Beijing time on October 21 news, the 2021-2022 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Beijing station began the first day of competition. In the men's and women's 500 meters group stage and the men's and women's 1500 meters, the Chinese athletes led by Wu Dajing all passed the pass. In the men's and women's 2000m relay quarter-finals, the Chinese team, composed of Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing, ranked first with 2:37.747 and set a new world record.
The Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Beijing is the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Qualification Tournament, the Chinese team sent Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Fan Kexin and other 12 players to participate, South Korea's Choi Min-jing, Kim Dong-wook, Huang Daxian, the Netherlands' famous Shu Erting, Canada's Kim Buting and other world-class celebrities also appeared.
According to Korean media reports, although Lin Xiaojun has joined the Chinese nationality, he cannot represent China in the 2022 Winter Olympics because the relevant conditions are not met.
In the men's 1500m group stage, the three players of the Chinese team, An Kai, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long, played well, and won the first place in the group and successfully passed the pass. In the quarter-finals, Ren Ziwei ranked first in the third group with 2 minutes 52 seconds 144, and in the sixth group, An Kai and Sun Long ranked in the top two, and the two advanced hand in hand.
Due to the relatively small number of participants in the women's 1500 meters, the group stage was omitted and directly competed in the quarterfinals. In the second group, China's Zhang Yuting played well, ranking first with 2:19.510. In the third group, Xu Aili fought very fiercely, but failed to achieve a rebound in the sprint stage, ranking third in 2:21.278 and entering the re-entry round, with Russia's Emremenkova and Belgium's Desmeit ranking in the top two.
In the third group, Han Yutong was in good shape, resisting the impact of The American Santos in the rush stage, ranking first in 2 minutes 16.810 seconds, and successfully advanced, followed by Santos with 2 minutes 17 seconds 329 seconds. South Korea's famous players Choi Min-jing, Kim Ji-woo, and Canada's Kim Buting also successfully passed the pass.
In the women's 500m preliminary round, Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu and Zhang Yuting played normally, winning the first place in each group. Cui Minjing, Fang Tana, Kim Buting, Christie and other famous players also passed the pass smoothly. In the group stage, Fan Kexin won the first place in the group, and Zhang Yuting and Qu Chunyu won the second place in each group to advance to the next round.
In the men's 500m preliminary round, the three players of the Chinese team played smoothly, and Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing and Sun Long all ranked first in each group. In the group stage, Wu Dajing's state was still good, he slid out of 40.014 seconds to rank first in the group, Ren Ziwei also won the first place in the group, Sun Long ranked second in the third group, and the three of them worked together to advance to the 1/4 final.
In the mixed 2000m relay 1/4 final, the Chinese team was in the fourth group with Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom and Croatia, and the Chinese team's lineup was Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing. After the start of the game, the Chinese team was in good shape, and the four players cooperated with tacit understanding, sliding out of the 2 minutes 37 seconds 747, ranking first, and successfully advancing to the semi-finals, which also created a new world record.