On February 5, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating mixed team relay qualifier was held. The Chinese team played and successfully advanced, while the South Korean team broke out of the big cold and missed the semi-finals.
This competition is a new event in this Winter Olympics, and it is also the hope of the Chinese team to win the first gold. The Chinese team sent the strongest combination of Fan Kexin, Wu Dajing, Qu Chunyu and Ren Ziwei in the quarter-finals to ensure that nothing was lost.
In the quarter-finals, China and their old rival South Korea were in the same group. The South Korean team can be said to be the number one opponent of the Chinese team, and the current world record in this project is the 2 minutes 35 seconds 951 they set, which they set in Beijing on October 24, 2021.
At the end of the first group competition, the Chinese team won the first promotion in the group, with a time of 2:37.535. It is worth mentioning that the South Korean team made a major mistake.
The First Lap South Korea finished 12.29 seconds, finishing third, and dropped to fourth on the second lap. Subsequently, they have been struggling to catch up. On lap 17, South Korea made a major mistake, fell directly, and in the end, slipped out of the 18.65 seconds, and in the end, they were 2 minutes 48.308 seconds, ranking third in the group, and failed to directly qualify.
At the moment of seeing the team's mistake, the South Korean sideline coach jumped up directly, bowed his head and sighed, quite frustrated. Interestingly, they happened to be next to the Chinese coaching staff, and the coach of the Chinese team, An Hyun-so, had a calm face and nodded. In the end, the South Korean team was out, missed the semi-finals, and broke out of the big cold.