On the evening of February 9, Beijing time, the beijing winter olympic short track speed skating ushered in the men's 1500 meters group A final, and finally South Korea's Huang Daxian slid out of 2 minutes 09 seconds 23 seconds, won the first place, for the South Korean short track speed skating team won the first gold medal of the Winter Olympics, but also the first gold medal of the Korean sports delegation, Huang Daxian shook his fist and roared to celebrate.
This is the fourth short track speed skating event to produce a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, after the previous 3 golds, the Chinese team won 2 golds, the Italian team won 1 gold, and the South Korean short track speed skating team did not receive any results.
Tonight's men's 1500m gold medal was won by China's Ren Ziwei, Sun Long and Zhang Tianyi. Ren Ziwei is the favorite to win the championship, after winning the gold medal in the 2000m mixed relay and the men's 1000m in two consecutive events, now has the opportunity to become the next Chinese short track speed skating team 3 golden king after Wang Mao.
Because 21-year-old Sun Long and 17-year-old Zhang Tianyi were eliminated early in the quarter-final stage, only Ren Ziwei was left with a Chinese player in the semi-final stage. In the subsequent semi-finals, Ren Ziwei was ruled foul and missed the Group A final.
In the final stage, South Korea's Huang Daxian was the first to slide across the finish line, the result was 2 minutes 09.23 seconds, won the gold medal, the Canadian DuBois won the silver medal, the Russian-Austrian team's Yelistratov won the bronze medal, and Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang did not win the medal.
Huang Daxian, who won the gold medal, shook his fist and roared in celebration, and then raised the national flag to celebrate. This is the first gold medal of the Korean short track speed skating team at this Winter Olympics, and the first gold medal of the Korean sports delegation, finally breaking the embarrassment of zero gold medals.
The South Korean team won its first medal at the Winter Olympics in the men's 1500m speed skating event, and Kim Min-seok won the bronze medal, becoming the only athlete in Asia to win a medal in the event for two consecutive Olympic games.