🤯 The craziest strategy secures gold!🥇| Women's Short Track Speed Skating 1500m Final |

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Watch the thrilling Women's 1500m Final short track speed skating event, as Yang Jingru of Team China 🇨🇳 seizes an early lead, overtakes her competitors, and then falls back to the rear. Ultimately, all she needs to do is cross the finish line to secure her first-place victory at the Winter Youth Olympics, showcasing her unconventional strategy!! 🏅⛸️
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[@azmanum]

Even the commentator and the cameraman forgot she is one lap ahead of the others.

[@danielhoang289]

They did remember she was a lap ahead and won first place, but they forgot that everyone else didn't finish the race yet and still had 1 lap to go

[@didieranastaseleon8146]

The commentator forgot immediately 😂 He was wondering why she was sitting back there. And at the end he just gave up commenting all together

[@richflow1799]

​@didieranastaseleon8146 what are you talking about...he commented on it extensively and then moved on to the other action

[@RobinGooskens]

​@@richflow1799he never once mentioned during the full out sprint that this wasn't their final lap at all and it was ridiculous to sprint for the line without it being the final lap. He totally did not understand the impact of it. He might have known the chinese lady was 1st, but he had no idea who was second or third.

[@mx2000]

Cameraman did notice though.

[@kindafatkindastrong5683]

How do you get to olympic level of sports and you just forget someone took an early lead. My head would explode as a coach. Probably one of the dumbest moments in this sport

[@djjorge87]

It's called instinct so when you get to high level of play in any sport. What you learn is you can use people's instincts against them because you go into autopilot mode. And you're not actually thinking you allow your body to just use its muscle memory to do all its things when they hear the final bell. They completely because it's never happened them in training don't. Even take the time to realize they've been lames. At high levels of any sport intelligence matters more them. Physical attributes cause everyone is nearly on the same level when it comes to physical attributes.

[@NenasGameX]

I think,just my opinion,the others thought that impossible for her to keep that pace until the end and they gonna catch up with her. But then she just leap them 1 lap and follow with their pace instead. And because of that they forgot she already 1 lap ahead of them.

[@jakemccoy]

The other skaters thought she was trying to mess up the pace and then fell off the rink as a sacrifice for her teammate. So, they ignored her. If you look at the camera at eye-level, the skaters cannot really see the whole track at once. They only focus up to the curve in front of them.

[@qwerty6789x]

you can even do that on video games.😂 who would think its impossible on real life specially when rules doesnt forbid it

[@anonymous.0015]

Haha women ☕️

[@lexi9040]

She tapped her teammate when she made it around so her teammate would know she made a full lap ahead of them. Genius.

[@iSa_Ach]

And to further confuse the rest, her teammate picked up pace to "compete" the leaders so they forget that one was already 1 lap ahead.. Everyone was basically thinking that 1 chinese player was behind the pack while the other was "challenging" for first when in reality second place was the true goal. Genius play.

[@henningts]

That was only to protect herself so they don't crash into each other.

[@JkR2805]

​@@henningtsNo, if you look closely at 2:36 all other players stretched out their legs to cross the finish line thinking they were in the FINAL LAP but her team mate didn't. This just goes to prove that she knew that there was 1 more lap to go and they are racing for the second place. So when everyone lost momentum her teammate went ahead and got the second place. I am sure it is a strategy they come up with early.

[@aratilishehe]

Tactics like this are how we can keep sports interesting. That woman in the first place has phenomenal endurance.

[@lame7560]

even the TV host was stupid not showing the last lap of all the others.

[@James670]

It looked like China also got silver because the gold medalist's Chinese teammate was the only one to know that the rest of the pack still had another lap to go. While the other skaters stuck out their skates at the finish line, she knew that they actually had one more lap to go.

