On February 15, Winter Olympic champion Wu Dajing appeared on the first day of the 14th Winter Short Track Speed Skating competition. In the men's 500m preliminaries, he followed the main player of the national team Lin Xiaojun in the fourth group, ranking second in the group with a time of 41.137 seconds, and successfully locked the qualification.
In this Winter Games, Wu Dajing only signed up for one individual event. "The 500m is my main event. "It's also about finding the feeling of racing through the 500 meters, so as to make a good connection between training and competition in the future." ”
In April last year, after a break of more than a year after the Beijing Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing began to resume training. This season, Fan Kexin and Ren Ziwei have returned to the World Cup one after another, while Wu Dajing still did not appear in the national team. In September, he participated in two fourteen winter qualifying events, and in the men's 500m race, he was sent off for the first round of the 1 4 finals, and finished fourth in the final of Group A in the second race. At the national championships in December, he finally returned to the top podium of the men's 500m in the absence of several national athletes, but his time was only 42.107 seconds.
As the world record holder in this event, a two-time world champion, and a famous player who has won 2 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze in three Winter Olympics, this competitive state is obviously not outstanding. But Wu Dajing said that his mentality is different now, "I am very happy to train, and I will enjoy the rest of my sports career as much as possible." ”
Wu Dajing, who was dormant in the local team, had a new identity last year and became a coach of the Jilin team. He said that he now has more time to think, and at the same time has to supervise himself, and he has gained a lot. Competing in the Winter Games again, he bluntly said that his enthusiasm has not changed, "I am looking forward to working hard for this event in the arena." ”
Wu Dajing, who will enter the year of establishment in July this year, has more expectations - next year's Asian Winter Games, and the Winter Olympics the year after next year ......He bluntly said that although there are many difficulties, the momentum has not diminished.
It is worth mentioning that Wu Dajing's current Winter Games is also an athlete jointly trained by the Jilin and Beijing delegations. He said with a smile that it is not easy to prepare for the competition, "Watching the athletes on the field, relying on logistics off the field, and thanking the local teams for their support." ”