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

[@Olympics]

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[@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

[@andrewstarr8062]

Earned her teammate a silver too

[@MrJiminibobster]

I don't understand how the other skaters didn't realise they were a lap down... The race has only just started, someone flies past them, and their first thought isn't oh no, I'm not on the lead anymore? Absolutely baffling

[@andrewsneed7992]

Because the last lap buzzer goes off with the person in first at the end of the pack. The buzzer goes off and it confuses all the other skaters into thinking they only have one more.

[@xocomaox]

​@@MrJiminibobsterthey're so conditioned and trained to hear the buzzer and think it's the last lap. Even the stupid camera guy was thrown off and stopped focusing on the race.

[@jirskyrjenkins1959]

@@MrJiminibobster yeah they watched her take off, didn't go with her, and never saw her heels again. What did they think, she'd skated off to the side for a cup of tea and a sandwich?

[@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.

[@wisconsinair]

The bell ringer… they remembered! They kept track! They weren’t confused. Unsung hero in this video

[@Amtcboy]

They were tricked. They all extended their foot upon “reaching” the finish line. That’s they slowed down, thinking it was over, before realizing seconds later.

[@Amtcboy]

If they weren’t confused, why was the 2nd place still Chinese. You too are confused.

[@potatoaligator8081]

​@@Amtcboy they aren't talking about the racers, they're taking about the person that signals last lap

[@Amtcboy]

@@potatoaligator8081 Gotcha

[@SaintIC]

@@Amtcboylearn to read

[@washiwepwashineyney5759]

Chilling in the back watching everyone fight to get 2nd place must be satisfying

[@justwatchnotsay]

Actually her teammate got the 2nd.Others just stopped for a while.

[@peteralexandra7899]

Correction. Chilling in the back watching everyone fight to get 3rd place. They know they have successfully tricking everyone to think the race has ended. Her teammate didn't even go full power to finish that last lap

[@Peterkringle]

I love how like four of them do an extra lap and a stretch finish at the end like they’re genuinely confused if it’s even done. Total chaos, but incredible strategy and execution by the Chinese women to go with their supreme athleticism. This is something you’d joke about doing in high school and they did it for a gold medal hahah

[@huntingfashiondolls3307]

😅 ajajja i came looking for this commment

[@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

[@wudipest]

​@@Nicksterresetrr Almost. They slowed down because they had the "final lap" bell earlier. Only the bell was for the Chinese skater at the back of the bunch - not them.

[@SeijuroHiko-vx3lw]

It's crazy how nobody react when the first chinese woman take the lead at the begining. I don't understant how they can let her go this far without reacting and completely forget she had a massive advance.

[@Samulova16]

Everyone got confused because after the 1st Chinese skater lapped them, she then just chills at the back, but her fellow chinese team mate who was originally at the back made her way near the front of the pack . when the final lap bell went off for the 1st Chinese skater at the back. the second Chinese skater picks up the pace and goes hardout like it’s really the final lap. It fully tricked two of the other skaters trying to get their leg infront at the finish line, she then quickly races around one more time to complete the REAL final lap and grabs silver. Strategically planned by the two chinese women and well executed

[@the_motherowl]

That is nice, but I still don't understand why nobody chased the first place...

[@rebekahweber2413]

​@@the_motherowlUtter confusion and going against the norm. They planned for all contingencies because they lapped but did not pass so no one noticed,

[@MsLouisez]

​@@the_motherowlAs the other person said. People all start out slow and leave the energy until at least lap 5-6. I suppose as they had a strategy and it was the Olympic final - they didn't think dynamic enough on the fly.

[@gronz]

this must be a sport for the dumbest athletes in the world then?

[@squeekyclean1644]

Second place strategy was more exciting to see actually. The look on third place when she stuck her foot out only to realize she has another lap to go.

[@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.

[@7roach]

It would be great to have a skating expert do a reaction video to this and label who actually got 2nd place and when they thought they finished but hadn't yet etc

[@teacupcakes2739]

are you retared? he acknowledged the chinese girl winning and said "4 of them battling away there" after when she finished 1st. And "we've got skaters all over the ice. The cameraman was probably automated to position itself there one lap after the bell rang so we never know.

[@Zanchcrow]

yea the announcers utterly failed here

[@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.

[@aimee633]

It’s actually not an easy trick, Koreans have tried this strategy even before but they failed

[@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.

[@chunri1626]

Wouldn’t they think/know they’ve been lapped if they thought it was still Yang ?

[@EmiHnH]

​@@chunri1626yes. Bro is wrong

[@David-io9lp]

​@@chunri1626Even though they know, it's too late. Everyone else is already speading up. You can't possibly repeat what the lady has done. It's a strategy best executed at the start of the race, when everyone else is still moving at a leisure pace. It cannot be executed at the middle or end of the race.

