On February 9, the Winter Olympics short track speed skating once again ushered in the peak showdown, in the 1500 meters competition, the Chinese team sent 3 famous players to participate, namely Ren Ziwei, Zhang Tianyi, Sun Long, the former's main goal is to compete for the championship, the other two are to try to achieve good results, strive to enter the final, so that tactics can be used. Old rivals Hungary's Liu Shaolin also participated in the event, and he is also Ren Ziwei's main competitor.
1/4 final group, Liu Shaolin is in excellent condition, leading the way, steadily won the first place in the group, and broke the Olympic record with 2 minutes 09.23 seconds, this result also made the pressure on the players who appeared later; Sun Long was the first Chinese player to appear, which was also the first time to participate in the Winter Olympics, after the start of the game, Sun Long led the way, but the mentality was slightly nervous, suddenly lost the vantage point, and then was firmly suppressed by the opponent, once fell to the end, and finally relied on the foul of the Italian player, barely got the fourth place.
In the fifth group, Zhang Tianyi appeared, similar to Sun Long's opening, Zhang Tianyi was also in a leading state, but he was also overtaken by the opponent, eager to recover the gap at the same time there was a mistake, accidentally slipped on the fifth lap, and finally could only swallow the bitter fruit of the game.
All hopes are pinned on Ren Ziwei's body, in the final set of duels, Ren Ziwei's strength is still trustworthy and tactically appropriate, first with a run, and then in the fifth lap to overtake the opponent, with a time of 2 minutes 15 seconds 10 seconds to win the first place in the group. However, unfortunately, the other two teammates were still eliminated, and Ren Ziwei could only face the 1500m semifinals alone, and was convicted of fouls and missed the final.