The men's triathlon men's individual event at the Paris Olympics was postponed due to water quality issues, but finally started at 4:45 p.m. Beijing time on July 31, with Hong Kong's Ng Tai Lung playing. Unfortunately, Ng's suit went out of shape during the race and he was unable to complete the race.
Wu Tailong couldn't hide his disappointed expression after the game, and choked up many times when recalling the game process to the media reporters present. He said that in the early part of the swimming competition, he was still able to keep up with the main crowd, but when he swam to the bottom of the first bridge of the competition section (near the Les Invalides bridge in Paris), he felt the competition suit being pulled, causing the zipper on his back to "burst", and the river water poured into the competition suit, causing the resistance to increase, affecting the performance.
After the match, Wu Tailong showed the damaged suit to the media and told reporters in attendance: "Four years of hard work and dedication were destroyed in two minutes, and the result is heartbreaking".
Ng said he tried to adjust his competition clothes before he finished the first lap of swimming and went ashore and then went into the water. However, because the zipper was damaged, it was not possible to reclose the suit. Due to the fact that he was already far behind, he was forced to stop the race according to the rules of the game and was unable to complete the whole race.
Ng said the incident was at the bottom of the bridge, and he thought it was a blind spot for surveillance and it was difficult to find out who had pulled his jersey. "It's not to accuse someone of trying to pull me, [it's] maybe just an accident," Mr. Ng said, but he said he was still unwilling.
Photos released by the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, show Ng Tai Lung having loosened the zipper on the back of his suit when he finished his swimming race and was constantly adjusting his race suit as he ran.
It is reported that Wu Tailong's road to the Olympics is not smooth. In February this year, while practicing on Sha Tau Kok Road in Hong Kong, Ng Tai Lung suffered abrasions to his hands and feet after a traffic accident with a double-decker bus on his bicycle and foot.
Nandu and N video reporters learned earlier from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where Wu Tailong studied, that Wu Tailong is a third-year student in the school's School of Engineering and has won many athlete awards. Over the past few years, Ng has actively participated in various competitions in Asia and abroad, and his individual Olympic qualification ranking has continued to improve.
Written by: Nandu, N video reporter Xiao Yao
Photo: Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China