[@zang1983]

Literally the only thing the 2nd skater had to do was to remember she was one lap behind.

[@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.

[@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.

[@Mia15239]

omg! that makes so much sense now! thank you!

[@ferrellcm]

Didn't see that before

[@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 :)

[@Sam13o31]

She wrote her name in the history. This strategy and her smart move were incredible.

[@n54power44]

Unfortunately not. Dong Sung Kim already did the same strategy 10 years ago. He was even better.

[@freniisammii]

@@n54power44 can't it be both?

[@Viriyamt]

Dong Sung Kim is male, this is women ​skate @@n54power44

[@Ki3g-u5y]

So you telling me no one has ever thought about doing what she did??

[@marceltech]

The Yang move or the Jinru move

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@becker1264]

i dont get it at all, are all other racers blind? they have seen that she was ahead and slightly reacted initially. so they knew. This is not a strategy, she was just faster

[@jonconnor0729]

@@becker1264 The other racers were programmed to rely on the bell for the last lap. They didn't count the number of laps. Also they actually didn't see the 1st placer behind them and they assumed that she slipped off at some point.

[@dimsonvelasco4186]

RESPECT!!!! Original,bold and irrevocably brilliant. This attack and strategy better be named after her. Just imagine the thousands of hours and days and months and years; the sacrifices and dedications and the costs of practices and body conditioning of all the other athletes only to realize that they have already lost when they arrived in Paris- they just did not know it yet. 😂😂😂

[@yaglehoole5662]

Thanks for your explanation. It helps a lot for me to understand the "two last laps" -- one for the winner and the other for the rest.

[@Namo-xx1sz]

@@becker1264 y but they forgot about it and then they saw "her" = soemone with the same color, passing the line and heard the ring, except the ring wasn't for the red one they saw pass but for her collegue just behind it's a mind fuckery game from a to z, using a speed boost no one would dare since this take a lot physically, letting them tough "that one red crazy just pass the line with us and it ring" + the time to actually forgot about the start

[@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]

😂

[@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.

[@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???

[@doms5755]

@@Magnum-qq5bzthey didn’t know, you can see the 1st place women tap her teammate letting her know she has the lap over them. The 2nd place only goal was 2nd place from the start thus acting like she’s challenging for first place to keep the other skaters confused at the end.

[@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

[@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

[@ericwong7460]

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

[@user-wisely707]

Yes, genius ! Brain + Physical

[@challenger_xne]

But how's it smart? People do stuff like this throughout sport.

[@MusicArchon]

Sinophobe ​@@challenger_xne

[@bunnyv4228]

lol its fixed its so clear

[@vn01208503]

@@challenger_xnelmao like who? Everyone else lost

[@thatogunicorn7427]

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

[@4senseless]

This is the vest i ever seen, this is why I love this sport in competition, long track is about strategy and mental games, I love it

[@sarathkumarbarathi9331]

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

[@guangchengdong6203]

I feel that the commentator was confused in the end as well, though he was clear at the beginning 😂

[@rajivdixit8939]

want to enjoy same strategy with great commentary Search speed skating final 2017 15000m eliminatation...its awesome

[@JadaKingdom971]

This is the greatest sporting masterpiece in History 😭 I don't watch this ice sports but gotta respect the ingenuity behind this

[@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)

[@duardohm96]

Yes, a total dumb

[@herrpualam5023]

This is anime level plot twist 😂

[@faiq4956]

Fr 🤣

[@baconboyxy]

Some flash back type stuff where they reveal the secret plan half way through the race lmao

[@NastyTete]

@@baconboyxy”Moments Earlier…” 😆

[@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 😂😂

[@AlohaTwice808]

She already won and secured 1st place as soon as no one followed her on the first lap

[@JuntusOrothon]

We know

[@garymok007]

The art of the trick is to ensure the silver medal as well

[@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.

[@sky-sj9mw]

lol

[@vieli5587]

你的教练太蠢，他们死于惯性思维。

[@robwilsn3219]

How could they not see what she just did? That was the most amazing thing I've ever seen in speed skating.

[@LL-et3yk]

I like that little tap she did around 1:00 in, to let her teammate know she’s back in

[@TROYD9669]

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

[@kiro-sv9to]

Chinese high iq strat👌🏻

[@davidsalvia6294]

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

[@Tajagee123]

She changed the game literally! 🎉

[@user-wisely707]

Yeah. But after this, guess no second chance using the same strategy as there is way to break it.

[@major1891]

You mean she’s changed the sport

[@Tajagee123]

@@major1891 don’t tell me what I mean please and thanks.

