The defending champion won the bronze but was criticized: Zheng Zaiyuan lost the gold medal for him! The atmosphere in the Korean team was too weird
On February 19, Beijing time, the final of the winter Olympics speed skating men's collective start event ended, Belgium's Balter Swains won the gold medal, South Korea's Zheng Jae-won won the silver medal, and South Korea's lee Seung-hoon won the bronze medal. China's Ning Zhongyan ended up in only 14th place.
South Korea's two medal-winning players, Jung Jae-won is only 20 years old and Lee Seung-hoon is 34 years old, the two are obviously cooperative in the competition, And Jung Jae-won has been leading the skate for the elder Lee Seung-hoon to maintain physical fitness, until the end began to sprint. The 34-year-old Lee Seung-hoon was a gold medalist in the event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics four years ago, and it is really not easy for the defending champion to finish third at the age of 34. But after the game, South Korean netizens were dissatisfied with Lee Seung-hoon.
Lee Seung-hoon is a highly controversial player, he was once exposed to the South Korean speed skating team to play to the young juniors was once punished by a ban, after Lee Seung-hoon won the bronze medal, Zheng Won won the silver medal after many South Korean netizens have said 'Jung Jae-won sacrificed the gold medal in order to help Lee Seung-hoon.' ’
Jung Jae-won helped Lee Seung-hoon, who is Lee Seung-hoon's leader, and his role is to help Lee Seung-hoon block other players who want to break through, so that Lee Seung-hoon can follow close the distance with the first group. The final sprint Lee Seung-hoon benefited from Jeong Jae-won's sacrifice to steer the race in his favor and eventually won the bronze medal.
Zheng in the original to the finish line of time is 7:47.18, and the champion Bart to the finish line of time is 7:47.11, that is to say, only 0.07 seconds of the gap, if zheng zaiyuan did not go to the lead for Lee Seung-hoon to drain physical energy, then Zheng Zaiyuan is really likely to win the gold medal, it seems that the South Korean netizens' statement is not empty.
Lee Seung-hoon, who won the medal, was very happy and smiled vigorously after harvesting the ice pier. In a post-match interview, he said: "It took too much effort in the semi-finals, and the recovery time was short, which is a pity, but it is still very happy to win the medal. Zheng Zaiyuan did not express much joy. I have to say that whether it is a short track speed skating team or a speed skating team in South Korea, the atmosphere in the team is very strange.
Text/Yan Xiaobai
