A Taiwanese skater who took the gold medal in the men’s 3000m roller skating relay at the Hangzhou Asian Games by stepping past the Korean national team that was celebrating ended up losing by doing the same.
According to Taiwanese media such as the Today Newspaper on the 14th, a ‘deja vu’-like situation unfolded in the men’s 1000m roller skating finals of the Taiwan National Sports Festival held in Tainan, Taiwan the previous day.
Hwang Yu-lin, who participated in the race, clenched her fists and held a victory ceremony just before crossing the finish line.
However, the player following him stuck out his left foot and turned Hwang Yu-lin around. The difference between first place (1 minute 27.202 seconds) and second place (1 minute 27.172 seconds) was only 0.03 seconds.
The athlete who turned the tables was Zhao Zizheng, who ran the 3000m relay with Huang Yulin in Hangzhou.
Jeong Cheol-won (right) and Hwang Wi-rin. (Capture from KBS)What is surprising is that Huang Yulin is the protagonist of the great upset that humiliated the Korean team in Hangzhou.
Jeong Cheol-won, the last runner of the Korean team at the time, held a ceremony in front of the finish line, raising his arms as if he was confident of victory. However, she lost the gold medal by 0.01 seconds to Hwang Yu-lin, who followed her until the end and stuck out her left foot. It was a painful lesson.
After the game, Hwang Yu-lin said, “Coach always tells me to stay calm and look at what’s in front of me,” and added, “I saw the opponent (Korea) celebrating. “I wanted to let them know that while they were celebrating, I was still fighting.”
However, Huang Yulin made the same mistake less than 15 days later.
Today’s newspaper said, “This comeback show reminds me of Hwang Yu-lin’s feelings when she won the gold medal at the Asian Games,” and pointed out that Hwang Yu-lin herself proved what she said.
Park Tae-geun,
Source: Donga
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