On the evening of February 9, a day after the off-season, the Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating competition was rekindled at the Capital Gymnasium. Tonight will go through three rounds of competition to produce the gold medal in the men's 1500m event. In the just-concluded quarter-finals of the project, China's ren Ziwei reached the semifinals alone.
Ren Ziwei, who has already won two gold medals at the Winter Olympics, will attack the third gold tonight, and if desired, he will become the first "triple crown" of the Chinese men's short track Winter Olympics. Ren Ziwei has been in good shape this season, particularly in the 1500m. At the end of last year, he won consecutive World Cups in Hungary and the Netherlands, ranking first in the standings.
The men's 1500m 1/4 final was divided into six groups of six players in each group, with the top three advancing. Ren Ziwei appeared in the last group, and as soon as he made his appearance, he won the enthusiastic applause of the audience. Ren Ziwei started from the innermost road, ran together to grab the leading position, and after one lap, he alternated with the French runners. With seven laps left, the scramble on the pitch began to intensify. Ren Ziwei once fell to fifth place, but quickly achieved a reversal. With three laps left in the race, Ren Ziwei slid to the top spot and gradually shrugged off his opponents to form the first group with Hungary's Liu Shaoang, and finally collided with the first line with a time of 2 minutes 15.084 seconds.
Previously, the Chinese team also had two players appear in this round of competition. The 21-year-old rookie Sun Long finished fourth in the second group and missed the promotion. Zhang Tianyi, a 17-year-old who appeared in the fifth group, made a mistake and fell down, with no results.