[@johnwu1091]

😀😀😀🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@charlesel5983]

😂

[@mumbai3008]

I didnt understand, wasnt the second chinese skater doing the same laps as the others ? How did the others have one more lap to go ? , EDIT : I get it now...the bell rang one lap early for others as it was the last lap of the first skater and the others thought it was last lap for them. How stupid

[@devilboyfaliq]

​@@mumbai3008nope Yang finished first and everybody had one more lap to go when Yang finished everybody thought they are finished too but The second Chinese skater knew they are one lap behind Yang

[@mumbai3008]

@@devilboyfaliq Thanks :)

[@katsophiecurtify]

The commentator and cameraman were also tricked, annoucned the final lap and then forgot it was for Yang and didn't even film or acknowledge the battle for 2nd place. Unfortunately it made this amazing accomplishment lose all the hype.

[@alexisb.tadang8055]

Underrated and unique comment. I hadn’t even noticed til I read this.

[@wularry1298]

The commentator even said "what a race, it WAS" when the race was not over for everyone except for Yang... LOL..... I personally think the confusion of commentator and cameraman made it better.

[@LaylaGaming-wk8qu]

She's not losing it when she catch them at the back, how often in a race that you're in the lead and you get to watch your opponents back? love it❤❤❤

[@nl4402]

Bull riding

[@derekduncan264]

@@nl4402😂 stop it

[@javaunsaddler9641]

Crypto refrence go crazy ​@@nl4402

[@ruifeup]

Max Verstappen said "It happens a lot"😅

[@mattm8441]

Exactly.. To be that fast and have that much endurance that you easily catch the pack and then stay with them almost completely.. You didn't win the race with your mind, you won by being way faster and better. I ran track in a school event (I was NOT a track athlete, everryone just had to do it) and I was running the 800m or something and full sprinted to the lead because I heard my sister cheering me.. I got to the lead and eased off.. and this was maybe 1/6th of the way through the race and I was so dead and exhausted halfway through I had to practically walk the last 100m.

[@takyiyawsamuel9835]

The smartest move I’ve seen in track. How did they not figure out her plan😮

[@jakemccoy]

The other skaters thought she was trying to mess up the pace and then fell off the rink as a sacrifice for her teammate. So, they ignored her. If you look at the camera at eye-level, the skaters cannot really see the whole track at once. They only focus up to the curve in front of them.

[@Stranger_9009]

Women.... ☕️

[@shaylablueangel]

They figured it out, if they saw her, they knew what she was doing. Their job is to follow their race plan, it’s a strategy, the others racers will either go fast like her, or do what they did, and stayed at their own pace. She tried to push, but they didn’t budge, it worked in their favor, but…. It might not happen the next time, they might be ready for that the next time, and actually challenge them.

[@6ixxFlixx]

Schrödingers Race: Both the smartest and dumbest race at the same time.

[@Magnum-qq5bz]

@@shaylablueangelso they knew what she was doing and decided to stick with a plan that leads to them losing???

[@pinkkingav5142]

I wish I could see the reaction of the other skaters when they realized they lost lol

[@JassonQuill]

2:49 one skater still confused

[@wisperwisper5879]

@@JassonQuill😂😂😂

[@HenryMarcel]

@@JassonQuillyeah one even fell😂

[@JonmarkSucia-ps6bd]

Hahahaa

[@mrose3468]

You did

[@kevinbraun4617]

I know you're supposed to pace yourself, it they're all just out for a little stroll. She deserves to win with how little effort was put in until the last second.

[@jakemccoy]

It may look like a stroll, but it's more like slowly deep squatting 135 lbs for 30 reps.

[@swedishshortsnout5610]

@@jakemccoy Sooo.... a stroll, then. 135 lbs for 30 reps is nothing.

[@jakemccoy]

@@swedishshortsnout5610 Video or nope. I said slow reps. 5 seconds up and 5 seconds down for 30 reps.

[@aburriiiiiiiiiiido]

​@@swedishshortsnout5610 is for females and looking at the body weight is still impressive.

[@amariguzman7086]

@@swedishshortsnout5610 brother you really think you’d do better than these Olympic athletes? They are the literal masters of their sport I assure you they know what they’re doing much better than you do.

