China won the first gold medal in the men's 500-meter track short track speed skating after 20 18 PyeongChang Winter Olympics 13 days.
Wu Dajing, without giving his opponent any chance, won the championship with absolute advantage, which was disappointing.
This is China's first gold medal in Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and it is also the first Olympic gold medal of China short track speed skating men's team.
Wu Dajing, who made history and achieved a zero breakthrough, became the first gold medal winner in China short track speed skating men's Olympic Games.
The Winter Olympics that year was really not easy. China's competitors are not only athletes from other countries, but also referees.
This gold medal is really hard-won.
With different punishment standards, many athletes who are expected to win gold medals in China are inexplicably unable to insist on Olympic medals.
In thirteen days, China's advantage event, short track speed skating, suffered a "Waterloo" in history-only won a silver medal.
"Tonight is the last chance to win gold!"
The final of Wu Dajing is the last trump card of Chinese short track speed skating team. Success will make you proud, failure will make you depressed.
Numerous heavy pressures and expectations are pinned on this 24-year-old Heilongjiang guy.
In 2004, at the age of 10, Wu Dajing was moved by Olympic champion Yang Yang galloping on the ice and began his dream of becoming a skating champion.
Without talent and love, Wu Dajing suffered a lot.
At a young age, he fell down again and again, got up again and again, and his feet bled and healed, which made his parents who thought he was just a whim sit up and take notice.
In order to catch up with the earliest training time and not delay my study, I get up early every day and get to the skating rink at four in the morning.
In this way, day after day, day after day, he entered the provincial team, and six years later, he entered the national team.
However, that was the tenth place.
The tenth place is not eligible to participate in the national competition. His main thing every day is to be a sparring partner of the women's team.
Although it was a short year, Wu Dajing had an extremely difficult time.
Every time he trains, he is afraid, because he is the last one, and he may be eliminated at any time and anywhere.
Just like a tightrope walker, he is teetering and will fall into a trough if he is not careful.
But this is just the tip of the iceberg. What makes Wu Dajing more stressed is the oppression of girls.
The short track speed skating women's team has a high level. He lost to Zhou Yang in the long-distance race and Fan Kexin overtook him in the short-distance race.
"When every girl surpasses me, I feel particularly uncomfortable and feel despised."
This is a blow to his pride.
A year later, he stayed in the training ground and watched his former teammates leave him one by one to participate in international competitions. He is particularly confused.
Only the top six can participate in the national competition, and he is not even qualified as a substitute.
Wu Dajing refused to accept, so he had to change his mind.
He is not a talented athlete, with poor endurance and physical explosiveness. He must work harder.
"There are many good methods, and I think I chose the most difficult one."
Watch your opponent's video every day, watch your teammates' video and your own video, constantly compare them, start with the wrong action, and never let go of every detail.
Others train him to train, others rest, and he also trains. He does nothing but train every day until his lips turn pale and his eyes turn into double eyelids.
Later, in the first episode of Life I yearn for, Wu Dajing made a guest appearance. When I first saw his feet, everyone was scared.
It was a pair of feet scarred and calloused by roller skates, with unusually thick joints and obvious deformities.
Fall, tear, fracture, large and small injuries, has been accompanied by Wu Dajing.
Fortunately, he made amazing progress with all his strength.
Later, coach Li Yan came back from the game and found himself different, so he got the chance to play in the World Cup.
20 14 participated in Sochi Winter Olympics for the first time and won the runner-up in men's 500-meter short track speed skating.
In the 20 14 and 20 15 World Championships, Wu Dajing defended his title twice and won the 500-meter short track speed skating championship.
Recalling the transformation of the year, Wu Dajing regrets:
"If it weren't for those hard days, I might still be an ordinary athlete with average grades."
Wu Dajing, who fought back strongly, finally became a famous presence in China's short track speed skating team.
20 18 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing, who experienced the regret of Sochi Winter Olympics, decided to let bygones be bygones.
But I didn't expect South Korea's home Winter Olympics to be so hard.
In the 1000 m and 1500 m races, he lost again and again and was fined for a foul.
One of them was pushed off the track by a Korean player, and the referee's decision surprised everyone.
In the 500-meter semi-final, Wu Dajing, who took the lead in skating, was unexpectedly recalled by the referee for a rematch. He had skated for two and a half laps by then.
What is more dangerous is that Wu Dajing's physical strength is on the verge of failure at this time.
"If you want your opponent to see that you are tired, it is possible that you really lost."
In order not to show it, he persisted and even refused the clothes handed to him by the coach.
In the second game, Wu Dajing won the first place in the group and successfully advanced to the final with extraordinary endurance and physical overdraft.
No one knows how difficult it is, and finally even the opponent bluntly admires it.
However, even if you enter the finals, you can't take it lightly. After all, there are still two Korean players ready to go.
"We face' dangerous' opponents on the court and' dangerous' referees off the court. To win the championship, you only have absolute strength to surpass your opponent by at least two grades. "
Wu Dajing, who was under great pressure, had to unload his baggage and let go.
The only way to avoid fouls is to stay ahead from beginning to end, without giving opponents and referees any chance.
It is not easy to lead the whole process.
However, Wu Dajing did it!
"Nobody can catch up with me! No one can influence me. "
In 39.584 seconds, Wu Dajing set a world record. He won the gold medal in the most hearty and domineering way.
I am brave and invincible!
Wu Dajing won the first place cleanly, withstood the pressure and won the championship.
The grievances and injustices experienced at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics all dissipated at that moment. This is the most cathartic moment and the proudest moment.
In this way, Wu Dajing filled the historical gap and became a veritable brother of short track.
However, after Wu Dajing became famous in one fell swoop, all the controversies followed.
After 20 18 pyeongchang winter Olympics, when the 2022 winter Olympics came, he suffered as much condemnation as he expected.
"The public will only see the results. They won't care about the length of your exercise time or your injury. "
"If you are better than others, people will only say, Ah, you are well trained; When it's not good, say, ah, the grades have slipped. "
But every time your grades drop a little, everyone complains that you don't train hard, and your heart changes. After winning the championship, people gradually drifted away.
Wu Dajing feels the same way.
20 19 short track speed skating world championship final, Wu Dajing brought by South Korea's Wong Tai Sin missed the gold medal; At the 202 1 short track speed skating world cup, Wu Dajing tripped and slipped out again by Wong Tai Sin.
Wu Dajing, who was poisoned by inconsistent rules of the game, had a hard time.
But people who don't know the truth criticize crazily, and public opinion accuses him in succession, questioning his strength and efforts.
Wu Dajing's handling of these disputes is relatively mature.
"If you lose, you lose. I can't afford to lose, but I want to win back next time. "
Skating is not only a hobby for him, but also a responsibility.
He will greet the 2022 Winter Olympics with a more mature attitude and shoulder the responsibility of the short track speed skating team again, not only as an athlete, but also as a captain.
The so-called athlete is working hard for a dream that most people can't decide under the unbearable pain and loneliness that most people don't know.
Wu Dajing is not understood either, but so what? He got tickets for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and is still moving forward.