On February 8, Beijing time, the preliminary round of the men's single skating short program of the Beijing Winter Olympics was contested, and China's Jin Boyang competed in the competition. Jin Boyang scored 90.98 points for a perfect set of moves, and after only 6 people finished, Jin Boyang had already decided to advance to the next free skating competition.
Jin Boyang was the fifth to play in the competition, and his selection of tracks was "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". In the competition, Jin Boyang's first action was the first action of the hooker jumping around the outside point ice after three weeks; the second action was the outer point ice after four weeks; the third action was the aerial swallow rotation; the fourth action Axel was three weeks; the fifth action was to change the foot and crouch; and finally the foot change was jointly rotated. The whole set of action challenges and the interpretation of the music are excellent.
Except for a little flaw at the end, Jin Boyang's whole set of actions was completed perfectly. His technical action score is 51.62 points, the program content score is 39.36 points, and the total score is 90.98 points, ranking first among all the contestants who have already participated.
Since 24 of the 30 participants in the men's singles short program can qualify for free skating, in the case of 6 people having finished, Jin Boyang ranked first, plus the Abstaining American player Zhou Zhifang, Jin Boyang has locked the qualification for free skating in advance.