On February 19, Beijing time, the Winter Olympics speed skating men's/women's collective departure final, the South Korean team originally aimed for 2 gold, but the wishes were disappointed. Jeong Jae-won and Kim Jong were unhappy with the food at the Winter Olympics, but neither of the gold-winning favourites won the gold medal. Especially Zheng Zaiyuan, in the case of the gold medal seems to be in hand, he suffered a deadly kill, losing only 0.07 seconds!
Speed Skating Men's Group Start Competition, and in the final stages, the two Korean players were originally in the lead, Lee Seung-hoon ranked 1st and Jung Jae-won ranked 2nd. But unexpectedly, at the last moment, the Belgian athlete Swains sprinted to power, and finally won the gold with a slight advantage, Swins's sprint points were 63 points, the score was 7 minutes 47 seconds 11; Zheng Zaiyuan won the silver medal, the sprint points were 40 points, the score was 7 minutes 47 seconds 18; Lee Seung-hoon's sprint points were 20 points, the result was 7 minutes 47 seconds 20!
In other words, Zheng Zaiyuan only lost 0.07 seconds and was killed miserably!
Earlier, Zheng Zaiyuan had told Korean media, "The food in Beijing Olympic Village is much worse than pingchang, and I have never eaten it again after eating it once!" ”
In addition, at the last PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Lee Seung-hoon was the gold medalist, and the silver medalist was the current champion Swains, who now fulfilled his gold medal dream.
In the final of the women's group start of speed skating, the world champion, the silver medalist of the last Winter Olympics, and the famous Korean athlete Kim Bao Rin only ranked 5th, and did not qualify for the podium. Jin Bao Rin also said earlier, "When I saw the food in the Beijing Olympic Village, I wanted to go home, and there was nothing I could eat!" ”
In just half an hour, these two Korean players who did not "eat enough" went home, which was very regrettable.
In the latest medal table, South Korea ranked 14th, with 2 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze; Japan was 3 gold, 5 silver and 9 bronze, ranking 12th. In other words, South Korea has no chance of catching up with Japan in the number of gold medals.
For the performance of their own players, the Korean media is very satisfied, commenting on the performance of Jung Jae-won and Lee Seung-hoon, the Korean media said bluntly, "Korean speed skating ended in a gorgeous way!" Although he did not win the medal, he showed a world-class level and the competition was wonderful! ”
That is to say, as of now, South Korea has won 2 gold, all from the short track speed skating project, which belongs to Huang Daxian and Choi Min Jing, respectively, it seems that short track speed skating is still South Korea's first gold point.