[@Hyloshit]

Hopefully future race will have the players at full speed from lap number 1.

[@JB-to2nz]

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

[@nafzter]

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

[@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.

[@LucasHadi]

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 🤣

[@jessikaeguia1946]

Tbh I’m not really surprised. I’ve been working with and for Chinese people for two years now and I’ve become more mentally agile. No kidding, the Chinese are on another level when it comes to strategies, quick thinking, being practical and efficient.

[@byronhu8076]

Yes. Art of War is written by a Chinese. In addition, every Chinese knows the Three Kingdoms.

[@smann7236]

It becomes annoying afterwards everything is all about getting one over someone else, out smarting...especially against the foreigner. Us vs them mentality

[@jessikaeguia1946]

@@smann7236 hmmm I don’t know, they have promoted me and even offered sponsorship so I will be a resident soon :)

[@smann7236]

@@jessikaeguia1946 what's your job in china?

[@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.

[@angkorpeck]

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

[@alazanjoe]

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

[@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

[@mscookie3613]

My favorite was when one of them put her hands up going around like “are we done yet; was this enough” 😂

[@monya_fluff]

Total chaos 😂😂😂😂

[@emmanueljohnny-moore2250]

I did this once in a 800m race and I ended up coming 5th I can say it’s a tactic some should take if you can hold out for the last part

[@_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

[@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.

[@natasha73176]

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

[@texajp1946]

They play go

[@sephflores9694]

It's so satisfying that you knew your foes battling for the 2nd place. It's brilliant. 🎉

[@jacoblozano1787]

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

[@saintmte5076]

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

[@user-wisely707]

Nope, rule of thumb is be focus ! 😅

[@Me-fm9zk]

Everyone forgot that she is way ahead. Then everyone forgot that the race is still going. Even the commentator and the cameraman thought that the race is already over even before the second placer crossed the finish line!🤣

[@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.

[@DoweyMITM]

I have laughed so hard..🤣🤣🤣

[@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.

[@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.

[@gon3808]

They not just secured gold but silver as well, geniuses.

[@bgtcsjm]

Brilliant team move. Not only did she secure gold. But since only her teammate realizing that it's not over yet , so she didn't stop and finished second.

[@flashpeter91]

what a surprising and brilliant strategy 😂love it! 😁

[@brocky]

Notice that the race wasn't over at 2:35. The 2nd Chinese speed skater kept pushing to finish second place while everyone else thought the race was over.

[@kevinthegreat3572]

Yang Jingru will be remembered as the smartest skater with smartest strategy not "craziest".

[@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

[@HammyHamster-c2r]

That was brilliant! 😳 They heard the bell and thought it was the last lap. When they stretched for the line, there was another lap. Only the other Chinese girl kept racing, and took 2nd.👏👏👏

[@DriftVerse-1]

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

[@DeepaPaikar]

This is absolutely brilliant! The execution was amazing and had me rewatching it multiple times.

[@timatotoro]

This can never be repeated. Wow!

[@shaniahall9292]

2:38 😂 The rail broke cause the coaches were yelling "ONE MORE LAP!!!"

[@aureliaavalon]

I DIDN'T SEE THAT AHAHAHAHAHAHA THE COACHES WERE SCREAMING

[@Chingster22]

Kudos to you

[@Lakeetris]

you can see the coaches on the other side of the rink getting up and yelling at the skaters not to stop cuz they didn't realize they had one more lap to go😂

[@brotherfromanother1971]

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

[@LoveAlways1002]

I saw your comment as soon as he said it 😂😂😂

[@dummymaxi]

You gotta give her that respect. She earned it 💯

[@Fabzil]

"Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting"

[@devinwwt]

Says Sun Tzu? Lol

[@kookie5106]

God....I had genuine goosebumps ✨.....never seen anything this brilliant ❤

[@T2MARA]

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

[@jeffreychinn609]

You can see at around 2:40 it looks like the coaches are gesturing for the skaters to keep going

[@tfkqrkhman]

May be the coaches also forgot about how many laps more the racer team had to fulfill the laps, like the comentator also forgot😅 (I'm sorry my english is still bad. It's not my native language😅🙏)

[@rumpelstiltkinn]

She secured her first place confortably placed at the back. Brilliant.

