(Observer Network News) On the evening of February 16, Beijing time, in the men's 5000-meter relay final of the short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team finally won the 5th place due to the fall, and Wu Dajing, who successfully surpassed his opponent twice in the game, regrettably ended his third Winter Olympic trip.
From February 5 to 16, 27-year-old Wu Dajing skated through 4 events with a total of 13 matches, 3 events advanced to the final of Group A, 1 event advanced to the final of Group B, and won a gold medal for mixed teams, that is, the first gold of the Chinese delegation in this Winter Olympic Games.
Late on the night of the 16th, the leader of the Chinese short track speed skating team posted a long article on Weibo, thanking the people who cultivated his country and making efforts for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the team that fought side by side, the family, and the people who cared about the Chinese team, and wrote: "As long as the country needs, as long as the body allows, I will always stand on the ice rink." Never admit it. ”
Although there are regrets in the final battle of the Chinese short track speed skating team, Wu Dajing still wrote with enthusiasm: "You can always believe in the combat effectiveness and cohesion of the Excellent Collective of the Chinese Short Track Speed Skating Team, and we will continue to work hard to bring more happiness and honor to everyone." ”
In the blog post, Wu Dajing expressed his love for short track speed skating: "We have been with each other for twenty years, and every time I get up, I feel at ease and steadfast when I think of going to ice and training today, I am very grateful to us for our unreserved dedication and support to each other, I think this is the texture of life that short track speed skating brings me." ”
Regarding whether he will retire after the Beijing Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing sincerely said that he had considered this issue, "but when I really stood on the field, I found that I was reluctant to say goodbye, reluctant to leave this project that I deeply loved, as long as the country needed, as long as the body allowed, I would always stand on the ice rink." Never admit it. ”
Under the relevant Weibo, Wu Dajing's national team teammates, world champions Han Tianyu and Xu Hongzhi, who failed to stand on the ice surface of the Beijing Winter Olympics this time, shouted to him, looking forward to standing with his brothers in the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics in 4 years. These two players are the teammates who won the silver medal in the 5000-meter relay with Wu Dajing at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago.
On the evening of February 13, after Wu Dajing failed to qualify for the men's 500m Group A final, Xu Hongzhi posted: "We are amazed that the genius teenager turned out to be born at the same time, but also to feel sorry for the end of the veteran, Dajing can come back safely, enjoy the rest of the game, relax your mentality, continue to climb the peak with the team, you are the uncrowned king in my heart, brothers wait for you to go home, let's go out and relax." ”
Born on July 24, 1994 in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, Wu Dajing began practicing short track speed skating in 2004 and joined the national team in November 2010. At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing's first time on the stage of the Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's 500 meters of short track speed skating, and won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 meters relay with his teammates Chen Dequan, Han Tianyu and Shi Jingnan; at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing won the gold medal in the men's 500 meters and broke the world record, winning the only gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics for the Chinese team, and won the silver medal in the men's 5000 meters relay with Han Tianyu, Xu Hongzhi and Chen Dequan.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing played the main role of the Chinese short track speed skating team, participated in 4 sub-events for a total of 13 matches, and won a gold medal in the mixed team relay.
Wu Dajing's beijing Winter Olympics completion record
The only men's 500m event in the four minor events that failed to reach the final of Group A, Wu Dajing finished third with a difference of 0.016 seconds in the final sprint of the semi-finals. After watching the replay, Wang Meng pointed out that South Korea's Huang Daxian failed to close the knife in time after colliding with Canada's Steven Dubois, "The knife lifting action is too dangerous, and Dajing was disturbed in the last moment." ”
Although he failed to compete for the 500-meter medal, the Olympic record and world record holder of the event is still Wu Dajing on the official website of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Dajing's heart of a child has also touched many netizens who care about him, and I wish him to complete his dreams under the premise of health and peace.
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