The grouping of the Winter Olympics short track speed skating men's 1500m race has come out. The Chinese short track speed skating team sent a total of 3 players to compete, namely Ren Ziwei, Sun Long and Zhang Tianyi, who won the gold. The South Korean short track speed skating team also sent 3 players, namely Hwang Dae-hyun and Lee Joon-seok, who had previously fouled, and Park Jang-seok, who was injured. Judging from all the players, Huang Daxian is still Ren Ziwei's rival for gold. So this final is destined to be very exciting.
In terms of grouping, Ren Ziwei was divided into the last group, and Liu Shaoang, who was slightly stronger in the same group. He previously won the bronze medal in the men's 1000m final. Judging from the strength of the group, ren ziwei group has little problem of qualifying. The other two Chinese chose Sun Long and Zhang Tianyi, who were divided into Group 2 and Group 5 respectively. Among them, Sun Long will face South Korea's Lee Jun-rui in the group stage.
Li Junrui previously missed the promotion in the men's 1000m quarterfinals due to fouls. Facing the Chinese player again this time, we need to watch out for him from committing another foul. However, due to the speed skating hall has a 4K high-definition camera, coupled with the previous blows, I believe Li Junrui will be extra cautious.
The biggest threat to the South Korean team still comes from Hwang Dae-hyun. The athlete broke the event's Winter Olympic record with a time of 1:23.042 in the previous men's 1000m preliminaries. However, in the quarter-finals, Huang Daxian bumped into his opponent because of "illegal overtaking", and was directly out of the game by the referee. Although the South Korean team appealed immediately after the game, the INTERNATIONAL Skating Federation directly showed the video evidence of his foul and dismissed them.
The men's 1500m event is Ren Ziwei's strong point, and ren Ziwei won the championship in the Netherlands at last year's short track speed skating World Cup. It's been less than half a year since he last won the gold medal. It can be said that the current Ren Ziwei is in a peak state. At the Winter Olympics, he has also won two gold medals, namely the mixed relay and the men's 1000 meters event, and if he can win the gold medal again tonight, he will achieve his third gold.