[@SimonShen-l3i]

It's a great tactics to win both gold and silver medal for the team of China

[@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

[@valadaybreak86]

I feel more bad for the athlete who thought she had the gold medal 😅

[@jacupwakup9109]

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

[@LoveAlways1002]

Now coaches wil train everyone to go at full speed immediately....to be prepared for this move....next time everybody will start off at full speed....no more slow and steady...this move was genuis ❤❤

[@upstatguy518]

This was a well designed strategy and my hat is off to Team China. From the very begining this play took off. Watch both of the Chinese skaters closely and you will see their movements are entirely based off the pack behavior. Including when the team mate made her subtle atteck to throw off the rest of the pack skaters. How they forgot what happened early on is beyond me. Why no other skater attempted to attack when yang did i can't explain either. I won't even guess. What i will say is that as they approached 4 laps to go and the team mate (i cant recall her name, i think lin) is primed and ready to finish the foly and continue to skate out that final lap. It's up to the other skaters to continue the attack and as we witnessed,the foly worked and China rose to the top. It's a simple and great play.

[@Asian1056]

0:15 a clever strategy

[@eagleowl3664]

I love how that girl just finished one extra lap and casually joins in at the back like, "yeah I'm just chilling out back, don't mind me!" 😂

[@wiktork]

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

[@starzzset]

I saw this over 10 times because i didn't know the rules and I finally understood OMG 😭 such a mind game

[@sivayamsiva9343]

Excellent performance congratulations 👌

[@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.

[@Koenigg99]

By your logic then everyone should try sprinting a marathon

[@panda4247]

@@Koenigg99 not gonna argue, I'd just like to point out that the current marathon pace is almost a sprint too. if then can run 42 km in around 2 hours, that's some 5.8m/s... Sure, that's only half as fast as a 100m sprint, but try running 400m in 68 seconds if you are not an athlete yourself (there is even a video where guy gives 50 quid to people if they can run one lap at that pace... and another video where they try 10 men alternating laps to beat that time as a relay race - basically, doing some 10-11 400m laps each, alternating after each lap, and it's not that easy). Elite marathon runners are out of this world

[@user-dv9fd5hl6m]

Tried something unconventional by sprinting directly on 1st lap, poking her team mate, stay behind to not alert the others, utilise the limited visibility range of competitors. Just because you, the dumb one failed to catch all of those doesn't mean that it's not a strategy 🤦

[@Anonymous_Lee19]

"Slow and steady start" is an understatement... If the skaters are just cruising along for the first 1000m and racing in the last 500m, why not just put everyone in the 500m race?

[@sky-sj9mw]

This is a competition for endurance

[@xygdra]

I just found out about this today - i blame the coaches for not mentally prepare scenarios, they do deserve the win

[@terencew3840]

Their final positions for anyone who's wondering 5 YANG Jingru CHN 4 LI Jinzi CHN 14 INOUE Nonomi JPN 11 VEGI Diana Laura HUN 10 SZIGETI Dora HUN 17 OMELCHUK Polina KAZ 18 CHUNG Jaehee KOR

[@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.

[@David-io9lp]

The brilliance of that strategy is that the Chinese lady realizes that most people stick to protocol, they stick to what they've been taught. When they see someone just breeze past them at the beginning, they probably just react how they've been conditioned to react - keep at a leisure pace at the beginning, spead up a bit at the mid-race, and speed up completely at the end. It's also the case that by the time any of the other athletes have overcome their confusion, it's too late. They are already in the mid-race where the rest of the racers are speading-up themselves. That strategy is best as an opening move. If executed at the mid-laps or end-laps, it likely fails.

[@CrossfacePanda]

It’s like a strategy out of a sports manga lol What an absolute legend

[@Rheinebows]

My favorite part was the “last lap” everyone thought they would win lol

[@dereknolantan]

Wonder why no one responded to her attack? Easiest win for the Chinese skater 🤩

[@ygh8721]

By this trick, she didn't need to try keeping 1st position, but she just needed to keep the last position 😂😂❤

[@vainland]

The coaches screaming and falling in the back when the contestants thought the competition was over 😂

[@passby8070]

Its power, speed and more importantly, brain!

[@Mickey.AJ8]

She just won in the start and then enjoyed rest of the game from behind

[@maxpoweristhename]

Everybody forgot she lapped everyone - the commentators, the racers, the cameraman 😂😂😂

[@riku8045]

This wasn't the first of this strategy but it was an incredible run eitherway. They deserve the medals for their hard work and efforts. Note something similar was seen at the World Games 2017 Speed Skating Men's Final.

[@Maple_Tachibana]

This is the biggest big brain ever! I am baffled at how most of them forgot that she's first even though she's behind all of them.

[@RuzsabJaniesq]

A brilliant strategy and also an example of how easily we can be fooled when we carry only our preconceptions in our heads and do not perceive unexpected changes in the surrounding reality. The second place of the other Chinese athlete made the point beautifully. Short track could introduce a similar race to the Omnium, as this race was run exactly like the current Points race in track cycling.