2017年CRI Wu Dajing wins another gold in ISU World Cup Short Track

 

Team China has collected one gold medal and one silver medal on the final day of the ISU World Cup Short Track Event in Shanghai, taking China's overall medal count up to 3.

Chinese skater Wu Dajing has captured the men's 1-thosuand meter event, following up on his 500 meter win on Sunday.

He admits he surprised himself with the victory in the 1-thousand.

"I won my first individual gold medal of the season yesterday. Today's gold medal is my first in the 1,000 meter discipline in years. I hadn't been able to reach the final in the 1,000 for two seasons in a row. So I had no idea I was going to win today. It will give me a lot of confidence as I train and compete in the future," Wu said.

Wu Dajing was flanked on the podium by Chinese-Hungarian brothers Shaolin Liu and Shao'ang Liu.

Shaolin Liu says he's feeling confident heading into the final round of Olympic qualifying.

"I take every result as making my Pyoengchang chances better. This is a qualification World Cup and my main goal was to qualify myself for the Olympics so I was trying to do as much as I can and be as happy as I can," Liu said.

Wu's joy came to an abrupt¹ halt in the men's 5,000 meter relay final when he made contact with a Canadian skater and skidded² off track. 

Wu had just taken the baton³ from teammate Chen Dequan who slided past the front runners and put China in the lead. 

China managed to finish the final in 4th place but was later disqualified with a penalty for Wu. 

Wu says he respects the referees⁴'s decisions but is not fully⁵ convinced of the verdict. 

"The penalty was imposed on China. We probably didn't carry out the details very well, and we probably didn't get a good idea of how referees judge when there is a situation. For me personally, I don't think China deserves the penalty. From the referees' point of view, it was a foul⁶ from me. I accept it squarely," Wu said.

Despite not having been able to pick up qualification points, the men's team is suggesting things are looking up for them heading into the next World Cup event.

Team China was more successful in the women's 3,000 meter relay, finishing just behind South Korea.

They were able to grab 2nd spot despite not having the services of teammate Zang Yize, who had to be carted out of the arena⁷ in Shanghai with a back injury after a hard crash on Saturday.

The extent of her injuries remains⁸ unclear at this point.

1 abrupt   

adj.突然的，意外的；唐突的，鲁莽的

参考例句：

• The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
• His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。

2 skidded   

v.（通常指车辆） 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词 )；打滑；滑行；（住在）贫民区

参考例句：

• The car skidded and hit a lamp post. 那辆汽车打滑撞上了路灯杆。
• The car skidded and overturned. 汽车打滑翻倒了。

3 baton   

n.乐队用指挥杖

参考例句：

• With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
• The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。

4 referees   

n.裁判员( referee的名词复数 )；证明人；公断人；（专业性强的文章的）审阅人

参考例句：

• The fiery player has had numerous run-ins with referees. 这位脾气暴躁的队员曾和裁判员发生过无数次争吵。
• If you want to appeal, the Court of Referees will decide. 如果你要上诉，可以由仲裁法庭去判决。 来自辞典例句

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

6 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

7 arena   

n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台

参考例句：

• She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
• He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。