On February 7, Beijing time, the 2022 Winter Olympics competition continued, in the short track speed skating competition, the Chinese team played a number of players, including the single event men's 1000 meters to carry out multiple rounds of competition, three Chinese players Ren Ziwei, Li Wenlong and Wu Dajing reached the finals, and two Hungarian Chinese players Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang, these two are brothers, the father is Chinese, the mother is Hungarian, representing Hungary in the Winter Olympics.
On the final stage, due to the multi-day competition, the athletes were obviously tired, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing maintained the lead in the first half, Liu Shaolin looked for opportunities to achieve overtaking in the early second half, while Li Wenlong and Wu Dajing gradually fell out of the first team due to lack of physical strength. In the sprint stage of the last two laps, Ren Ziwei and Liu Shaolin formed a one-on-one PK situation, and the two entangled in the last corner and crossed the finish line together. Judging from the replay footage of the scene, Liu Shaolin's final result was 0.04 seconds faster than Ren Ziwei, and he won the first place. After crossing the finish line, Liu Shaolin directly celebrated and hugged the coach, but at this time the game was not completely over.
However, due to the fact that Liu Shaolin and Ren Ziwei were suspected of throwing their hands at the last line, the referee decided to watch the video to determine the final result, and finally judged Liu Shaolin to foul, was punished with a yellow card, and the results were canceled, for which Ren Ziwei successfully won the 1000 meters championship, which was the first Olympic gold medal in Ren Ziwei's personal career and the second gold medal of the Chinese team at the Winter Olympics. Another Chinese player, Li Wenlong, won the silver medal, and in one event, the Chinese team won 1 gold and 1 silver, helping the Chinese sports team add honors.
After learning that the counterattack won the championship, Ren Ziwei cried with joy and hugged and celebrated with his coaches, obviously very emotional, Ren Ziwei is the main player of the Chinese short track speed skating team, and in the multiple World Cup sub-stations before the start of this Winter Olympics, Ren Ziwei won many championships in excellent condition. In the 1000m final, Wu Dajing was affected by physical strength and played poorly, and Ren Ziwei withstood the pressure to win the championship and save the gold medal of the Chinese team. So far, the Chinese team has won a total of 2 gold medals in the speed skating team, and the first is the men's team 5000 meters relay race, and the short track speed skating event has gradually become the dominant event of the Chinese team.
After this competition, the Chinese sports team won 1 gold and 2 silver on February 7, and another silver medal was won by 17-year-old Su Yiming in skiing. Coupled with the previous 1 gold, the total number of medals of the Chinese sports team came to 2 gold and 2 silver, and the ranking continued to improve, rushing to the 4th, reflecting the competitiveness of the Chinese team.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)