On February 9, 2022, Beijing time, in the final of the men's 1500m Group A, a gold medal was produced in the short track speed skating competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which was finally won by Huang Daxian of the South Korean team. In the final, Huang Daxian maintained the lead and took the lead in hitting the line first, with a time of 2:09.219. Dubois and Yelistratov collided almost at the same time, and after confirmation, Dubois finished second in 2:09.254 and Yelistratov finished third in 2:09.267.
Unfortunately, there were no Chinese players competing in the final. Ren Ziwei, who finished at the top of the 1500m in the World Cup standings, was one of the favourites to win the title. In the quarter-finals, Sun Long and Zhang Tianyi were out successively, and Ren Ziwei played steadily, and he won the first place in the group to advance to the semifinals.
But in the semifinals, with 10 laps left in the race, the front players collided, and Ren Ziwei seized the opportunity to rise to second place. With seven laps left, Ren Ziwei seized the opportunity to overtake from the inner road and rise to the lead. In the end, Liu Shaoang took the lead in colliding with the line, and Park Zhangyi and Ren Ziwei ranked second and third in the collision line. But after the game, the referee watched the video replay carefully, Hamelin was whistled for fouling, Ren Ziwei was also sentenced to an arm block foul, and both of them were canceled.
In this case, Ren Ziwei did not have the opportunity to advance to the men's 1500m final, which is a pity. After the game, Ren Ziwei made a profound summary of his mistakes, he said: "After coming down, I reflected on it, I think there are actually a lot of bad places, such as the last two laps, why don't I go all out to pull the outer road, let the Korean team guard there, Liu Shaoang guard the position, why don't I go all out to go to the outside road to compete for the first place? Or why I had some collisions with Kazakhstan in front of me, and I was completely thinking about how I was going to rush in the final... We're not like other events in short track, we need to play round by round, so playing too badly today is a problem for ourselves. ”
Of course, for Ren Ziwei, the game is over, the lesson of the loss is precious, and then there is a game, looking forward to Ren Ziwei's good adjustment and preparation for the next round. China's three competitors, Ren Ziwei, Sun Long and Zhang Tianyi, did not make it to the final. China's short track speed skating gold medalist Dayang Yang gave encouragement to the Chinese short track team after the game.
Dayang Yang said: "Short track racing never knows what will happen in the next second, continue to support and believe in our short track speed skating team! Ren Ziwei has another game next, continue to work hard! Congratulations to our little girls, cheers for the final! ”
Sun Long finished fourth in the quarterfinals, and after the match, commentator Wang Meng questioned Sun Long's attitude towards the game, but Wang Meng also said that criticizing him was a deep responsibility for love. In fact, Wang Meng was not very satisfied with Sun Long's play, so he directly scolded Sun Long in the live broadcast room. Finally, Wang Meng also said: "I taught him, I love him deeply, I am responsible, you don't net him, I have feelings for him, this boy is what I have been watching, I can say this, what do you say he does, there is no point, scattered." "I look forward to the Chinese team in the next game, cheering up!"