The Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, in the end of the short track speed skating mixed relay event, the Chinese short track speed skating mixed relay team composed of Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin, Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei performed well, they beat the Italian team to win the gold medal in the event with a time of 2 minutes 37.348 seconds, which was also the first gold medal of the Chinese delegation at the Winter Olympics, the Italian team was second in 2 minutes 37 seconds 364, and the Hungarian team won the bronze medal in 2 minutes 40 seconds 900. As a result, the Chinese delegation ranked third in the medal table with 1 gold medal, Norway ranked first in the medal table with 2 gold medals, and Slovenia ranked second with 1 gold and 1 bronze.
The short track speed skating mixed relay is a new event, according to the world rankings, the Chinese team ranked first in the world, is the favorite to win the event, but they almost fell in the semi-finals, but due to the foul of the American team was judged out, so the Chinese team successfully advanced to the final. Since the strong Dutch team and south Korean team were out of the previous game, only China, Canada, Hungary and Italy were left in the final. The game was very fierce at the beginning, the players had a serious collision, the game could only start again, after the start of the game, Italy took the lead and soon took the lead, but the Chinese team also slowly found its own rhythm, and soon surpassed Italy to the first place.
In the next game, the performance of the Chinese team was very stable, whether it was the male players Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing or Qu Chunyu and Fan Kexin, they were able to perfectly show their competitive state, help the Chinese team firmly control the rhythm of the field, has always occupied the first position, and once opened the advantage, the last moment the Italian team once approached the Chinese team, but the Chinese team still won the championship with the advantages established before.
It is worth noting that there was an interesting scene in the award ceremony after the game, the Italian team that won the runner-up had 6 players on the podium to receive the commemorative prize ice pier, while the chinese team and the Hungarian team that won the championship only had 5 players on the stage to receive the award, and the final 6 Italian players who landed on the podium also all won the ice pier souvenir. It is reported that the current ice pier can be described as a pier is difficult to find, becoming a hot commodity for athletes at home and abroad, at the opening ceremony, Peruvian athletes even hung the ice pier on their bodies to enter, this time the Italian 6 players on the stage can be described as a free rubbing of an ice pier.