At 4 p.m. on December 17, in the men's 500m final at the Seoul Station of the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup, Liu Shaoang won the championship with a time of 41.196 seconds, and his brother Liu Shaolin won the fourth place.
Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang's brothers had strong opponents in the final, in addition to their brothers, there were Kazakhstan's Nikisha, South Korea's Xu Yila, and Poland's Pinch Winski. After the start of the race, the Liu brothers, who were in lane 4 and lane, set off again, followed the slide all the way, ranked in the bottom two, and were always looking for opportunities to prepare for overtaking.
On the final lap, Poland's Pinchwinski fouled while changing lanes, and Shundong also took Liu Shaolin down. And his younger brother Liu Shaoang took the opportunity to accelerate and climbed all the way to second place. At the last corner, Liu Shaoang began to sprint with all his might, and in the moment before the finish, he overtook Xu Yila and won the gold medal in the men's 500m, with a time of 41.196 seconds.
This is the first championship won by the Chinese short track speed skating team in this competition. Interestingly, Xu Yila thought he was the champion after the game, and waved his arms to celebrate, but later found that he was surpassed by Liu Shaoang, so he reluctantly put down his hand, and the smile on his face was more embarrassing.
After Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang joined the Chinese short track speed skating team, not only foreign media sneered, but even some domestic netizens also discussed. On the one hand, these netizens still have a conservative attitude towards naturalized athletes, and still believe that talents should be selected from the existing athletes in China. Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang's brothers have been famous for a long time, and doing so still feels a bit like losing the demeanor of a sports power.
On the other hand, the Liu brothers have a tougher style of play and more rough movements, and they did not "show mercy" when they played against the Chinese team before. For the Chinese people who have always been reserved and introverted, it is also a little unacceptable.
In contrast, another naturalized player, Lin Xiaojun, has a good impression among the fan base. Everyone liked this handsome, gentle young man. Not long ago, Liu Shaoang and Lin Xiaojun accidentally collided in the game, causing Lin Xiaojun to be out, and many fans pointed the finger at Liu Shaoang, and even set off waves of cyber violence.
For this reason, all the members of the short track speed skating team also collectively posted on social platforms, staying away from the fan circle culture and refusing cyberbullying. Indeed, the fan circle culture is now ubiquitous all the time, and in the past, there were many in the entertainment industry, but later it led to all circles, and the anchors in the goods circle began to have a fan circle.
The sports circle is not exempt from vulgarity, table tennis, women's volleyball, these popular projects, there will be fans in the fan circle. Players like Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin were unbearable, and the hotel accommodation of the chubby Fan Zhendong even encountered the "invasion" of female fans, and finally had to call the police to deal with it. And Wang Chuqin's anger at fans in the rice circle at the airport has also become one of the classic pictures.
Now, due to the arrival of Lin Xiaojun and the Liu brothers from the short track speed skating men's team, their appearance and results are going in both directions, resulting in a majority of fans in the fan circle. Lin Xiaojun was knocked out, which was originally a common thing in the arena, but it was put online by these fans and turned into a cyber violence against Liu Shaoang.
However, this time Liu Shaoang reversed the South Koreans in 500 meters to win the championship, and no one should scold him.