Considerate丨Wu Yanni lost more than just a game

Written by 丨 Horsen

Editor丨 Feng Xiao

In the just-concluded Asian Games women's 100m hurdles final, Lin Yuwei ran her all-time best time of 12.74 seconds, successfully adding another gold to Chinese athletics, but the protagonist of this competition was not Lin Yuwei, but her teammate Wu Yanni.

In this project, Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni, who participated in the final, both have the strength to win the gold medal, which can be said to be double insurance, but when the gun was fired, an accident still appeared, and Wu Yanni was sent off with a black and red card for suspected of running.

Originally, the matter ended here, although it was somewhat difficult for Chinese audiences to accept, but overall it was still in the normal category, but what happened next was not so pleasant.

First of all, Wu Yanni found the referee team to complain, and through the live radio, we can obviously hear Wu Yanni accusing the Indian player next to her of affecting herself, so there will be a rush behavior - although in the repeated playback of the video, we really did not see how the Indian player who did not move at all affected Wu Yanni, who almost snatched a whole position, and the referee team also insisted on the original penalty opinion. In the end, after a months-long stalemate, the two sides had to put aside the dispute and let the game continue.

After firing again, the Indian player was obviously affected, and Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni also unsurprisingly swept the top two.

On the Internet, Lin Yuwei's victory was stolen by Wu Yanni's controversy

Interestingly, after the game, Wu Yanni immediately put on the national flag and began to celebrate, and Lin Yuwei, the champion of the competition and set a new personal best, was ignored for a long time.

After another while, the controversial issue that had been previously shelved was reviewed again. After repeated discussions, the referee team confirmed that Wu Yanni had violated the rules and cancelled her results.

It has to be said that this situation is extremely rare in athletics.

And Wu Yanni, as a party, losing is not just a game.

Being canceled because of a run is not the first time for Wu Yanni. Just two months ago, in the final of the women's 100m hurdles at the Asian Championships, she missed the gold medal because of the run.

Wu Yanni herself admits that not being good at the front is her technical shortcoming

Is this just accidental?

In fact, it's not – as a talented hurdler, Wu Yanni is excellent in mid-speed and back-course sprints, even reaching world-class standards, but her starting point has always been a weakness, and she has not improved much over the years.

So we can see that whether it is the final of the Asian Championships or the final of this Asian Games, Wu Yanni is out because of the rush - she is indeed too eager for an international championship honor to prove herself.

When we open Wu Yanni's resume, there are only "National Athletics Championships Women's 100m Hurdles Champion", "National Athletics Championships and Olympic Trials Women's 100m Hurdles Champion", "National Athletics Championships Women's 100m Hurdles Final Champion" and "World University Summer Games Athletics Competition Women's 100m Hurdles Silver Medal" are not excellent honors.

At the same time, Wu Yanni is one of the most popular star athletes in the Chinese track and field team and even the entire Chinese team in this Asian Games, and her beautiful appearance and maverick personality have won her a lot of fans.

Although he was once deeply criticized for plastic surgery and excessive live broadcasting, the straightforward and unpretentious unique to Sichuan girls such as "I just want to be beautiful" and "I just like live broadcasting" have also successfully attracted young people who value individuality in today's society.

Even though she is full of controversy, there is no doubt that Wu Yanni herself does have great strength.

Moreover, in this increasingly diverse society, having personality is not a bad thing, plastic surgery and liking live broadcast are not the black spots of athletes, of course, these off-field things will also have a high probability of affecting athletes' training and competition, but we should respect the personality and privacy of athletes themselves...

From this point of view, many "black spots" on Wu Yanni's body before were harmless.

But this time, Wu Yanni's performance crossed the line.

Usain Bolt was sent off for snatching, Su Bingtian was sent off for snatching, and Liu Xiang was sent off for snatching, but their choice was to accept the penalty and admit defeat - this is also part of the game, as a professional athlete, since you choose to appear on the field, you must respect the rules of the event and the opponent.

In this game, Wu Yanni's snatching is so obvious, even she has stepped out of more than one position, but she still complains to the referee without mercy and accuses others of affecting her - at best, this is called lack of sportsmanship, at worst, this is a typical inability to lose.

Wu Yanni chose to take the traffic route and wanted to become an "Internet celebrity", which is no problem.

The income of track and field athletes is not high, and if through such exploration, we can find a way for more track and field athletes to increase their additional income, which is also a blessing for Chinese sports, and it is also the proper meaning of professional sports and commercial sports.

For any athlete, performance on the field is fundamental.

Wu Yanni clearly recognizes this and will expect to add weight to her traffic through her results - which is still understandable.

But in the field of sports, the rules of sports should be respected, which is also part of the spirit of sportsmanship, rather than trying to muddle through and make behaviors contrary to sportsmanship, which is the bottom line that no professional athlete should touch.

Tonight, Wu Yanni lost not only a game, but also dignity and pride as a top athlete.

What is even more ironic is that Lin Yuwei's steady start and solid acceleration finally overwhelmed Wu Yanni, who returned to the race, and won the championship, which is more like a kind of judgment and ruling made by fate on two different choices...

It is conceivable that in the next long period of time, the backlash of traffic and the storm of public opinion will continue to be entangled around Wu Yanni, but black and red are also red, and for a "net celebrity", this result is not unacceptable.

But whether the talented "athlete" Wu Yanni can safely accept such an ending needs to ask her own heart.