[@Gretri17]

This is a perfectly executed strategy. Usually the early laps of a race like this is slow to conserve energy, but making the other skaters forget they are a lap down is the perfect mind game

[@alazanjoe]

THIS MOVE WILL BECOME COMMON STRATEGY FROM NOW ON IM OFFICALLY COINING IT "THE YANG JINGRU" "THE JINGRU"

[@hmm2326]

Definitely wont be that common, especially not when it comes to professional level, everyone is now aware of this. Its a one and done type of strategy due to how obvious it is when watching

[@sethgyellins]

This doesn't work if everyone knows about it. It specially relies on the fact that everyone is oblivious she is a lap ahead

[@gundarvarr1024]

Only work for dumb athlete, not on professional level

[@liangzhao7755]

It have been called "RABBIT TACTICS", and the "RABBIT" is refer specially to Chinese.

[@mikopyun2932]

SOUNDS COOL

[@Bigz568]

That is brilliant. Can't be mad about that. It's not even a bad strategy, it's being able to understand the rules and knowing no one is reacting. And by then, if everyone reacts normally, it's already too late Simply brilliant.

[@goldenant9450]

not in a million years would i have thought going fast would be a winning strategy in a race

[@kaojao12345]

Thats the foundation of all sports. Especially Racing.

[@trains889]

😂

[@Dark_Lantern_]

@@kaojao12345I think that was a sarcastic comment....

[@tiendao1994]

I bet it's different, this race is about endurance just like a marathon, and everybody wanna keep their pace, and they lost track of where she is.

[@ndb5952]

😂

[@_Gathungu]

The strategy actually won them an easy silver and that is the most interesting thing..😅

[@darrenlee929]

Yup. The other three stop after crossing the line ,only the other Chinese keep going. She won 2nd with no others beside her when crossed the finish line.😂

[@charlesel5983]

😂

[@UnexpectedTokens]

@@darrenlee929 they were playing chess when the others were playing checkers

[@joshg3868]

@@UnexpectedTokens More like they were playing checkers and no one else was paying attention.

[@ii_nwf_nwc_ii7579]

It’s actually very difficult, you’re required to win by one lap in the final of the Olympic

[@truthfinder8652]

Dude, the way these two girls tricked others, and she slowed down, everyone thought its finished and slowed down, but only her teammate knew there's one more lap to go and took the advantage when everyone slowed down.

[@Nicksterresetrr]

She slowed down because she finished the race. Everyone forgot she was 1 lap a head so when she slowed down they thought the race finished but they still had 1 lap to go

[@herrpualam5023]

This is anime level plot twist 😂

[@faiq4956]

Fr 🤣

[@Tajagee123]

She changed the game literally! 🎉

[@thatogunicorn7427]

I was very impressed then I saw it was youth Olympics and was mind blown , so much talent at a young age.

[@silverb4ck192]

Out of taking that early lead, the genius move is the first one being so close to the head of the pursuing pack that when she enters in her last lap, the bell goes on and the others took it for them so they rushed, leaned toward the finish line while the 2nd Chinese teammate just had to maintain full speed to take advantage of their 2 seconds confusion. Really Fantastic.

[@DDMSakb48]

The bell is the key LOL

[@nickl5658]

@@DDMSakb48 And a skater that can sprint one lap and still have the energy to keep pace with skaters that did not do that sprint.

[@ericwong7460]

Team China is so smart. And it's a great team work also

[@brotherfromanother1971]

1:14 "M'ahhh.... you all watched me" 😂

[@alazanjoe]

LMAO Even the announcer forgot about first place and focused on the second place skater

[@TROYD9669]

She was like im going to try something new that will work 👌🏾

[@masoomdarinda3278]

they did an extra lap after the missed la as well 😂😂

[@MamaBear_2629]

They were ALLLL sorts of fked up 😂😂😂

[@Lamzilla24]

Just to make sure

[@ZedBeiFeng]

She set the pace not sure why everyone was just watching her get a full lap on them instead of following her.

[@drkid4l220]

quite honestly is human behavior people are more followers than leaders.

[@user-ki9hn4gx6j]

mainly because it's supposed to be endurance race, if they followed her speed they could ruin their own pace but after she got behind the pack, other athletes kinda forgot where she was because their already focusing on last few laps. brilliant strategy but definitely not easy to pull out

[@wularry1298]

Because there has been a popular strategy called "teammate sacrifice". One person started earlier to mess up everyone's rhythm, and drop off halfway, while her/his teammate will remain in rhythm and eventually win. The new strategy here is that the "sacrifice" is not a sacrifice. She remained in the game, while everyone probably thought that she had dropped off.

