On January 20, in the women's 1500m short track speed skating final of the Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games, China's Yang Jingru won the gold medal, which was also the first gold medal won by the Chinese delegation at this Winter Youth Olympic Games.
On January 20, the champion Yang Jingru of China (middle), the runner-up of China's Li Jinqi (left) and the third runner-up of Japan's Inoue Nunomi took a group photo at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yanan
It is worth mentioning that the reappearance of the classic "rabbit tactics" in short track speed skating competitions has made many netizens applaud.
On January 20, in the women's 1500m race, after the starting gun sounded, Yang Jingru, who was in lane 2, deliberately slowed down to put herself in last place at the first corner. After that, Yang Jingru began to accelerate with all her might, quickly overtaking the other players, and completed the ring in only one lap, and the other players behind her did not have the strength to catch up.
After nearly 10 laps of the race, Yang Jingru has been following the skating in the last position of the team, which also caused an illusion to several players in front of the runners, forgetting that they had been lapped, and crossed the line in advance at the end of the race with one lap left to start celebrating. Teammate Li Jinkai also took advantage of the slack of other players to sprint to win the silver medal.
As early as 2015, when Ren Ziwei participated in the World Cup for the first time, in the men's 1500m final, a South Korean player wanted to break through from the group skating, and the astute Ren Ziwei followed and overtook him, and then Ren Ziwei accelerated, opened the distance with all opponents, and won his first World Cup championship with "rabbit tactics".
And at the World Cup Dresden in February 2020, Ren Ziwei once again used the "rabbit tactic" to win the championship in the men's 1500m final, breaking the South Korean team's long-term monopoly on the men's 1500m championship.
"Rabbit tactics" are also called "ring tactics". It is worth mentioning that the 1500m is a double test of physical fitness and endurance, and unless there is special preparation, the team members generally do not take this extremely risky skating method.
According to the news, on the evening of January 19, the 4th Winter Youth Olympic Games officially opened in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The Chinese sports delegation is composed of 99 people and competes in 7 sports, 12 sub-events and 50 sub-events at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
The Winter Youth Olympic Games are not only the starting point for the dreams of a new generation of young athletes, but also a rare event to come together with young athletes from all over the world to exchange ideas and learn from each other.
Come on, young athletes!
Source: AHTV First Time