With less than a month to go before the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team, which won a full quota of competition, has also entered the stage of competing for the last 8 tickets. Previously, the two main players of the men's team, Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei, had already obtained Olympic tickets in advance. In order to choose a set of the most reasonable and in-shape Olympic lineup, the Chinese short track speed skating team conducted an intra-team selection competition, and the final result of the competition will directly affect who will take the shuttle bus to the Winter Olympics. Judging from the several individual events that have ended, the veteran Fan Kexin's state has picked up, and the young player Sun Long has made significant progress, and both of them have won the championship in their respective individual events.
As long as there are no injuries in the body, Fan Kexin and Sun Long have already grabbed two Olympic tickets in advance. The pressure of the Chinese short track speed skating team is self-evident in the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, as the traditional strong team of the Chinese Winter Olympic Team, all the players are looking forward to being able to play a beautiful counterattack battle at their doorstep. The competition for the short track speed skating event at the Beijing Winter Olympics will be unprecedentedly fierce, and the host team China, the veteran south Korean team, the European upstart Hungary and the Netherlands team, etc., all have the strength to attack the gold medal in some events.
In the previous four World Cup races, the overall performance of the Chinese team was relatively satisfactory, especially in the mixed relay and the men's 500 meters, 1000 meters and 1500 meters events, they all stood on the highest podium. Therefore, in this Winter Olympic Games, the expectation of the outside world for the Chinese team is to protect the two and compete for three and the fourth. South Korean head coach Kim Sun-tae said in an interview that the team is currently scrappy, and veterans and newcomers are full of confidence in the Winter Olympics. When talking about which 10 players he will choose to participate in, Kim Sun-tae sold Guanzi, laughing that the final list will definitely be the result of the comprehensive consideration of the coaching team.
Not only to take into account the competitiveness of the team members in individual events, but also to include relay projects in the scope of assessment. In particular, the mixed 2000-meter relay event, this single event can be regarded as the most certain gold point of the Chinese team. In this Winter Olympics selection competition, except for Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei, all other main players participated. In terms of the men's team, after Han Tianyu faded out, the group advantage of the Chinese team in the long-distance project was gone. At present, Sun Long and An Kai are expected to make their debut on the Olympic stage. As for the last ticket for the men's team, it may become a secret weapon of the coaching staff.
In terms of the women's team, Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu and Han Yutong have been shortlisted, and the remaining 2 tickets are mainly generated between Zang Yize, Guo Yihan and Zhang Yuting. As the women's team struggles to reach the gold medal in individual events, the coaching staff may focus their hopes on the women's 3,000m relay event. After the selection, the Chinese short track speed skating team will announce the participation list of the Beijing Winter Olympics. In the sudden change of the Olympic arena, what kind of results they can achieve, I am afraid that even head coach Kim Sun-tae has no bottom in his heart.
(Luo Treasurer)