On February 9, Beijing time, the men's 1000-meter short track speed skating ushered in the semi-final competition, the Chinese team has Ren Ziwei successfully advanced, the latter won the championship in the mixed men's and women's 2000 meters final and the men's 1000 meters final, in the quarterfinals, Ren Ziwei successfully advanced with the first result in the group.
Ren Ziwei won the championship in the 1000 meters, the strongest individual is the 1500 meters race, in this season, Ren Ziwei maintained a good competitive state, especially in the 1500 meters, winning the World Cup hungary and the Netherlands championship, the points ranking is high, just as in the quarterfinals, Ren Ziwei showed super strength, once fell to the fifth place, in the case of three laps left, the outside overtaking, showing excellent competitive state, surpassing to the first place in one fell swoop, Smooth promotion.
In the first group of the men's 1500m semi-finals, including Hungary Liu Shaolin, South Korea's Li Junrui and many other good players, finally Liu Shaolin and Li Junrui finally successfully advanced to the previous two places, the competition in the second group was very fierce, Huang Daxian successfully advanced, in the third group, Ren Ziwei played, after the appearance, Ren Ziwei took the lead in the third rush, in the second lap, Ren Ziwei fell fifth, as the competition progressed, the opponent collided, Ren Ziwei slid to the second, Ren Ziwei avoided collision with the opponent, With the South Korean runners left with two laps left, the South Korean runners advanced to second place, and finally Ren Ziwei reached the finish line in third place.
In the course of the game, due to the collision of multiple athletes, the referee ruled on a penalty for a long time, the Canadian player was punished for foul, and Ren Ziwei was also sentenced to foul, which was a little regrettable for Ren Ziwei, who did not qualify for the 1500m final, the coach was also a little helpless, and also looked forward to Ren Ziwei in the next game, can have a better play.