On February 16, the short track speed skating competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the final, and in the women's 1500m final and the men's 5000m relay final, the Chinese team regretted that they could not create history again, and they did not win the medal.
The women's 1500m did not bring surprises
In the women's 1500 meters competition, the Chinese team's three golden flowers Zhang Yuting, Han Yutong and Zhang Chutong once again joined forces, which is also the last short track speed skating gold medal produced by the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The quarter-finals are divided into 6 groups, with the top three and 3 fastest fourth places in each group qualifying for the semi-finals. China's Zhang Yuting, Han Yutong and Zhang Chutong departed in groups 1, 4 and 6 respectively, and all successfully "cleared the customs".
In the semi-finals, Zhang Chutong was in the first group, Han Yutong and Zhang Yuting were in the third group, and the top two in each group and the third place with the best results advanced to the final of Group A. Zhang Chutong played well at the beginning of the game, but as the game progressed, her physical fitness problems occurred, and she was gradually pulled apart by the team, and the group was out at the bottom; in the third group, Han Yutong and South Korea's famous Choi Min Jing were obviously superior, and when there were 3 laps left, the two of them simultaneously overtook other players, Han Yutong slid out of 2 minutes 17 seconds 112, to advance to the final with the second group, Cui Minjing won the first place in the group with 2 minutes 16 seconds 831, And broke the Winter Olympic record set by China's Zhou Yang in Vancouver (2:16:993).
Han Yutong, the only Chinese player, stands on the final track of the women's 1500m Group A. Not long after the start of the game, Han Yutong sprinted to the first place in the leading skate, but after that, the Korean and Dutch players caught up, perhaps due to problems in physical fitness and tactical distribution, and finally Han Yutong won the seventh place.
The men's 5,000m relay accident was unexpected
Tonight, Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei joined hands with three "post-00s" Sun Long, Li Wenlong and Zhang Tianyi to launch another attack on the champion at the doorstep of their home. Among the five final teams, Canada, which has won 6 gold medals in the Winter Olympics, has the highest pre-match call for victory; South Korea, which has always been a competitor to the Chinese team, is also eyeing the gold medal; and the Italian team and the Russian Olympic Committee team are also very strong, one is the silver medalist of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and the other is the gold medalist of the Sochi Winter Olympics.
However, in the face of a strong opponent, the Chinese team's confidence is not weak at all. The Chinese short track speed skating men's team has been rising in this project since 2014, and won bronze and silver medals at the Two Winter Olympics in Sochi and Pyeongchang respectively. Leader Wu Dajing, is the short track speed skating men's 500 meters world record and Olympic record holder, Ren Ziwei currently has two Beijing Winter Olympic gold medals in hand, the strength of each team is close, and the 5000 meters relay competition, the more opportunities there are, of course, there are many variables.
At 20:53, the Group A final started, China was in the outermost 5th lane, the first 3000 meters of the schedule, the teams handed over smoothly, when entering the 28th lap, Wu Dajing broke the deadlock, surpassed the Italian team, and Wu Dajing once again surpassed the Russian Olympic Committee team in front of him when there were 16 laps left, rising one place to the third. However, unexpectedly, Sun Long accidentally fell on the straight, made a mistake in the bat, and instantly fell out of the competition, and the Chinese team finally finished fifth with a regret of 6 minutes 51 seconds and 68 seconds.
The veterans will stick to the end
In the Chinese short track speed skating team, Wu Dajing is a benchmark-like existence, although he is not as domineering as Wang Mao, but like a big brother, he trains hard with his head down and keeps moving forward.
At this Winter Olympics, "Wu Dajing let Ren Ziwei go", "You can always believe in the Chinese short track speed skating team", "28-year-old people have double 50-year-old feet", "everyone trains every day and fights hard, and there is blood in their throats"... These terms have repeatedly appeared on the Internet hot search, which has touched countless people, and Wu Dajing has never been a genius who became famous at a young age, and some have only continued to work hard.
Four years later, at the Milan/Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics in Italy, will the 32-year-old Wu Dajing still be racing on the ice rink? No one knows. But at the Beijing Winter Olympics, everyone saw his persistence. Three Winter Olympic Games, Wu Dajing's hard work and persistent struggle will inspire the successors of China's short track speed skating. "This is my third Olympic Games, and I don't know if I can participate in the World Series or the Olympics, so I treat every game as the last." Wu Dajing said.
Fan Kexin is also a three-dynasty elder, from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin finally won the gold medal in the short track speed skating mixed team 2000m relay event with his teammates at the Beijing Winter Olympics. After the game, she leaned over and kissed the ice, will the elder of the three dynasties say goodbye to the field? "As long as the national team needs me and China short track speed skating needs me, I will continue to stand on the ice." Fan Kexin said firmly.
The "sharp knife on ice" is still sharp
Chinese short track speed skating is known as the "Master of Kings", and this project has long been the traditional strength of the mainland at the Winter Olympics. Prior to the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation had won 13 gold, 28 silver and 21 bronze medals at the Winter Olympics, for a total of 62 medals. Of the 13 gold medals, 10 came from short track speed skating, accounting for nearly 80%. Coming to the doorstep of this Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team once again continued the king's style, winning 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, but also left regrets, which is the charm of short track speed skating, the competition process is thrilling, and the results are sometimes unexpected.
February 16 is a memorable day - 20 years ago today, in the women's 500m short track speed skating final at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, Yang Yang achieved the "zero breakthrough" of the Gold Medal of the Chinese Winter Olympics. 20 years later, at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation refreshed the two records of the number of gold medals and medals won in a single Winter Olympics with 7 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze, and made breakthroughs in many events, generation after generation of Chinese ice and snow people wrote a new chapter in the inheritance, and the role of "ice sharp knife" played by Chinese short track speed skating will continue to perform exciting excitement in the future.
Text/Hubei Daily reporter Tong Junpeng sent from Beijing
Photo: Xinhua News Agency