[@ZedBeiFeng]

@@wularry1298 I can see myself forgetting her if there was already a strat like that. Makes sense when you put it like that you expect your opponent to make a certain move and get caught off guard.

[@hruaiaralte1828]

they prolly though she is there to mess up their pace and since they can't really see her (except her teammates which she tap) they prolly thought that too . And about the lap after getting really tired it is really hard to be sure how many laps remained and in running i just kinna relied on the bell 🤣

[@AheadOfMyTime]

This is why you dont just do as your told. Think for yourself, especially at a professional level. This wasnt even competitive. They kind of played a trick on the sport, almost making a mockery of it. They knew that athletes at this age stick to a script and have little experience going against tradition. Eye opener.

[@dr_ismail_wazir]

So true

[@soonsuicidal]

No one told them anything. Actually they listened to their own instinct believing that they are on their final lap. It was their trainers/coach who even reminded them they lacked 1 lap and needed to skate further. If they werent told to do so then they would have not been finish the final lap and still be confused AF. It's the other players' fault for lacking focus and common sense. Your advice is totally the opposite 🤦‍♂️

[@maekklyn]

I wouldn't say making a mockery of the sport...the sport says be the fastest skater and you win and that is what she did. It was more like she mocked the other skaters lol

[@johjoh9270]

Eye opener... for the Asians... ha 😅

[@odegbarooluwafemi2941]

She must have been whistling behind them when she caught up 😂😂

[@James670]

Hello, fellow skaters. I'm just here for the experience and I don't care about my final placement. Nothing to see here, carry on.

[@eddyt5682]

She even had a cup of tea as she slowly followed them behind.

[@Duologue]

The real trick was not just her breaking out and falling into the back. The real trick was because her teammate also was in the back, and when she moved forward, the other skaters likely believed that it was Yang, not the other Chinese skater. It was a flawless setup from both.

[@abhinavvajarala5436]

I tried this in my pe race for my whole grade and i confused the coaches so bad they made me take an extra lap 😭 cause I was behind everybody else.

[@awesomecheerios107]

That just means they weren’t paying attention to the students and were off in their own lala land while you guys were racing. Probably thought you were lying. Sounds like some pretty terrible teachers you got there. I personally would try it again at the next race and have a friend video tape it so you can make the teachers look stupid.

[@IbrahimHanif-yo2hh]

Cameraman made us miss the most interesting part, when they stop racing thinking they have won. Also both chinese are in red and the second chinese player was in the pack (which make them think we caught the initial red shirt that escaped)

[@jimporter]

Love the fact that when they get the bell for last lap they don’t realise it does not apply to them, then they fight for the line on the wrong lap allowing the other Chinese skater (who knows they still have another lap to do) to easily pick up silver.

[@JB-to2nz]

that's like Top 10 smoothest moves in the history of the Universe 🤯🤯🤯

[@jacoblozano1787]

Rule of competion: never underestimate your opponent(except speed skating)

[@saintmte5076]

Rule of spelling: ... You know what, don't worry!

[@isoplayers]

Even the cameraman was confused

[@SkyJUSTIN6]

Its like everyone forgot she was first and everyone still had a lap.

[@rap3208]

@@SkyJUSTIN6 Everyone forgot, that was what they were counting on.

[@natasha73176]

She and her teammate were playing chess😂😂👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

[@rian4104]

All of them just don't know how to react to this, didn't want to break the pattern, and in the end completely forgot that they 1 lap behind. Even the commentator confuse in the last lap. Its crazy! This will definitely revolutionize the strategy in speed skating. The current common strategy only works when all the competitor do the same thing 😂😂

[@LeoPard-HQ]

Even though I knew she won and yet I was still confused who finished first. 😂

[@flashpeter91]

what a surprising and brilliant strategy 😂love it! 😁

[@jacupwakup9109]

It's pretty cool to see 3 or 4 of them all take steps in unison.

[@T2MARA]

My question is - are the coaches not permitted to yell to their skaters? Surely, they figured out what they were doing.

