On February 5, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating competition officially kicked off, the women's 500 meters preliminary round took the lead, three Chinese players played, Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu and Zhang Yuting played normally, successfully advanced to the 1/4 final, the Chinese short track team won the first battle, will launch an impact on the medals and even gold medals in this project.
The women's 500 meters is the traditional dominant event of the Chinese team, and the first gold medal of the Chinese team at the Winter Olympics came from Yang Yang's 500 meters, and Wang Meng has won two consecutive championships in this event. In this Olympic Games, the Chinese team won three places, namely Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu and Zhang Yuting, of which Fan Kexin was the runner-up winner of the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games.
The preliminaries are divided into 8 groups, with the top two in each group, and the 3rd in the 4 best performing groups directly advancing to the next round. The famous Fan Kexin took the lead, his form was very good, and he quickly chased the first position after the departure, and finally hit the line first, won the first place in the group, the result was 43.275, and successfully advanced to the 1/4 final.
Zhang Yuting started in group 5, the opponents of the same group were very strong, Zhang Yuting's start was very good, closely followed the first Santana, easily won the second place in the group, and successfully advanced to the next round.
Qu Chunyu started in group 7, qu Chunyu did not occupy the first place, but she firmly followed the Dutch star Bercerber in front of her, won the second place in the group, and directly advanced. All three Chinese players advance to the next round, and the Chinese delegation will hit the medals and even gold medals in this event.