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China's Dajing Wu wins gold after setting world record in men's short track 500 meters Dajing Wu introduced himself to the skating world four years ago at the Sochi games, where he took silver in the 500-meter short-track just behind all-time great Viktor Ahn. In PyeongChang, he’s done more than just reintroduce himself. He’s put his name in the record books. Wu skated a then-Olympic record 40.264 seconds in qualifying heats on Tuesday, February 20, only for fellow countryman Ziwei Ren to break that record two days later in the quarterfinals Thursday with a 40.032 in the first of four quarterfinal heats. Undeterred, Wu came right back in the second quarterfinal heat and skated a 39.800, not only retaking the Olympic record from Ren but also taking the world record from American star J.R. Celski, who skated a 39.937 back in 2012 at a World Cup final in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Less than an hour after setting the world record, Wu won his semifinal heat, qualifying for the finals, which also take place Thursday night in PyeongChang (Thursday morning in the United States). Ren, meanwhile, failed to qualify for the “A” Final after finishing third in the other semifinal heat. In the final, Wu false-started on the initial gun but rebounded nicely on the restart. He used his inside position to jump to the front of the pack and was never really challenged by any of the other three skaters. He broke his own world record with a scintillating 39.584 seconds as he finished his final lap with his hands held high in victory. Daeheon Hwang and Hyojun Lim, both of host nation South Korea, took silver and bronze, respectively.
注釋 1.set world record創(chuàng)造世界紀(jì)錄 2.short track 短道速滑 3.skating world滑冰界 4.Sochi索契，(俄羅斯黑海東岸港市)/ 's?:'t?i:/ 5.silver銀牌 6.all-time great史上最強(qiáng) 7.Viktor Ahn維克多·安，原名安賢洙，俄羅斯男子短道速滑運(yùn)動(dòng)員。前韓國運(yùn)動(dòng)員。 8.PyeongChang平昌（韓國地名） 9.reintroduce再次介紹 10.put one's name in 將名字載入 11.record book世界紀(jì)錄名冊 12.qualifying heat預(yù)選賽 13.fellow countryman同胞 14.quarterfinal四分之一決賽，復(fù)賽 15.heat一輪：如賽跑等比賽中幾輪賽程中的一輪 16.undeterred 未被嚇住的; 不氣餒的/ ,?nd?`t?rd / 17.retake再拿，重得 18.come back卷土重來 19.Olympic record 奧林匹克記錄 20.J.R. Celski塞爾斯基，美國短道速滑運(yùn)動(dòng)員 21.final決賽 22.Calgary ['k?lɡ?ri]卡爾加里，加拿大阿爾伯塔省的城市 23.semifinal半決賽 24.Ren任子威，中國男子短道速滑運(yùn)動(dòng)員 25.qualify for有…的資格 26.“A” Final --A組決賽 27.false-start搶跑 28.initial最初的 29.rebound重新操作：從諸如衰敗或失望中恢復(fù)過來 30.inside position賽道里道 31.pack一幫, 一伙 |
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