On February 9, Beijing time, the men's 1500 meters final of the short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, South Korea's Huang Daxian won the gold medal, and he was excited to celebrate, which was the first gold in the short track of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. It is worth mentioning that the Chinese audience gave him applause.
In the quarter-finals, China sent three players to play, and only Ren Ziwei advanced to the semifinals. In the previous competition, Ren Ziwei has won the gold medal in the mixed relay and the gold medal in the 1000 meters.
Ren Ziwei's form this season has been quite good, and at the end of last year, he won consecutive World Cup 1500m championships in Hungary and the Netherlands. In the quarter-finals, Ren Ziwei's time was 2:15.084, and he easily advanced to the first place in the group.
However, the opponent of Ren Ziwei in the semifinals is also not bad. World record holder and Dutch Kneiget, South Korea's Huang Daxian and Li Junrui, Hungary's Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang brothers all have the strength to compete for the gold medal.
In the semifinals, the first group of Liu Shaolin and Li Junrui successfully advanced to the final, and the second group of world record holders, the Dutch player Kneigert, fouled and was cancelled, and Huang Daxian and Simon directly advanced. The third group of Ren Ziwei eventually crossed the line for the third time, but in the game, Ren Ziwei had physical contact with his opponent.
The referee looked back at the video and judged that Ren Ziwei had reached out to block the opponent's movements, and was found guilty, and as a result, the Chinese players regretted that they collectively missed the final. South Korea had three players in the final, Lee Joon-seok, Hwang Dae-hyun and Park Jang-yeon.
In the end, South Korea's Hwang Daehyun won the gold medal with a time of 2:09.219, Canada's Dubois took second place, and Russia's Olympics Simon won the bronze medal. After winning the championship, Huang Daxian clenched his fists and roared in celebration, so excited that he fell to his knees and burst into tears, and his teammates also rushed over and hugged him. Subsequently, Huang Daxian rushed to his coach to hug and celebrate, and the Korean coach was also in tears at that moment. It is worth mentioning that the Chinese audience at the scene still gave them applause.