Qingdao News Network, February 17 (Reporter Liu Wenchao) On the evening of February 16, the Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating men's 5000 meters relay Group A final, the Chinese team composed of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Sun Long, Li Wenlong played in the fifth lane. With 10 laps left in the game, the Chinese team made a mistake, Sun Long accidentally fell, and the Chinese team withdrew from the medal competition. In the end, the Chinese team won the fifth place with a time of 6 minutes 51 seconds 68. At this point, the short track speed skating competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics is over, and the Chinese short track speed skating team has won a total of 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze with a total of 4 medals.
With a silver medal and a fifth-place finisher, the post-00s youngster Li Wenlong ended his first winter Olympic tour. "I experienced the atmosphere of the Winter Olympics, gained experience, and got good results, which was surprising and very happy." Participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time, Li Wenlong gained a lot, he said frankly: "Thanks to the support of my fathers and fellow villagers in Shandong, I will go all out to continue to fight." ”
After the game, Li Wenlong also updated his social media for the first time, Li Wenlong wrote:
In ten days, my first trip to the Winter Olympics was over, and I felt that time had passed and I had not yet passed enough. I was very happy and lucky to be able to realize my dream at home at the age of 21, stand on the Winter Olympics, win a silver medal, and even spend my birthday during the Winter Olympics. I felt that everything was so wonderful.
Thank you to the team for giving me the opportunity to participate, thank you to the coach for helping me all the time, thank you to your teammates and brothers for encouraging me, and thank you for the guidance of Wang Meng for giving me the nickname of "little son", which made me suddenly increase my popularity a lot, I especially like this name.
Walk off the podium and everything starts zero. The end of the Beijing Winter Olympics means that the new Winter Olympic cycle has begun. In the next 4 years, I will grow from a small player to a backbone, and I hope that I can consistently train hard, set my mind right, and strive to make more contributions to the team. Thank you to the short-track fans and netizens who often cheered for me during this time, you have worked hard.
Although the Chinese team did not stand on the podium, Che Jinghua, director of the Qingdao Municipal Sports Bureau who watched the second live competition, said that China's young men have tried their best to break into the final and showed the spirit of daring to fight: "Competitive sports have many accidents, we can enjoy the joy of victory, we can also accept the regret of losing, this is also the charm of competitive sports, I hope that the boys will take this as a new starting point and achieve more excellent results in the future." Li Wenlong won a silver medal and a fifth place this time, and Che Jinghua said that Li Wenlong's performance has been quite outstanding, and the people in his hometown are quite satisfied with his performance.
For the journey of Qingdao athletes in this Winter Olympic Games, the director of the car bureau concluded: "Our Qingdao short track speed skating team has excellent coaches, and the team members who are brought out can participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics and stand on the podium, reflecting the strength of Qingdao and Shandong sports, and also representing the contribution of Qingdao and Shandong to the development of Chinese sports, and it is also a key step for us to build a strong sports city, hoping to take this Winter Olympics as an opportunity to take a better step for the construction of the next sports strong city." ”
It is worth mentioning that the development of ice and snow projects in Qingdao is stable and rising. Since the establishment of the Qingdao Short Track Speed Skating Team in 2010, the team has always adhered to the localization strategy. In terms of reserve strength, the Qingdao municipal team currently trains 15 athletes in preparation for the 25th Provincial Games, mainly athletes born between 2006 and 2010. There are 15 reserve athletes in the reserve, mainly small players born after 2010, of which the local athlete share of the Qingdao short track speed skating team has increased from zero at the time of establishment to 70-80%, and this proportion will continue to increase, and truly achieve development based on itself.