After two rounds of six matchdays of in-team selection competition, the qualification of the Chinese speed skating team for the Beijing Winter Olympics was released yesterday. The 12 players who stood out from the selection competition will show "Chinese speed" in the "Ice Ribbon" together with Ning Zhongyan and Gao Tingyu, who directly qualified for the competition with their performance in the speed skating World Cup sub-station this season.
On December 12, 2021, Ning Zhongyan competed in the World Cup in Canada.
According to the results of the four speed skating World Cups this season, the Chinese team won a total of 14 speed skating places (6 male athletes and 8 female athletes) and 23 small event participation places at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Ning Zhongyan, who won the gold medal in the men's 1500m in the World Cup in Norway this season, Ning Zhongyan, who won the gold medal in the men's 1000m in canada, and Gao Tingyu, who won the gold medal in the men's 500m in Poland, directly won the quota, the remaining 12 places were created through the two rounds of team selection held recently, 4 male players including Lian Ziwen, Wang Haotian, Xu Fu, Yang Tao, 8 female players including Han Mei, Li Qishi, Jin Jingzhu, Yin Qi, Akhnar Adak, Tian Ruining, Pei Chong, Guo Dan. Chinese male speed skaters qualified for the 500m, 1000m, 1500m, team chase and group departure at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Therefore, the final list of participants is mainly short-distance runners. In addition to Ning Zhongyan (1000 meters, 1500 meters) and Gao Tingyu (500 meters), among the four male athletes who qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics through the selection competition, 23-year-old Lian Ziwen won the short-distance team pursuit (non-Winter Olympic event) with Ning Zhongyan and Wang Shiwei in this season's World Cup in Norway. In terms of individual events, Lian Ziwen has been competing in group B (relatively weak compared to group A) in the 4 World Cup sub-races of the 1500 meters and 1000 meters, and the best result is the second place in the B group of 1000 meters in the United States, in addition, he also set a national record of 1000 meters in the United States (which was later refreshed by Ning Zhongyan). Wang Haotian also competed in Group B in this season's World Cup, and his best result was the third place in Group B in the 1500 meters of Canada. Yang Tao, 24, specializes in the 500m and has competed in Group A three times this season and finished eighth in the second 500m Group A race in Canada.
On December 4, 2021, Han Mei competed in the World Cup in Salt Lake City. Courtesy of Visual China
Chinese female speed skaters competed in the Beijing Winter Olympics, with the eight qualified team members each having their own strengths. The 25-year-old Tian Ruinin competed in all eight 500m A groups in four World Cups and finished in the top eight several times, with the best result being fifth in the second 500m race in Poland. The 1000m and 1500m are the strongest of Chinese women, and Li Qishi, 28, finished third in the 1000m Group A competition in the United States this season, and she ranked sixth in the season's total points in this event. Han Mei is not only competitive in the 1000m and 1500m events (ranked 15th and 10th in the season overall standings, respectively), but also in the overall standings for the long distance events (3000m and 5000m). Guo Dan, a 31-year-old veteran who excels at starting as a group, finished fourth in this season's Canadian event and third in total points this season. Guo Dan has stood on the podium in international competitions many times as a roller skater, and she has been practicing speed skating since 2015, and is the first "amphibious athlete" in mainland China.
The women's team team also took into account the team pursuit project, Han Mei, Li Qishi, Ahrnar Adak, Jin Jingzhu, etc. have all participated in this event in this season's World Cup, helping the Chinese team to win the third place in the overall standings. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the three best of them will team up to compete for medals in this event.
(Original title: Speed skating men's team Ning Zhongyan Gao Tingyu led the women's team to achieve full project participation, 14 Chinese athletes will race "ice ribbon")
Source: Beijing Daily reporter Zhao Xiaosong
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