Chinese team participating in the women's relay competition are all northeastern girls. Among them, Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu and Zhang Yuting are from Heilongjiang, and Zhang Chutong and Han Yutong are from Jilin.
Fan Kexin was born in 1993 in Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province, where six world champions such as Yang Yang, Wang Meng and Liu Qiuhong were born. Fan Kexin seems to be born as an athlete material, when she was a child, her mother took her to the city stadium, she ran three laps before the coach was favored, began to practice short track speed skating. Since then, she has begun a long and arduous training. In 2010, Fan Kexin, who had just turned 17, officially entered the national team. In October 2010, she became famous in the short track speed skating World Cup in Montreal, Canada, and won the gold medal in the women's 3000m relay with teammates Zhou Yang, Liu Qiuhong and Zhang Hui, becoming the world champion.
Qu Chunyu was born in Bei'an, Heihe City, Heilongjiang Province. When she was a child, her parents were busy working every day, and she practiced skating with her physical education teacher. In 2004, Coach Jia of Heihe Sports School discovered Qu Chunyu and recruited her to Heihe Sports School for training, and she began more formal ice training. Qu Chunyu entered the provincial youth training team in 2008 and the provincial team in 2009. During her training for the provincial team, she was selected for the national team and the national youth team. She has been a member of the national team since 2016.
Zhang Yuting was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. From an early age, he showed extraordinary athletic talent. Under the leadership of Coach Wang Beiming of Nangang District Sports School, Zhang Yuting embarked on the short track speed skating road at the age of 6. In the third year of junior high school, Zhang Yuting entered the provincial team, and entered the national youth team at the age of 16, and then naturally entered the national team.
Zhang Chutong is a native of Jilin City, Jilin Province. From the second grade of primary school, he participated in short track speed skating training and entered the Changyi District Youth Amateur Sports School. Under the careful tutelage of the amateur sports school Jing Hongjun coach, her results have been very good, and she has won the first place in provincial and municipal competitions many times, and was later sent to the Jilin Provincial Sports School.
In last night's final, there was also a "golden flower" Han Yutong, who was born in 1994 in Jilin City, Jilin Province. On February 24, 2013, at the Short Track Speed Skating World Junior Championships, Han Yutong won the women's 500m championship with a time of 45.369 seconds.
The old and new "2+2" inspire good results
In last night's tense and exciting final, the reason why the Chinese team was able to bravely take the lead had a lot to do with the hard work of each team member and the fear of strong enemies. Correspondingly, I am afraid that it is also related to the careful "configuration" of the coaching team - the new and old "2+2" configuration on the field last night played its best role in the game.
From the experience of the competition, among the four people, Fan Kexin can be described as the oldest, she has a good performance in the World Cup series and the 500 meters of the World Championships, and is also the "elder of the three dynasties" of the Winter Olympics. Qu Chunyu and Han Yutong, who did not play in the final, also participated in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Judging from the experience of the competition, Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu and Han Yutong can be regarded as the "old people" in this team.
The other two players who appeared in the final last night, Zhang Chutong and Zhang Yuting, participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time. They stood out in the selection tournament in January this year and qualified for the Winter Olympics. Compared with Fan Kexin and Qu Chunyu, Zhang Chutong and Zhang Yuting are considered to be the "newcomers" in the team, but they have also won various championships many times before.
From the perspective of age, the four "golden flowers" configuration on the final field basically belong to the "two old belts and two new", Fan Kexin was born in 1993, the oldest member of the team; Qu Chunyu was born in 1996; Zhang Yuting was born in 1999; and Zhang Chutong was born in 2003. The combination team of the new and old "2+2" reflects the tradition of the Chinese short track team "passing on the help", which is one of the reasons why the Chinese women's team can stand on the relay podium again after 12 years.
(Original title: Won the bronze medal in the 3000-meter relay, and China's "Golden Flower" jumped on the podium At this moment, they waited for 12 years)
Source: Beijing Evening News Reporter: Li Li Liu Shuang Li Songlin
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