On January 11, the first leg of the beijing winter olympic selection competition of the short track speed skating event ended, and Zhang Tianyi, a 17-year-old young player of the men's team, and Zhang Yuting of the women's team took the lead in qualifying for the Winter Olympics, while Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Han Yutong, An Kai and other famous players still need to work harder in the last two races.
According to the selection rules, the men's team stars Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei have won individual championships in this season's World Cup, so they "directly" to the Winter Olympics. The team selection competition is divided into three stations and will be held from January 10 to 15 at the Shougang Winter Training Base.
The rules of the selection competition adopt a points system, based on the first result of the Shougang Challenge last year, and only by meeting the standard can athletes get points, which is a higher "threshold". In addition, according to the characteristics of foreign opponents such as fierce skating, strong leading ability and good physical fitness, the selection competition encourages athletes to "take the lead" in leading the way, so match points are set up in each individual event, and each time they pass the competition point, the athlete who ranks first can get extra points.
The first place in the total number of points in each station will qualify for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Wu Dajing leads the slippery data map
In the first leg of the selection competition held from January 10 to 11, Sun Long won the men's 500 meters and 1000 meters double crowns, and Zhang Tianyi won the first place in the men's 1500 meters; through the referee's calculation of points, Zhang Tianyi ranked first in the total points of the station and qualified for the Winter Olympics. Born in Changchun, Jilin in 2004, Zhang Tianyi won the bronze medal in the men's 500m at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. Zhang Tianyi also participated in this season's World Cup, but his performance was average.
In the women's area, the 500m champion belongs to veteran Fan Kexin, the 1000m champion is Zhang Chutong, and the 1500m champion is Guo Yihan. Zhang Yuting ranked first in the total number of points with match points in several rounds of competitions. Born in Heilongjiang in August 1999, Zhang Yuting has won several medals in this season's World Cup competition as the main player in the Chinese women's 3000m relay and the mixed 2000m relay.
Zhang Yuting
Zhang Tianyi and Zhang Yuting will both participate in the Winter Olympics for the first time, and look forward to their outstanding performances!
The second leg of the selection will take place from 12 to 13 January.