After the relay semi-finals, the last event of the day is the 1000-meter semi-finals.
Before the game officially started, head coach Li Yan came to the rest area with the group list.
Men's 1000m semi-finals:
Group one: Liu Shaolin, Han Tianyu, Huang Daheng, Liu Shao’ang;
Group 2: Lin Xiaojun, Hamelin, Li Yuang, Xu Hongzhi.
The top two teams in the semi-finals advance to Group A of the finals, and the bottom two teams advance to Group B of the finals.
Judging from the grouping situation, a group of Han Tianyu has a relatively high possibility of advancing, but we need to pay attention to Huang Daheng's "black hand". As for the Hungarian brothers, as long as they are not allowed to be connected together, it will be difficult to pose a threat to Han Tianyu.
The situation in the second group is more complicated. Judging from the performance of this World Championship alone, South Korea's Lin Xiaojun has gradually shown dominance in the middle and long distance events. If nothing else, a quota can basically be determined. The veteran who competes at home
Hamelin is also very competitive in this World Championships (in reality, Hamelin is the 1000m, 1500m and all-around champion in this World Championships).
From this point of view, although there are two people participating in the second group of Chinese teams, the pressure is obviously greater than that of the first group.
Before the game started, head coach Li Yan's tactic was to sacrifice Xu Hongzhi to protect Li Yuang, allowing Xu Hongzhi to grab one spot and consume their physical strength, while Li Yuang looked for opportunities to overtake.
Li Yuang frowned and said nothing.
Li Yuang doesn't like this tactic very much. He has always believed that collective honor is more important than anything else. If promotion can be guaranteed, teammates should also compete fairly! However, due to the accidental nature of short track speed skating, it is difficult to ensure promotion!
Dundun, who knew Li Yuang's thoughts, couldn't help but curse: Little carp, don't be too arrogant! You are the man who wants to protect Wu Da Jing!
The match for one group was about to start soon. During the warm-up on the field, Han Tianyu greeted the Hungarian brothers warmly. Everyone had trained at the Harbin base before the Olympics. In addition, the two brothers have Chinese ancestry and are closely related to China.
The players are quite familiar to each other. We often joke together and say, "Kill the Korean team!"
When the game started, Han Tianyu quickly discovered that something was wrong.
Entering the corner, Liu Shaolin grabbed the first place, Huang Daheng was second, Han Tianyu and Liu Shao'ang ranked third and fourth respectively.
Since the race had just started, the position was not important yet. After Liu Shaoang came out of the corner, he overtook him, and Han Tianyu let him pass directly.
No one expected that this release would directly give up Han Tianyu's chance to advance.
After Liu Shao'ang overtook Han Tianyu, he overtook Huang Daheng without any hindrance, and then directly switched positions with Liu Shaolin and began to lead.
This surprised Han Tianyu. He didn't expect Huang Daheng to stop him!
In the first four laps, Liu Shaolin and Liu Shao'ang took turns leading the skate to save energy. Han Tianyu did not find a suitable opportunity and could only follow.
On the fifth lap, Han Tianyu seized the opportunity to exit the corner and prepared to overtake Huang Daheng in the inner lane. Just when he was level with Huang Daheng and was about to complete the overtaking, Liu Shaoang, who was in second place, suddenly slowed down.
Directly blocking Han Tianyu's overtaking route.
Huang Daheng took the opportunity to accelerate and overtake Liu Shao'ang, reaching the second position.
Was that intentional just now?
Although Han Tianyu, who was still competing, was confused, he didn't think much about it and just continued to wait for the next opportunity to surpass.
When Han Tianyu was in the straight line area, preparing to overtake Liu Shaoang on the outer lane, Huang Daheng actually blocked the outer lane! As a result, Han Tianyu was unable to increase his speed. He failed again!
Throughout the game, Han Tianyu was controlled by the three of them "jointly" and was unable to complete a single overtake.
The game came to the last lap, and Liu Shao'ang's shortcomings of little competition experience were fully exposed.
