On the evening of February 9, Beijing time, the Chinese short track speed skating team continued to play, the men's 1500 meters event, the winter Olympic gold medalist Ziwei impacted the third gold medal. Ren Ziwei advanced to the semi-finals with the first place in the group and performed very well. However, Ren Ziwei did not reach the final, and South Korea's Hwang Dae-hyun eventually won the gold medal, and the Number of Gold Medals of the South Korean team was broken.
In the semi-finals, Ren Ziwei was in the same group as Liu Shaoang, Charles Hamelin and Park Zhanghe, and Ren Ziwei was fouled and was out early, missing the final of Group A, which was regrettable. What is more heartwarming is that everyone is encouraging Ren Ziwei and hoping that he will continue to impact the gold medal in several future projects.
People's Daily and CCTV also encouraged Ren Ziwei. People's Daily wrote, "In the just-concluded Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating men's 1500m semifinals, Ren Ziwei fouled and missed the final. Keep up the good work".
CCTV Sports said, "In the men's 1500m semifinals of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Ren Ziwei was judged to be fouled and did not qualify for the final, continue to cheer."
Ren Ziwei also expressed his heart during the interview. In Ren Ziwei's view, he did not expect to be judged foul, and he had too many ideas and less momentum. "When I was done, I thought there was a possibility of foul play, and I felt like I had made low-level mistakes, I had too many thoughts, and maybe the baggage was a little heavy. (Before the game) everyone said to take three gold medals, said that it was definitely the first, in fact, we did not have absolute strength in this project. Today's game is only in the semi-finals, thinking about the final, without paying attention to details. In fact, it is still a round of comparison, or its own problem. I think it's better to treat me as a little transparent, I'm still used to being a transparent person, don't report me (I laughed when I said it). After this game, we must summarize it well and adjust it well."
The game is over, I hope Ren Ziwei will not blame himself too much, everyone is encouraging him, in the future, he still has the opportunity to win the third gold, come on.
South Korea's Hwang Dae-hyun won the gold medal in 2:09.23, the first gold medal of the South Korean delegation at the Winter Olympics. And Hungaria's Liu Shaoang and Liu Shaolin are ranked fourth and sixth respectively, did not qualify for medals, they once led, but may be too nervous, gradually surpassed, because there are 10 players in the final, but also more crowded, so everyone is very cautious, do not dare to easily surpass, because if you lose fouls, you may not even have results. So, the race went smoothly, there were almost no fouls, and Huang Daxian was the first to rush to the finish line.
China's Ren Ziwei has another important competition next. Beijing Winter Olympics, Ren Ziwei to participate in three individual and two team events, next, Ren Ziwei to participate in the men's 500 meters and men's 5000 meters relay, he has a chance to win the gold medal again, Ren Ziwei also said that he participated in all the events, each project will go all out.