On February 16, the men's 5,000m relay final of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics
The young general Sun Long accidentally fell, and the Chinese team did not have the opportunity to receive the podium, ending with 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze.
Why can't we criticize?
After Sun Long fell out, the netizens of the whole network choked to death.
After learning the lessons of Liu Xiang, Li Ning, and even Liu Xuezhou incidents, there was the blessing of Wang Mao's "rejection of Internet violence" explanation. After watching the game, netizens really "dare not say bitterly", worried that a casual sentence will be nailed to the "shame column" of Internet violence.
But there are still some viewers who hate iron and steel, and can't help but remind him in the comment area of Sun Long's Weibo, such as the following comments:
You need to review and reflect, why do you make so many mistakes in the Olympic games?
I don't want to scold you, but I won't forgive you, because if I do, I'm sorry for Wu Dajing Li Wenlong and Ren Ziwei.
I hope that you can think hard, improve your skills and strength, and stop causing others to regret others' lives because of your own mistakes.
These objective comments are all classified by netizens as "Internet violence".
Admittedly, cybercrime is really undesirable, and we need to resist it.
But for some mistakes, the public also has the right to judge on the basis of rationality and harmlessness.
Sports and sports are wars in peacetime, and the Winter Olympics are the battlefield of competitive sports.
Therefore, athletes have to train hard for four years after another and fight a prepared battle.
The audience let Sun Long learn lessons, reflect on it, and fight the next Olympic battle, which is also a hope and encouragement for him.
But if you use insulting words such as "undercover" and "spy" to condemn Sun Long, it is a typical Internet storm.
Cyberbullying is rife with foul language and abusive attacks, human flesh searches, and moral trials.
Criticism is to point out the advantages or disadvantages, analyze the shortcomings and errors and put forward opinions, with the purpose of verification thinking
When criticism is infinitely magnified, crosses boundaries, and enters the realm of abusive attacks and moral judgments, righteous criticism will degenerate into online violence.
Athletes make mistakes and failures, and the shortcomings do not need to be skipped, but must be self-reviewed and reflected.
But the premise is that as a spectator on the sidelines, extreme restraint is required.
Especially as a group in the context of the Internet, there is always a lack of restraint and rationality, which will only lead to irrationality at the other extreme.
After the game, Sun Longlian said 6 sorry, and his guilt overflowed into words.
So let those harsh accusations and doubts stop as the short track team comes to an end.
Criticism is followed by reflection on talent gaps
The harsh rebuke of Sun Long can be discarded, but the reflection behind it cannot be stopped.
After the short track speed skating 5000 meters relay race lost, some netizens calculated an age account:
If the current strong players of the national short track speed skating team play the Milan Winter Olympics in four years, we will see 32-year-old Wu Dajing, 28-year-old Ren Ziwei, 25-year-old Li Wenlong, 33-year-old Fan Kexin, and 30-year-old Lin Xiaowei.
At a glance, it is a proper elderly speed skating group.
Compared to the South Korean short track speed skating team: Hwang Dae-hyun, 23, Choi Min-jing, 24, Lee Yoo-bin, 21, Lee Joon-sui, 22, and Kim Ya-lang, 27.
The age structure is reasonable, the reserve talent is strong, and the selection of the second-team players is very good, which is the characteristic of the overall strength of the Korean team.
In contrast, the Chinese short track speed skating team has always been led by two veterans, Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei, and the young players are still in the heat, and the strength of the women's team has dropped significantly.
In front of the veterans, the new players can't stand up. Sun Long's fall exposed the talent fault problem of "green and yellow" in short track speed skating.
The reason is mainly caused by the system, venue, investment incentives and other aspects.
At present, the selection of reserve talents for short-track speed skating is mainly concentrated in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, and the distribution is uneven compared with China's land area.
In the selection of reserve talents, China lacks a scientifically formed selection system, which has caused the problem of low level of grass-roots training.
Coupled with the high cost of ice and snow sports, the uneven economic level factors and regional development, which limits the popularization and development of the project, the grass-roots guarantee investment is small, and it is not enough to mobilize the enthusiasm of the existing talent training reserve talents.
Short-track speed skating is a special sport with complex tactics and great contingency.
With fewer entries, it is difficult to climb the peaks of the world.
Because of this, the South Korean team frequently sends new faces to the field, giving them opportunities and letting them exercise.
But there are only a few people in China, which requires giving young people the opportunity to participate in large competitions, exercise their mentality, and increase their experience.
Otherwise, the young players will be like Sun Long, nervous when they meet the big game, do not dare to compete, and "walk the old man" on the field.
Tribute to the veterans
Cheers for the young players and applause for the veterans.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, when everyone is cheering for the talented athletes to emerge, don't forget to pay tribute to the end of the veteran.
It is precisely because the veterans carry on from top to bottom that there will be the continuous emergence of rookies, so that the spirit of China's ice and snow sports will be passed on from generation to generation.
29-year-old Fan Kexin, the "elder of the three dynasties" of the Winter Olympics, led three young players to win the bronze medal in the short track speed skating women's 3000m relay.
Wu Dajing, 28 years old, in the men's 1000m final of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, was exhausted because of the re-competition, and after turning a corner, he gently touched Ren Ziwei in front of him and let him "go". Under the "escort" of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei won the gold medal in the project.
There is also the "four-time Winter Olympics veteran" Jia Zongyang returned with regrets, with tears to bless his teammates, he took his legs with 22 steel nails to participate in the two Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and Beijing.
As Wang Meng said: Not every athlete has the next four years, so netizens regret Wu Dajing even more.
In the final of the 5000-meter relay, Wu Dajing reversed the unfavorable situation and successfully surpassed two players, and the last accident silenced the whole audience. After the game, the winning Canadian team in the camera is hugging and celebrating, and the lonely figure of Wu Dajing in the back crosses behind them.
Between hard work and success, there is always a need for opportunities that cannot be sought.
Liu Xiang, Liu Shiwen, Wu Dajing, they all carry the expectations of a country, but in the end they are always joked about opportunity and fate.
Sports competition is cruel and realistic.
Keigo Higashino's Last Greetings reads:
There are many players who have enough strength, but they are defeated because of unexpected fate. At that moment, the expression on their faces seemed to condense the whole life so far.
It is gratifying that Wu Dajing issued a text saying: As long as the country needs and the body allows, he will always stand on the ice rink and will never admit it.
Veterans are not only, pass on the torch!