In the early morning of December 13, Beijing time, the Speed Skating World Cup Canada stood in Calgary to end the last day of competition, China's Ning Zhongyan in the men's 1000 meters competition once again brought surprises to the Chinese people - with a personal best of 1 minute 06 seconds 656 seconds, a new national record, Ning Zhongyan for the first time in this season's World Cup topped the men's 1000 meters championship, which is also the first time that Chinese athletes won the gold medal in the international adult competition, achieving a huge breakthrough in Chinese speed skating.
In order to win as many Olympic places as possible for our country in team chase and collective departure, Ning Zhongyan gave up his main men's 1500 meters race on the previous competition day. Entering the third competition day, Ning Zhongyan will have a strong desire to compete, good competitive state in the men's 1000 meters race, he started in the fifth group and Japan's Kojima Ryota in the same group, the starting stage, Ning Zhongyan's speed is not outstanding, but then, Ning Zhongyan slipped faster and faster, showing his advantage of strong back-range ability to the fullest. At the moment of crossing the line, Ning Zhongyan locked his final result at 1:06.656, ranking first among all the participants in this station, and at the same time creating a personal best record and improving the national record.
At the moment of crossing the finish line, Ning Zhongyan domineeringly made a "first" gesture to celebrate his first international senior division men's 1000 meters championship. It is worth mentioning that the breakthrough of the Chinese athlete winning the men's 1000m medal in the international senior competition for the first time was also achieved by Ning Zhongyan, who won the silver medal in the 2019-2020 World Cup Minsk. After the game, Ning Zhongyan's head coach Wang Xiuli also praised the performance of the disciples, believing that both the results and the championship itself were of great significance to China's speed skating.
At the end of the men's 1000 meters, Ning Zhongyan also participated in the men's team chase with his teammates, and also skated a time of 3 minutes 40 seconds and 220 seconds, ranking 6th.
At the end of the four races, Ning Zhongyan in addition to his main event men's 1500 meters ranked second, got the Olympic qualification, the men's 1000 meters also ranked 5th, also won the right to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, the men's team chased, Ning Zhongyan led the Chinese team ranked 6th, locked the Olympic qualification. It is worth mentioning that in the men's collective departure, Ning Zhongyan, although he failed to enter the top 24 of the standings, qualified for the competition with the host policy. At the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, ice fans around the world are expected to witness Ning Zhongyan's style in the above four events.
In other competitions on this matchday, Guo Dan, the "roller skating world champion", won 10 points in the women's group departure and finally ranked 4th, which is also the best ranking Guo Dan achieved this season. After the four races, Guo Dan participated in 6 matches, ranked 3rd in the Olympic standings, and when Li Qi, who ranked 16th, the Chinese team won a full Olympic quota in the small event.
In the women's 1500m race, Han Mei skated a personal best of 1:53.095, ranking 7th in Group A, which is also the best ranking han mei has won in this small event in this season's World Cup, and in the Olympic standings, Han Mei ranked 10th and won the right to participate in the Olympic Games.
Gao Tingyu gave up the second men's 500 meters race, and China's Yang Tao skated a personal best of 34.234 seconds, ranking 8th and 20th overall, and gao Tingyu won the right to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics.