The Beijing Winter Olympics continue, and according to the schedule, on February 9, the short track speed skating men's 1500m 1/4 final, semi-final and final competition will be held. At that time, Chinese short track speed skater Ren Ziwei will hit the third gold of the individual Olympic Games, and CCTV5, the CCTV sports channel, will also broadcast the whole video live. Details are as follows:
What is the schedule for the men's 1500m short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics?
According to the schedule of the official website of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, at 7:00 p.m. on February 9, the short track speed skating men's 1500 meters 1/4 final will be competed, including 6 groups and 36 players competing in the same field. The specific list is: Pascal Dane, Steven Dubois, Charles Hamelin and other 3 players from the Canadian team, and Liu Shaolin, Liu Shaoang, Kruger John-Henry and other 3 players from the Hungarian team.
One player from Israel, including Vladimir Bekkanov; three players from the Russian Olympic Committee, including Dennis Ellapejan, Simon Yelistratov and Daniel Eborg; two players from Latvia, including Roberts Krugerbergs and Reinish Berzins; and one player from Poland, including Michal Nevinsky.
Three players from China, including Sun Long, Zhang Tianyi and Ren Ziwei; 1 player from Belgium, including Steyn Deme; 3 players from Italy, including Luka Speschenhauser, Yuri Konfoltorla and Petro Sigil; 3 players from the Netherlands, including Cynki Kneiget, Tzak Dragt and Sven Roes; and 2 players from the United States, Ryan Piviroto and Andrew Theo.
Three players from the Korean team, including Lee Joon-sui, Hwang Dae-hyun and Park Jang-hyun, three players from Japan, Kota Kikuchi, Kazuki Yoshinaga and Shogo Miyata, two players from Kazakhstan including Adil Galyakhmetov and Dennis Nikisha, two players from france including Kontan Faircock and Sebastian Leppup, and one player from the United Kingdom team, including Farrell Tracy.
Among them, Sun Long of the Chinese team is in the 1st lane of group 2; Zhang Tianyi is in the 6th lane of group 5; and Ren Ziwei is in the 1st lane of group 6. According to the promotion rules, the top 3 and the 3rd place in each group in the quarter-finals are eligible to advance to the semi-finals, and the short track speed skating men's 1500m semi-finals begin at 8:29 p.m.
Also according to the promotion rules, the top 2 and the fastest 3rd place in each group in the semi-finals are eligible to advance to Final Group A, and the remaining 7 athletes advance to Final Group B. The men's 1500m Group B final starts at 9:13pm and the men's 1500m Group A final starts at 9:20pm. It is worth mentioning that CCTV5, the CCTV sports channel, will broadcast the full video of the short track speed skating men's 1500 meters race, and interested "short track speed skating fans" should not miss it.
Can Ren Ziwei win the third gold medal in the individual Olympic Games?
The world record in the men's 1500m in short track speed skating was 2:07.943 set by Dutch team Singki Kneiget in 2016, and the Winter Olympic record was 2:10.485 by former South Korean team Lim Hyo-joon (now Chinese). So, how did Ren Ziwei of the Chinese team perform? You can get a sneak peek at one or two through the following data:
Ren Ziwei won the 2021 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Hungary with a time of 2:12.910 and a personal best in the 2020 "Meet in Beijing" Winter Sports Series Test Match with a time of 2:06.723 (the event result is not counted as a world record). It is enough to see from this that Ren Ziwei is fully equipped to impact the men's 1500m gold medal in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics, and is even expected to break the Winter Olympic record.
However, compared to other players, the biggest test that Ren Ziwei faces is his physical fitness problems. Because before that, Ren Ziwei had already won the short track speed skating men's 1000 meters and mixed team relay championships. In addition, Ren Ziwei's biggest opponent will be Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang brothers from the Hungarian team, and you can focus on the performance of these players.
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