This evening's short track speed skating event at the Beijing Winter Olympics featured the women's 500m and men's 1000m races.
Ren Ziwei
In the men's 1000m race, China's Ren Ziwei won the championship, Li Wenlong was runner-up, and Hungary's Liu Shaoang won the bronze medal. This is also the second gold medal won by the Chinese team in this Winter Olympics. Another Chinese player, Wu Dajing, was fourth.
After the start of the final, Wu Dajing played a good starting role, he rushed to the front, but Liu Shaoang quickly rushed to the leading position with the help of the inner road. Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong were behind. With six laps left in the race, Wu Dajing managed to surpass and rise to the top spot. With 4 laps left in the game, the referee whistled to recall the players due to the broken ice surface on the spot.
The game restarted, Liu Shaolin grabbed the first place, and Ren Ziwei quickly accelerated to the first place. In the following competition, Wu Dajing seized the opportunity to rise to second place. As the game progressed, Ren Ziwei maintained the lead, and Liu Shaolin followed behind. With 4 laps remaining, Liu Shaolin achieved a surpass, followed by Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong. At this time, Wu Dajing and Liu Shaoang had no strength, and they were thrown far away.
Ren Ziwei and Liu Shaolin clashed
In the last lap, Ren Ziwei sprinted hard, and Liu Shaolin tried to resist. In the final straight sprint, Liu Shaolin still took the lead in crossing the finish line, and Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong ranked second or third.
But after the referee reviewed the video, he sentenced Liu Shaolin for a foul and gave him a yellow card, and he was sent off. Ren Ziwei won the championship and Li Wenlong won the second place.
In the women's 500m, China's Zhang Yuting finally finished fourth. Italy's Fantana surpassed Shultin to win the championship, becoming the second athlete to defend her title in the women's 500m after China's Wang Mao.
In the semi-finals of the 500m, Qu Chunyu was convicted of fouls. In the 500m 1/4 final, Fan Kexin was taken off the track by Charles of Canada in Group 1. The referee awarded Brunel for a foul, Charles was promoted, and Fan Kexin did not have the opportunity to advance directly.