[@angkorpeck]

She the only one in a race, everyone else is there to figure skate

[@maekklyn]

Well her team mate was happy to take an easy silver as well lol but ya..rest of them decided it wasn't a race at all

[@sivayamsiva9343]

Excellent performance congratulations 👌

[@bingchilling5137]

It doesnt seem like the main thing in the strategy is that everyone forgets that she lapped them, its that literally noone does anything to prevent her from lapping them

[@MrChacings]

Yang doesn't need this strategy to win the gold medal. The strategy was to secure the silver medal for the other Chinese skater

[@nafzter]

Even the commentator was laughing at her in the beginning and totally forgot that she is a lap ahead of others 😂😂😂

[@ryanbrownie4634]

I feel bad for the athlete who thought she had the bronze medal

[@lucasreis2727]

Not me. She should learn more about strategy before go to Olympics

[@retno.s.wibowo]

Its not strategy. It's a competition so everybody should move as fast as they could. Even After moving so fast and lead 1 lap, she still able to keep up with others pace with ease. So, she just too fast and since she realize no one try to chase her or follow her pace, what she did after that was just skating savely to finish.

[@Dark_Lantern_]

Any plan before a game is called a strategy. "Skating as fast as you can" is also a strategy. But that wasn't the strategy. She was not "too fast that no one tried to chase her". The others simply forgot to chase her and forgot that the "final lap" was not the final lap for them. Because traditionally, you're supposed to sprint at the end to reserve stamina. You can clearly see everyone pushed their toes forward on the "final lap" and slowed down while the silver medalist (who was also chinese) was still racing properly. That was the real strategy.

[@eisas1306]

​​​@@Dark_Lantern_ I've roller skated for years and ice skated a little. It's incredibly obvious that in the first few laps, the other skaters were all going too slow. If they would have kept pace, the skater in first should have stayed at least half-way ahead and not lapping the other skaters. Sorry but there's no strategy here, it's just poor sport performance.

[@maekklyn]

Ya I am not sure how someone passing them all isn't alarming and how you forget that they did in like a few minutes.

[@Koenigg99]

By your logic then everyone should try sprinting a marathon

[@SamPhillips01]

That is awesome. The tall girl in the front just knew she had it. Uno!!!

[@wiktork]

funny how they sprint to be first on the line one lap to go 😅

[@maekklyn]

lol ya that was funny..thought they were getting medals

[@NatNatz889]

The best show ever!

[@stanfordhiga2135]

I’ve never seen a race for second place

[@ViperVenoM13]

It actually was a race for the third

[@katharinewhits]

Yess yang! She's amazing!

[@lin90210]

she is fast

[@teamreckdjipod]

ice speed skating from now on will be very interesting to watch. can't wait to see the next time they race again. We will see more athletes doing the same strategy. Can't wait to watch next one.

[@timatotoro]

This can never be repeated. Wow!

[@maekklyn]

Perfect time to do it though...gold medal lol

[@NiMareQ]

Can't wait for the next season! Wow

[@abrahamwae]

Luar biasa👍👍👍

[@AS-ie4ms]

go yang 💛💛💛

[@Krzesi28]

Epickie!!! I całkowita pompa z tiltu jaki zrobiła cała reszta.

[@orrn.5152]

It sure doesn’t look like something that is out of the realm of possibility. Yet all other teams forgot that the Chinese skater was already one lap ahead. Nice move.

[@sjacqVO21]

2 laps*

[@Sogaro_]

​@@sjacqVO21 1*

[@marlonjones2538]

How legends are made!!!

[@jamesaaronmanarang]

Love it!

[@enailesantos7811]

Genial... Estratégia e trabalho em equipe. A cabeça dos demais técnicos 👉 🤯

[@ndb5952]

This is the perfect visual representation of the saying: the first will be the last and the last will be first.

[@ardhaniprayoga3724]

Is the best😊❤

[@connorstace]

Im both entertained and whelmed.

[@yorukkizigeziyor]

Very nice 😊👍

[@YNGDYE]

Amazing, honestly

[@rebirthresurrection6490]

First time to watch a skating race, I can't believe this is not a strategy since beginning of time, basic strategy, not just common in this type of race.

