On February 16, the short track speed skating event of the Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the final battle. In the men's 5,000m relay, the Chinese team led by Wu Dajing only finished fifth due to a mistake in receiving the baton. In the last women's 1500 meters competition, the Chinese team 's "only seedling" Han Yutong also passed the medal with the 7th place. At this point, the Chinese short track speed skating team ended with 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze.
The men's 5,000-meter relay is the last event in the short track speed skating men's event of the Winter Olympics, and it is also the last opportunity for wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei to attack the gold medal as well as the two "post-00s" of Sun Long and Li Wenlong. At 20:44 on February 16, the Chinese short track speed skating men's team composed of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Sun Long, Li Wenlong and Zhang Tianyi launched an attack on the men's 5,000m relay gold medal.
Among the five final teams, the four opponents of the Chinese team have the strength to rush gold. Among them, the Canadian team is now ranked first in the world, and in the previous Winter Olympics, the Canadian team has won medals six times. Canada has only failed to reach the final once since short track speed skating was included in the Olympic program in 1992; another rival, South Korea, is also eyeing gold medals, with nine world championship gold medals, second only to Canada; and Italy and Russia are also strong, one is a silver medalist at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics and the other is a gold medalist at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
In the face of these strong opponents, the Chinese team's confidence is not bad. Since 1998, the Chinese team has been on the podium of the event four times, winning bronze medals at the 1998, 2002 and 2014 Winter Olympics. In the past three Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese team has all entered the final of the men's 5,000-meter relay Group A. Bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, except for one gold medal missing.
However, the short track speed skating arena has always been extremely accidental, and anything can happen. In the previous semi-finals, the Chinese team had suffered a "kick knife" accident and was finally sentenced to the final of Group A. In the final battle on the evening of the 16th, the Chinese team fell down unexpectedly again, and finally only won the fifth place, and did not qualify for the podium. In the women's 1500m final that followed, Han Yutong, the only Chinese "single seedling" who rushed to the final, although he once adopted the "rabbit tactic", he was physically weak in the second half of the journey, and passed the medal with the 7th place.
It is worth mentioning that 20 years ago today, on February 16, 2002, at the 19th Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, usa, Yang Yang won the championship in the women's 500 meters of short track speed skating, winning the first gold in the history of the Winter Olympics for the Chinese delegation. It was a day that went down in history, and Chinese sports began a new chapter.
Unfortunately, on this day 20 years later, the new generation of Chinese short track speed skating team did not stand on the podium as desired to continue this glory. In addition to regrets, we should also see that from the breakthrough of gold medal zero 20 years ago to the successful hosting of the Winter Olympics 20 years later, and achieving dazzling results in many projects, this means that China's ice and snow sports are in full bloom.
China's short-track speed skating trip to Beijing is over, and they still have a long way to go. In the arena, there is no always victorious general, no one has not fallen, and what is important is that after falling, he stands up bravely and is not afraid of challenges to be a real hero.
(Source: Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily)
【Source: Labor Watch】
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