After missing the medal, he dropped his helmet and glasses, Lin Xiaojun's gaffe was warned by a yellow card, and his "start" in the 14th winter was unsuccessful
On the morning of the 16th, the "14th Winter" short track speed skating open group competition continued in the short track speed skating hall of the Ice Sports Training Center of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It can be said that in the first game of the Winter Games, his start was not successful.
If you want to talk about who has the attention of the "14th Winter" short track speed skating event, Lin Xiaojun will definitely be on the list, from the arrival of Hulunbuir, the place of the competition, there is an endless stream of pictures and news about him. And in the audience at the game site, the ice fans also gave him a lot of support.
Taking the men's 1500m semifinals that took the lead on the morning of the 16th as an example, although the game was only held at 10 o'clock, from 8:30 in the morning, many ice fans could already be seen lining up outside the venue to watch the game, and a considerable number of them came to Lin Xiaojun. After entering the venue, everyone was ready to warm up, and various support slogans and dolls were placed in a prominent position. When Lin Xiaojun came out to warm up, the voices of "Lin Xiaojun come on" came and went.
Of course, Lin Xiaojun's performance before the final was also worthy of the support of ice fans. Representing the Heilongjiang team, he advanced strongly in the semi-finals with a time of 2:14.709, but just when the outside world thought that he would continue to perform so well in the final, something unexpected happened. Sun Long, who represented the Jilin team in the finals, quickly opened up the distance from others, and this kind of "grabbing the start" performance surprised everyone, including Lin Xiaojun. Although he quickly adjusted his tactics, he still could not shake Sun Long's firm lead, and finally had to witness the latter win the championship in 2:12.116, with Li Wenlong and Ma Wei winning the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Lin Xiaojun, who lost the game, was quite depressed, and he threw his sports glasses on the ice rink after crossing the line, and then slammed his red helmet on the ice, these two actions also caused an uproar at the scene, and everyone didn't know why Lin Xiaojun was so out of shape. After the game, he changed his equipment and left the field as soon as possible, without saying a word in the process, with a solemn expression.
In this year's "Fourteenth Winter", Lin Xiaojun signed up for three individual competitions of 500 meters, 1000 meters and 1500 meters, as well as two relay competitions, which can be described as full dedication. Unfortunately, he was unable to put in a convincing performance in the final of his first event, but there are plenty of opportunities for him, such as the two individual events, and he is still the favourite.
Text/Beiqing Sports Zhang Kunlong