[@mirossantossenioros25]

Amazing 🎉🎉🎉❤ yang❤

[@zefaniakooks1659]

Well done, beautiful strategy….🎉

[@Jojo-vv9ue]

Super interesting!!

[@32and28]

Умница, легенда)

[@olis790]

Excellent strategy 💯

[@SaberXFencer]

Changing the meta of ice skate

[@reikirainbowhandspawsmore7103]

Amazing 😮 👏👏👏

[@michaelmatt9752]

Hard to understand what exactly was happening since I don't know much about Ice Skating. So what Yingru did was she quickly completed a lap ahead of everyone and tapped her teammate who was behind to let her know (I'm thinking the reason she was also behind was that others don't quickly catch what's going on) then her teammate surged towards the leading pack. So then at the end the bell rang the moment Yingru passed the starting line for her last lap, but then everybody INCLUDING the spectators, commentator thought this was everybody's final lap as they cheered, and so everyone began to sprint towards the finish line and when they got to there they slowed down thinking it was over but Yingru's teammate knew it was wasn't and was the only one who didn't slow down which gave her the edge and she ended up comfortably winning second.

[@maekklyn]

It was people who think for themselves vs pre programmed robots basically

[@raydavmalave]

Inteligentes !!! Muy inteligentes 👏🏼

[@iddop2330]

Clever mind gaming! Create a game when everyone already in the same level, ggwp 👏👏

[@joshuaexplores9345]

When she flew by them all they were like. I guess it's a race for second place.

[@danor6812]

Nobody will ever let this happen again.

[@nickl5658]

How? Does anyone actually have the strength to compete in an impromptu sprint then have the endurance keep up with the other skaters that decided not to run a 200m dash in 1500m race

[@haoncampbellpodcast6265]

How do you crush the competition like that at the olympics brilliant

[@Dydyem63]

That was a crazy smart move wow

[@sarathkumarbarathi9331]

WTH? Such a legendary move and the commentary was so flat. Can’t believe this. I would have screamed loud for the strategy.

[@davidsalvia6294]

The bell lap was for Yang Jingru alone, and some of the other skaters thought it was for them! hahahaha

[@Dreamingofyou-wt5ce]

Amazing. You saw what I did and did nothing! She deserved the win!

[@funnyguy1487]

Genius!!!!

[@kayyep5736]

The best ever!!

[@raproduction2013]

Smart

[@habildarrani6828]

A pro mental and physical.

[@heresourplan7521]

Something randomly interesting is during the Chinese national anthem she seemed to be mouthing the words of the anthem. That part of the anthem essentially says “get up and fight”

[@cmart020]

They probably thought she was one lap behind... a masterpiece!

[@sebastianlarrea7416]

what is genious is that there is not score board or a lap counter , they just know that when the bell rings is the last lap , so when everybody heard the bell they tougth that they were in the last lap , when only the last girl was , thats why she touched her teammate , so that when she heards the bell she needs to run one more lap.

[@francisnguyen6349]

Whoa! The Chinese Short Track Track Skater is fast.

[@scran7346]

Aren't they all Chinese?

[@zxy880329]

next level strat

[@ElevenHymn]

It's a shame the commentator completely forgot she did this by the end of the race, as he also thought it was the last lap for all the skaters at the same time and thought the race was over for them all.

[@xeflatio93]

Now everyone will be alert of such strategies but you will always have the risk of someone speeding up the pace at the beginning, so yeah it takes just one person to try to get one lap ahead to make everyone sprint the entire race lol, she definitely changed the sport

[@davidleandro7026]

It will be banned

[@Nicksterresetrr]

@@davidleandro7026It can’t be banned. This race is mostly an endurance race. That is why other skaters didn’t dash forward when she did. Then they completely forgot she was 1 lap a head and before she finished she tapped her teammate reminding her that she was 1 lap a head giving them an advantage. Its strategy that worked brilliantlyz

[@rikiarmin8566]

its suprise me she didnt broke world record for this

[@sensualsquelch]

She ate

[@jeromeedirimanasinghe2748]

Smartess move ever