On the evening of February 7, the short track speed skating women's 500m 1/4 final and the men's 1000m 1/4 final began at the Capital Gymnasium. In addition to the athletes, the performance of the referees is even more eye-catching. Almost every game has people fallen, almost every round has had referees change their sentences, and some people have received yellow cards for two fouls in a game.
Today's short track speed skating arena is really thrilling. Among the 6 Chinese players, except for Fan Kexin, who regrettably left the game, although several other players successfully advanced to the semi-finals, the process was very tortuous.
In the women's 500m 1/4 final, Zhang Yuting, who played in the third group, was in third place after starting. With two laps left, South Korea's Choi Min-jin fell and Zhang Yuting rose to second place. But in the last lap, Zhang Yuting was pushed down by the Russian Olympic Committee players, so Zhang Yuting still qualified for the promotion.
Qu Chunyu set off in the fourth group, and as a result, The Italian martina in the same group was sent off for two snatches. After starting again, the team members set off again due to the collision of ice knives. Qu Chunyu started well, ranking second, and she followed the Dutch star Schulting closely, and finally won the second place in the group and successfully advanced.
When Wu Dajing reached the penultimate lap of the race, the Italian player and South Korea collided and both fell to the ground. At the same time that they fell, the ice knife was brought to Wu Dajing. After watching the video repeatedly for several minutes, the referee finally made a penalty, and the Canadian player who won the second place fouled, and Wu Dajing successfully advanced to the second place.
Ren Ziwei, who started from the third group, has been in the leading position throughout the race. On the last lap, the Australian players were very adventurous and aggressive to overtake, Ren Ziwei was disturbed and fell off the track, and after climbing up, Ren Ziwei insisted on completing the race. After the referee reviewed the video, the Australian player was finally sentenced to change lanes in a straight line, causing a conflict from the inside out, and the Hungarian player was also found guilty of fouling. Ren Ziwei finally advanced to the semifinals with the second place in the group.
Li Wenlong, who started in the fourth group, was in fourth place after starting. He has been chasing hard ever since, and on the last five laps, Hungary's Liu Shaolin fell. Li Wenlong completed the counter-overtaking in the penultimate lap and came to the second place. But on the last lap, in the same position as the previous group of Ren Ziwei when he fell, he was pushed out by the Dutch players. After the penalty, Li Wenlong was promoted.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Li Li Liu Shuang Li Songlin Liu Ping
Edited by Gao Chenchen
Process Editor Liu Weili