Among the chinese ice and snow teams, the short track speed skating team occupies an important place, after the Chinese sports delegation won 10 of the 13 winter Olympic gold medals, and the short track speed skating event contributed 10. Facing the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team has overcome difficulties, started from itself, fully prepared for the battle, and looked forward to writing a new chapter.
The hybrid relay begins the journey
A total of nine gold medals will be won in the short track speed skating event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, namely the men's and women's 500m, 1000m and 1500m, as well as the men's 5000m relay, the women's 3000m relay and the mixed 2000m relay. According to the "Twelfth Edition of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Competition Schedule" announced recently, the short track speed skating event produced the first gold medal on February 5, and the last two gold medals were decided on February 16, and the wonderful scene will run through most of the Winter Olympic Games, which will surely bring you a high-level competition scene.
On February 5, the mixed 2000m relay took the lead in determining the gold medal, which is a new event in the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team has a good performance in the four World Cup events this season, and the lineup led by Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei is expected to bring a good start.
The short track speed skating schedule is not intensive, and the gold medal is basically decided every other day, so athletes can have plenty of rest time during the part-time event. On February 7, the short track speed skaters will decide two gold medals, the women's 500 meters and the men's 1000 meters gold medal, and the Chinese athletes have a certain impact strength in these two events.
Wu Dajing in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
On February 9 and 11, the short track speed skating field each decided a gold, respectively, the men's 1500 meters and the women's 1000 meters, Ren Ziwei and other players' performance is worth looking forward to.
On February 13, the relay event began to compete, the women's 3000 meters relay took the lead in determining the gold medal, and the men's 500 meters competition will be carried out on the same day, in these two events, the Chinese team has had a good performance in the previous Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing will fight for their honor, and the Chinese women's team is also looking forward to gaining something in the relay.
World Cup Beijing women's 3000m relay
Short track speed skating will then take a two-day break, and the final battle will be held on February 16. The last two gold medals came from the women's 1500 meters and men's 5000 meters relay events, the Chinese men's team has made significant progress in this cycle, and the team led by Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei is expected to create good results.
Strong opponents such as lin increased
For a long time, the main teams of short track speed skating were concentrated in China and South Korea, and Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Bulgaria and other teams also had individual masters. But since the Sochi Winter Olympics, this pattern has changed, Russia has become a short-track speed skating "upstart", the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics European forces are more powerful, and the era of Chinese and South Korean domination is gone.
Before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the South Korean team had promised to win all 8 gold medals at home, but in the end it only won 3 events, and the remaining 5 golds belonged to the old rivals China, Canada and the Netherlands, Italy and Hungary. The emergence of three European powerhouses shows that European power has become a vigorous force that cannot be ignored.
In the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle, European powerhouses further enhance their strength. The Netherlands, which regards speed skating as its first sport, has developed rapidly in short track speed skating, and women's Shultin has become more stable and in amazing form this cycle, and won 5 gold medals alone in the absence of China and South Korea at the World Championships in March 2021. In hungary at this season's World Cup, under the situation that all Chinese athletes are participating, Schultin won all 4 gold medals in women. However, Schulting's form was not stable, and he did not show the strength of the host in the ensuing Dutch competition.
Under the guidance of Chinese coach Zhang Jing, the Hungarian brothers Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang achieved a gold medal breakthrough in short track speed skating for Hungary at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. In the Beijing Winter Olympics cycle, the Liu brothers continue to have a good momentum and will become an important opponent of Wu Dajing in the men's 500 meters.
In the four World Cup competitions this season, the Chinese team won a total of 7 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze, and won the qualification for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Worldwide, only China, Canada, South Korea and the Netherlands have a total of 10 Olympic tickets for each team of 5 men and 5 women, of which the Chinese and Dutch teams have not only full quotas, but also have 3 qualifications in each single event. Despite the strong forest, the Chinese team still has a good performance and is still not to be underestimated in the world.
I am the main force to prepare for the battle
Short track speed skating is a project derived from speed skating, in the 1980s began to rise, China's short track speed skating project started faster, 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics short track speed skating is a performance project, Li Yan won 1 gold and 2 bronze, was widely concerned by the host Canada, called it "dragon take-off". In 1992, it became an official competition, and in the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team had medals in the account. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Yang Yang won two gold medals, writing a breakthrough of "zero" gold medals in China's history of the Winter Olympics.
Later, at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Wang Meng came out and won the gold medal in the women's 500 meters of short track speed skating for the Chinese team. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Chinese short track speed skating team was unstoppable, winning all four gold medals in the women's event. At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, under the withdrawal of The Fracture before the Wang Meng Competition, Li Jianrou won the gold medal in the women's 500 meters, Zhou Yang won the gold medal in the women's 1500 meters, and what is more gratifying is that wu Dajing, Han Tianyu and other male players emerged and won the medal. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Wu Dajing became the only gold medalist in the Chinese delegation, winning the gold medal in the men's 500 meters of short track speed skating. It can be said that the history of the Chinese short track speed skating team's Winter Olympics participation is quite brilliant.
Entering the Beijing Winter Olympics cycle, the Chinese short track speed skating team forged ahead, strengthened its physical strength to make up for shortcomings, and steadily improved its performance. Despite various unfavorable factors such as the increase in opponents and the absence of the international arena for a year due to the epidemic, Ren Ziwei and other players still have a good performance this season, showing their strength in the men's 1000 meters and 1500 meters, and showing a good style of daring to fight. "I tried my best in every round." When he won the World Cup gold medal, Ren Ziwei said that the results were hard work, for the Beijing Winter Olympics, he will still choose the word "fight" first, "in every small event he participates in, he will do his best to show the style of Chinese athletes, but also hope to use his own performance to show our great power style." ”
Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion Wu Dajing has gone through a difficult 4-year preparation process, and the hardships of climbing from one peak of competitive sports to another can be imagined. In this season's World Cup, Wu Dajing has not been smooth sailing, and it was not until the last stop in the Netherlands that he regained the highest podium. "Winning the World Cup gold medal is an encouragement to myself, and the final preparation stage is still based on me, do a good job of details, and strive to get the best state in the Winter Olympics." Wu Dajing said that after the Dutch station, his competitive state and mentality are slowly getting better, and his self-confidence has further improved.
Ren Ziwei men's 1000m dash instant
Because of the good performance of winning a single gold medal in the World Cup, Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei have locked in the participation quota, and the rest of the players will also participate in the domestic selection competition on January 10, and the final lineup will be announced.