The Olympic Games is a place where athletes from all over the world compete in strength, and only athletes with extraordinary competitive levels and skills can win medals. But sometimes, luck is also part of strength.
In the history of the Olympic Games, many athletes have become champions by relying on extraordinary luck, and today, let us know these lucky people.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > number one lucky winner: Steven Bradberg</h1>
Steven Bradberg is an amateur ice sports player from Sydney, Australia.
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Bradberg signed up for the Winter Olympics in order to be able to stand on a field with his short track speed skating idol, Apollo from the United States.
In the preliminaries, Bradberg was left behind at one point and thought he would be eliminated. Unexpectedly, the top few players were cancelled for violating the rules of the competition, and Bradberg passed the preliminaries and entered the semifinals.
At the beginning of the semi-finals, Bradberg was left at the end as usual, but just as the game was about to end, the leading players fell down due to mistakes, and Bradberg entered the final.
In the final, Brad Beyer was facing a group of strong opponents, and he did not unexpectedly fall to the end, but unexpectedly, just as he was about to reach the end, the leading players twisted and fell down in succession in order to compete for a favorable position. Bradberg took the opportunity to reach the finish line and win the championship.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > number two lucky winner: Li Jianrou</h1>
Li Jianrou is China's women's short track speed skater, in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team sent Li Jianrou, Fan Kexin and Liu Qiuhong to compete in the women's 500 meters event, but only Li Jianrou reached the final.
In the final, Li Jianrou was placed in the fourth lane. After the starting gun sounded, South Korea's Park Seung-ji quickly seized the leading position after starting, and Lee Jianrou, who did not compete for a favorable position, ranked last among all the finalists in the starting stage.
But there are always accidents on the stadium, Park Seung-ji, who has always been in the lead, fell down in a mistake at the bend, and hurt Fang Tana and Christie next to him, the three "hand in hand" fell out of the track, and Li Jianrou, who was previously in a backward position, took the opportunity to break through and was the first to slide over the finish line, winning the first gold medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics for the Chinese delegation.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > number three lucky winner: Jia Zhanbo</h1>
Jia Zhanbo, a Chinese shooter, unexpectedly won the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics due to a serious mistake by the American player Emmons.
At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Jia Zhanbo played well in the preliminaries and entered the final with the first result.
But in the final, Jia Zhanbo's performance was not ideal, lagging behind the American Emmons, and before the last shot, the gap between the two had widened to 3 rings. Unless a miracle occurs, it is almost impossible for the Chinese team to win gold.
But a surprising scene appeared, and when the last shot was fired, Emmons was too nervous to shoot the last shot in the wrong direction and hit target 3. This mistake left Emmons with a final set of 0 rings, and Jazanbo was lucky to win the championship with a total of 1264.5 rings.
There will always be accidents of one kind or another on the stadium, and it is not impossible to win the championship by luck. However, after all, there are a few who rely on luck to win the championship, and most of the champions rely on their own solid strength.
To be honest, the last two lucky winners have some luck elements, but compared to Brad Berry, who won the whole way, Li Jian and Jia Zhanbo entered the final by their own strength. If the two of them don't have the strength, they may not even be able to reach the final, let alone win the championship.
Luck is ultimately illusory and unreliable, no one can always be a lucky person, if you want to achieve results, you still have to rely on your own strength.