In the men's 500m final of the short track speed skating World Cup in South Korea, the host South Korean veteran Xu Yila took the lead, but the final sprint was celebrated in advance to relax his vigilance, and China's Liu Shaoang rushed out in the inner lane, and the skates of the two touched the line at the same time. Xu Yila celebrated wildly after the race, but he didn't expect to be happy too early, the official result was that Liu Shaoang won the championship in 41.196 seconds, and Xu Yila could only settle for the second place, with a score of 41.205 seconds.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Xu Yila took first place with two laps left and maintained the lead until the final corner, but was killed by Chinese player Liu Shaoang with skates stretched out from the finish line and won second place by a narrow margin. Thinking that the final graceful crossing of the line did not have 100% force, Xu Yila regretted: "As soon as I entered the finish line, I saw (Liu Shaoang's) feet, which looked too close, and I couldn't tell who was the first, I thought I was the first." So I held a celebratory ceremony. ”
After the 2018 World Championships, Xu Yila, who returned to the international arena with the Tai Chi logo for the first time in five years, said: "I came back after retiring as a coach, but I regret it because it was more difficult than I thought. I came back for the first time and I was very nervous because it had been a long time. However, I got an individual medal. ”
Xu Yila, 31 years old, is a long-time veteran, who won a medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and unlike most South Korean athletes who are good at long distances, Xu Yila has a well-balanced technical characteristics and excellent explosiveness, and is good at 500 meters. Therefore, he is seen as South Korea's secret weapon against the Chinese short track team in the short distance. Xu Yila also bluntly said that compared with his body, which does not look particularly strong, his absolute strength is very strong, so he is like a fish in water at 500 meters.
However, Xu Yila tried his best but failed to have the last laugh in the 500 meters, and finally sprinted to get carried away and skated not rigorously enough. And Liu Shaoang was disturbed during the skating, but he made adjustments in time, first eating the Kazakh players raw from the outer way, and finally sprinting to the inner way to kill Xu Yila by surprise, this kind of bloody nature that will never give up until the last moment is really commendable.