On February 7, Beijing time, the 2022 Winter Olympics short track speed skating women's 500 meters event began, China's Zhang Yuting from the quarterfinals all the way through the final to enter the final, her two teammates Fan Kexin and Qu Chunyu were eliminated from the final, Zhang Yuting is the only hope of winning gold in the 500 meters event. In the end, after fierce competition, Zhang Yuting finally won only the fourth place, and Italy's Fang Tana won the gold medal.
In the quarter-finals, Fan Kexin was judged to be fouled for falling and did not qualify for the semifinals, Zhang Yuting and Qu Chunyu joined hands to enter the semifinals, Zhang Yuting was sentenced, Wang Meng predicted that Zhang Yuting would be judged in the commentary, although it was a mistake but it should be no problem.
In the semi-finals, Zhang Yuting and Qu Chunyu were both in the second group, and in the end, Zhang Yuting ranked second in Group B with 43.196 to advance to the final, and Qu Chunyu was judged to be fouled, so that only Zhang Yuting was left with the three golden flowers in China. Group A also has three people who are faster than Zhang Yuting, and it can be said that Zhang Yuting's pressure is not small.
Final Group B took the lead, with Russian Organizing Committee player Seregina ranking first in 42.972 seconds, Hungary second in 43.004 seconds, and Sweden's Charles 43.273 third, and only Charles was a little slower than Zhang Yuting in the semifinals.
In the end, Zhang Yuting's performance was 42.81 seconds in the fourth place in the Group A final, the first place Italian's Fang Tana 42.48 seconds, the second place Netherlands's Shultin 42.57 seconds, and the third place Sweden's Jin Buting 42.73 seconds.
Zhang Yuting's final ranking as the fourth place did not qualify for the medal, it is really a pity, she is already much better than her semi-final results, she is only 0.08 seconds away from the bronze medal, Zhang Yuting has done her best.
Text/Yan Xiaobai