"First! We are the first to cross the line! Wu Dajing, I, Wu Weiyang, are invincible!"
Thirteen days of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics were "without success" The Chinese team finally won its first gold medal in the men's 500-meter short track speed skating track.
Wu Dajing didn’t give his opponents any chance and crushed him to win the championship with an absolute advantage. It was so impressive.
This is China’s first gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and the first Olympic gold medal for the Chinese men’s short track speed skating team.
Wu Dajing made history, achieved a zero breakthrough, and became the first Chinese short track speed skating men's Olympic gold medal.
The Winter Olympics that year was really not easy. The opponents of Chinese athletes were not only athletes from other countries, but also referees.
This gold medal is really hard to come by.
Using different standards of punishment, many athletes in China who are expected to win gold medals are inexplicably prevented from winning Olympic medals.
For thirteen days, China’s advantaged short track speed skating event encountered a “Waterloo” in history—only one silver medal was won.
"Tonight is the last chance to win gold!"
Wu Dajing's final is the last trump card of the Chinese short track speed skating team. The halberd sank into the sand.
Countless heavy pressures and expectations are weighing on this 24-year-old Heilongjiang boy.
In 2004, 10-year-old Wu Dajing was moved by Olympic champion Yang Yang galloping on the ice, and he began to dream of becoming a skating champion.
With no talent and only a passion, Wu Dajing suffered a lot.
At a young age, he fell down and got up again and again. His feet bled and then healed, which impressed his parents who originally thought he was just a whim.
In order to catch up with the earliest training time and not to delay study, I "get up early and stay late" every day, rushing to the ice rink at four in the morning.
Just like this, repeating it day by day, persisting day by day, he entered the provincial team, and six years later, he entered the national team.
However, it was in tenth place.
The tenth place is not eligible to participate in the national competition. His main job every day is to be a sparring partner for the women's team.
Although it was only a short year, Wu Dajing lived an extremely difficult life.
Every time he trains, he is very scared because he is the last one and may be eliminated at any time.
It's like a person walking on a tightrope at high altitude, teetering on the edge, and falling to the bottom if he is not careful.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg. What put more pressure on Wu Dajing was the oppression of girls.
The level of the women's short track speed skating team is very high. He lost to Zhou Yang in the long distance event, and Fan Kexin surpassed him in the short distance event.
"When every girl surpassed me, I felt particularly uncomfortable and felt that I was being despised."
This was a heavy blow to his self-esteem.
A year later, he stayed at the training ground and watched his former teammates leave him one by one to participate in international competitions. He was particularly hesitant.
Only the top six can participate in the national competition, and he is not even qualified to be a substitute.
Wu Dajing refused to accept it, and he had to change.
He is not a talented athlete. He has poor endurance and poor physical explosiveness. He has to work harder.
"There are many good ways, and I think the one I chose is the most difficult one."
Watch your opponents' videos, your teammates' videos, and your own videos every day , constantly compare, start from the wrong action, and don't let go of every detail.
He trains when others train him, and he trains when others have a rest. He does nothing every day and only trains in his heart, until his lips turn white and his eyes have double vision.
Later, in an episode of "Longing for Life" where Wu Dajing was a guest, everyone was shocked when they saw his feet for the first time.
It was a pair of feet that were scarred by skates, covered with scars, full of calluses, abnormally thick bones and joints, and obviously deformed feet. .
Falls, tears, fractures, injuries of all sizes have always been with Wu Dajing.
Fortunately, he held back his energy and made amazing progress.
Later, when coach Li Yan came back from the game, he found that he had become different, so he got the opportunity to compete in the World Cup.
In 2014, he competed in the Sochi Winter Olympics for the first time and won the runner-up in the men's 500-meter short track speed skating.
In the 2014 and 2015 World Championships, Wu Dajing defended his title twice and won the 500-meter short track speed skating championship.
Recalling the transformation of that year, Wu Dajing sighed:
“If it hadn’t been for those difficult days, I might still be an ordinary athlete with mediocre results. "
Wu Dajing, who made a strong counterattack, finally became a famous presence in the Chinese short track speed skating team.
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing, who had experienced the regrettable loss of the Sochi Winter Olympics, was determined to avenge his shame.
But I didn’t expect that the Winter Olympics at South Korea’s home stadium would be so difficult.
He lost consecutively in the 1,000-meter and 1,500-meter races and was given 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-finals, Wu Dajing, who was skating in the front, was accidentally recalled by the referee to restart the competition. By that time, he had already skated two and a half laps.
What is even more dangerous is that Wu Dajing, who was trying his best, was on the verge of exhaustion.
"If you want your opponent to see that you are tired, then you may really lose."
In order not to show it, he stood firm and even the coach He refused all the clothes offered to him.
In the second competition, Wu Dajing still relied on his extraordinary endurance to win the first place in the group despite being exhausted, and successfully advanced to the finals.
No one knew how difficult it was. In the end, even the opponents expressed their admiration.
However, even if we enter the finals, we cannot take it lightly. After all, there are two Korean players on the field who are ready to go.
"In addition to "dangerous" opponents on the field, we also face "dangerous" referees off the field. To win the championship, we must have the absolute strength to surpass our opponents by at least two levels. " < /p>
Wu Dajing, who was under a lot of pressure, had to take off his burden and give it a try.
The only way to avoid fouls is to lead from beginning to end, leaving no chance for the opponent and the referee.
And leading the whole process is no easy task.
However, Wu Dajing did it!
"No one can catch up with me! No one can influence me ."
Wu Dajing set a world record in 39 seconds and 584 seconds. He won the gold medal in the most hearty and domineering way.
I, Wu Weiyang, am invincible!
Wu Dajing got the first place cleanly, withstood the pressure and won the championship.
The grievances and injustices experienced at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics were all dissipated at that moment. This was the most relieved moment and the proudest moment.
Wu Dajing thus filled the gap in history and became a veritable short track brother.
However, after Wu Dajing became famous, all the controversies followed.
When the 2022 Winter Olympics approaches after the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, he bears as much condemnation as he bears the expectations.
"The public only looks at results. They don't care about the length of your exercise time or your injuries."
"You are better than others. They will only say, ah, you are training very well; if you are not good, they will say, ah, your performance has dropped."
Whenever your performance drops a little, everyone will blame you for not training hard. , my original intention changed, and after winning the championship, I drifted away.
Wu Dajing felt the same.
In the final of the 2019 Short Track Speed ??Skating World Championships, Wu Dajing, who was led by South Korean player Huang Daxian, missed the gold medal; 2021 Short Track Speed ??Skating In the World Cup, Wu Dajing was tripped again by Huang Daxian and slipped off the field.
Wu Dajing, who was deeply poisoned by inconsistent competition rules, had a hard time.
However, people who did not know the truth made crazy criticisms, and public opinion criticized him, questioning his strength and efforts.
Wu Dajing’s handling of these disputes has become more mature.
"If you lose, you lose. I can afford to lose, but I will win it back next time."
Skating is not just a hobby for him, but also a hobby. More is a responsibility.
He will welcome the 2022 Winter Olympics with a more mature attitude and once again take on the responsibility of the short track speed skating team. Not only as an athlete, but also as a captain.
The so-called athletes are those who work hard for a dream that they cannot decide under the pain that most people cannot bear, and the loneliness that most people do not know.
Wu Dajing is not understood either, but so what, he got a ticket for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and he is still moving forward.