On the evening of February 7, Beijing time, the short track speed skating of the Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the semi-final of the men's 1000 meters, Ren Ziwei, Li Wenlong and Wu Dajing represented the Chinese team, and finally all three of them advanced to the final of Group A, hoping to win the gold medal. South Korea's two players, Lee Joon-sui and Hwang Dae-hyun, were both ruled out for fouls, and tonight the South Korean short track speed skating team was completely destroyed.
On the first 2 days, the Chinese relay team composed of Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing won the gold medal in the mixed relay, which was the first gold medal of the Chinese team in this Winter Olympics, and this project was added for the first time, so the Chinese short track speed skating team made history.
Tonight's short track speed skating event for the men's 1000 meters and the women's group 500 meters, Ren Ziwei, Li Wenlong, Wu Dajing in the men's 1000 meters, before the preliminary stage, all three successfully advanced. In the four World Cups this season, Ren Ziwei won the gold medal of the project three times, which is the biggest gold medal favorite in this winter Olympics.
In the quarterfinals stage, Wu Dajing was knocked down, and finally the Canadian player was convicted of fouling, Wu Dajing advanced to the semifinals as the second in the group, and then Li Wenlong and Ren Ziwei were squeezed out, and finally both sentenced the opponent to foul, and successfully advanced to the next round with the second place in the group.
In the semi-finals, Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong were in the first group, and South Korea's Hwang Daehyun was the first to run across the finish line, and the results were cancelled first due to a corner foul, so that Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong ranked first and second and advanced to the final of Group A.
Later in the second group semi-final, Wu Dajing advanced to Group A as the second place, and Liu Shaoang, who was fouled, was sentenced to the final of Group A as a foul victim, so that three Chinese players advanced to compete for the gold medal.
South Korea's Lee Joon-sui was convicted of fouls and early out due to the confrontation caused by the change of lanes, and Huang Daxian was also judged to be fouled, and all Korean players were out of this round. It is worth mentioning that in the women's 500m event, Choi Min-jing did not qualify for the semi-finals, and was also eliminated, which means that the 2 short track speed skating gold medals decided tonight were all out of the game in advance.