On January 15, the Chinese speed skating national training team in the 27th National Ice and Snow Sports Training and Research Base ended the first round of three competition days of the Beijing Winter Olympics Selection Competition, according to the rules of point ranking, male athletes Lian Ziwen, Wang Haotian, female athletes Han Mei, Li Qishi, Jin Jingzhu, Yin Qi and other 6 people successfully entered the 6 men, 8 women's big list, plus Gao Tingyu and Ning Zhongyan, who have locked the qualifications in advance, china's Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating project list has been determined 8 people.
The speed skating national training team is making final sprint preparations at the Beijing Erqi National Ice and Snow Sports Training and Scientific Research Base. The picture shows Gao Tingyu (from Gao Tingyu's personal social media)
According to the selection method, the speed skating Winter Olympic Selection Tournament will be held in two rounds. Among them, the men's 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters set the total points, the two rounds of a total selection of 4 athletes to participate in the Winter Olympics, the women's 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters set the total points, the two rounds of a total selection of 6 people, women's 3000 meters, 5000 meters set the total points, two rounds of a total of 2 people. The top three athletes in each individual event receive 100, 70 and 50 points respectively, and the participating athletes are determined based on the total points.
(From left to right) Wang Shiwei, Ning Zhongyan and Lian Ziwen. Source:Xinhua News Agency
In the men's side, Lian Ziwen, who won the men's 1000 meters for China in the World Cup, performed well, first in the men's 1500 meters on the 13th skated a time of 1 minute 49.65 seconds, ranking first among all 11 players, and then ranked third in the men's 500 meters competition on the 14th, and in the men's 1000 meters competition on the 15th, Lian Ziwen won the first place, and finally ranked first in the men's round with 250 points. Wang Haotian won the third and second places in the men's 1500 meters and 1000 meters respectively, ranking second among the male players in this round with 120 points. The two were successfully selected for the big list.
In the women's side, Han Mei skated 4 minutes 19.34 seconds and 7 minutes 20.39 seconds in the women's 3000 meters and 5000 meters respectively, ranking first in both items, and the total score of 200 points was not suspenseful. Li Qishi finished second in the women's 1500m and first in the women's 1000m with 170 points. Kim Kyung-joo ranked first in the women's 500 meters and second in the women's 1000 meters, also earning 170 points. Yin Qi won the first place in the women's 1500 meters, the third place in the women's 1000 meters, and the third place with 150 points. Three people successfully entered the finals.
Richie was in this season's World Cup matches. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
After the end of this round of competition, the speed skating national training team will also organize a second round of selection on the 18th and 20th to determine the remaining large list of personnel, and athletes who have been qualified will no longer participate in the second round of selection.
According to the international skating federation Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating project qualification system, although through the outstanding performance of the previous four World Cups, China won 22 small events, 6 men, 8 women a total of 14 people to participate in the quota, but in the end, several people in the big list can be on the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, but also wait for the final allocation of places by the International Skating Federation on January 22.