Before entering the last corner, Huang Daheng feinted a shot at Liu Shao'ang's outer lane. After deceiving the space in the inner lane, he passed directly from the inside of Liu Shao'ang and completely blocked Liu Shao'ang's route after entering the corner.
In the end, Liu Shaolin and Huang Daheng advanced to the final group A, and Liu Shaoang and Han Tianyu advanced to the final group B.
After the game, the Hungarian brothers came to say hello to Han Tianyu with smiles on their faces. They didn't explain anything. Brothers on the field can be really hot, not to mention Han Tianyu who can only be regarded as an ordinary friend.
The second group of the semi-finals was about to begin. Seeing that Han Tianyu failed to advance, Li Yuang could only say to himself: "It's a pity". He didn't like the Hungarian brothers, so what they did was normal to Li Yuang's eyes.
"Brother Xu, I'm used to staying in the back, don't worry about me for a while. If you have the chance, try to get a qualifying spot!" Li Yuang, who was changing skates, said to Xu Hongzhi next to him.
"Okay." A warm smile appeared on Xu Hongzhi's face, like a breeze blowing on his face, making people feel extremely friendly.
"go to the start."
Lin Xiaojun, Hamelin, Li Yuang, and Xu Hongzhi stood at the starting line together.
Xu Hongzhi turned his head and glanced at Li Yuang and said softly: "Come on!"
Li Yuang, you may not need it, but I still have to do it!
"Bang!" The game started.
Lin Xiaojun obviously pulled back his power. He did not rely on the pass advantage to enter the corner first, but followed Hamelin into the corner, with Xu Hongzhi and Li Yuang ranked third and fourth respectively.
As soon as he came out of the corner, Xu Hongzhi did not hesitate at all, and directly pulled up the speed to pass on the outside lane, grabbing the first position. After that, he deliberately increased the speed, forcing Hamelin and Lin Xiaojun to pass.
Li Yuang, who was at the end, didn't pay attention to Xu Hongzhi's overrunning. He just thought it was Xu Hongzhi's habit. After all, Xu Hongzhi did this in most games.
Lin Xiaojun, who was not within his own skating rhythm, felt very uncomfortable. He was the first one who couldn't help but start to use force to overtake on the outside of Hamelin.
Hamelin ducked to the inside and directly gave up the outer lane to Lin Xiaojun.
The experienced Lin Xiaojun knew that he wanted to reap the benefits and secretly laughed in his heart, how could he let you get your wish?
After Lin Xiaojun's outsider surpassed Hamelin, he went straight towards Xu Hongzhi's outsider without stopping.
Behind him, Hamelin stared closely at Xu Hongzhi, ready to accelerate on the ice and overtake the two of them on the inside when he got stuck on the outside lane.
Just when Xu Hongzhi was about to block the outer lane, he saw Lin Xiaojun exerting force with his right leg, pushing the inner edge of his right foot on the ice, gliding directly into the inner lane.
Killing two birds with one stone! Not only did the inner lane surpass Xu Hongzhi, but Hamelin also delayed him at the moment when he was about to start.
Xu Hongzhi knew he had been cheated, so he didn't panic at all. He just quickly cut back to the inside line and did not give Hamelin any space to overtake.
Everything looks like a skilled worker on an assembly line, concise and efficient with no redundant movements!
Xu Hongzhi knew that he had to hold on to the top two positions in order to put pressure on Lin Xiaojun and Hamelin at any time and better consume their physical strength.
Now even if he didn't pay much attention to Li Yuang who was competing in front of him, he still understood that Xu Hongzhi was still executing the instructions of the coaching staff and was ready to respond to him at any time!
What are you doing! Didn’t you say you don’t have to worry about me? Why do you need to do this?
As the team's star of hope, Li Yuang couldn't understand the thoughts of a player who always covered for his teammates, sacrificed for the team, and carried out the instructions of the coaching staff. He just complained a little about Xu Hongzhi's mess.