Guangming Daily reporter Hou Keke Wang Dong
On February 16, the short track speed skating event of the Beijing Winter Olympics came to the end. In the two finals that night, the men’s 5000-meter relay was the first to be held. In this project, the Chinese team has successfully reached the podium in the previous two Winter Olympics. It is of concern whether the previous achievements can be continued this time.
On February 16, the short track speed skating men’s 5,000-meter relay final at the Beijing Winter Olympics ended at the Capital Gymnasium. Canada won the gold medal, South Korea won the silver medal, and Italy won the bronze medal. The Chinese team ended up in fifth place.Photo by Guangming Daily reporter Guo Hongsong/Guangming Pictures
Halfway through the semi-final, Li Wenlong’s skate collided with a Canadian player. After he fell, he tried his best to hand over, but the Chinese team still ranked last in the group. Because this was an accidental kick, the Chinese team was eventually sentenced to the final.
In the finals, the Chinese team’s lineup is still Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Li Wenlong and Sun Long. Among them, Wu Dajing has participated in the Winter Olympics for the third time, while Ren Ziwei is the second time. Li Wenlong and Sun Long are both. An Olympic recruit.
The Chinese team, which started from the outermost road, has been patiently at the end of the five teams at the beginning, rising to fourth with 28 laps left, and third with 16 laps remaining, but with 11 laps remaining. Sun Long fell off the track without any collision. Although he got up and chased after him with all his strength, it was difficult to make up the gap. The Chinese team ended the race in fifth place regrettably.
In the subsequent women’s 1500m Group A final, Han Yutong sprinted hard in the opening stage, but his physical fitness declined in the later stage, and finally won the seventh place in the final.
So far, the Chinese short track speed skating team has also ended all their competitions in the Beijing Winter Olympics. 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, a heavy medal hangs on their chests.
40 years ago, when short-track speed skating, which was derived from speed skating, began to spread around the world, my country’s Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces each formed short-track speed skating teams. Four years later, China’s first short track speed skating team was officially established. So far, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, with a population of less than one million, has trained and delivered 10 Winter Olympics and world champions.
Facts have proved that the Chinese team with short track speed skating as a breakthrough point has achieved great success in 40 years. Li Yan, Zhang Yanmei, Yang Yang, Wang Meng, Zhou Yang, Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing and other players have all grown into Chinese ice and snow. A leader in sports.
We will not forget: On February 5, the first competition day after the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the short track speed skating 2000-meter mixed relay, the relay team composed of Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Zhang Yuting was the representative of China The regiment won the first gold medal of the Winter Olympics; on February 7, in the men’s 1000m competition, Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing and Li Wenlong all entered the final, and finally Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong won the gold and silver medals; on February 13, Fan Kexin won the gold medal. The relay team consisting of 4 girls, Qu Chunyu, Zhang Chutong and Zhang Yuting, won another bronze medal for the Chinese delegation in the women’s 3000m relay race.
Throughout the short track speed skating competition of this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team has inspired the Chinese people time and time again with their excellent record and collective strength. From the breakthrough of zero gold medals in the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics to the gold and silver medals in the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team has been passed down from generation to generation, and has always been the vanguard of China’s ice and snow sports. In this event, which is often full of surprises, the fighting spirit and awareness of rules displayed by the Chinese team have fully practiced the Olympic spirit of self-improvement and are worthy of the praise of China’s ice and snow “dream team”.
“Guangming Daily” (February 17, 2022 06 edition)
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