The short track speed skating competition of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics continued to be held at the Capital Gymnasium, and in a highly anticipated women's 3000m relay semifinal, the Chinese team composed of Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin, Zhang Yuting and Han Yutong finally ranked second in the group to advance to the final with a time of 4 minutes 04.383 seconds. In the other semi-finals, South Korea and Canada also won the final seats. The Chinese women's team will compete with the Netherlands, South Korea and Canada for the gold medal in the short track speed skating women's relay event at the Winter Olympics. On February 13, Beijing time, the gold medal competition will be played at the Capital Gymnasium. At the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese team was convicted of a foul and the South Korean team reached the top at home. This time, can the Chinese girls raise their eyebrows?
In previous Winter Olympic Games, short track speed skating is one of the most popular competitive sports, especially the men's 5000 meters relay and the women's 3000 meters relay, which represent the overall level of short track speed skating in various countries and are also the highlight of the short track speed skating field of the Winter Olympics. The Chinese short track speed skating women's team won the gold medal in the 3,000 meters relay at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, which is the only Olympic gold medal in the relay event won by the Chinese short track speed skating team so far. The Chinese short track speed skating men's team rose rapidly in the Sochi and Pingchang Winter Olympic cycles, and the best olympic result was a silver medal.
At the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese women's team was found guilty of a foul in the relay final, and the men's team lost to Hungary in a strong matchup and won the second place. Four years later, at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team hopes to be able to refresh the all-time best on their doorstep. In the previous mixed men's and women's 2000-meter relay final, the Chinese team won the championship and became the team that won the first Olympic gold in the project. The overall strength of the Chinese short track speed skating women's team has declined significantly in the past two Winter Olympics, whether it is a single event or a relay, it has gradually been widened by the old rival South Korea.
For this Winter Olympics, Chinese team coach Jin Shantai once said that the most important task of the women's team is to strive for the highest podium in the 3000-meter relay event. In the semifinals of the women's 3000m relay, the Chinese team was in the first group, along with the Netherlands, Italy and Poland. Considering the physical distribution of the players, the Chinese team sent Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Zhang Yuting and Han Yutong to the competition, while the Dutch team was led by the famous Shu Erting. In the end, the four girls of the Chinese team played steadily and successfully got a ticket to the final.
The four teams in the second group are the winning South Korea team, Canada, the Russian Olympic Committee and the United States, and the final seat battle in this group is also very fierce, and finally the Korean team led by Choi Min-jin and the short-distance traditional team Canada team both entered the women's 3000m Group A final. The Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating women's 3000m relay final is about to start, China, South Korea, the Netherlands and Canada, who do you think will win the championship?
(Luo Treasurer)