On February 11, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating competition continued, the attention-grabbing men's 500 meters preliminary round was staged, three Chinese players competed, Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long joined hands to advance to the next round, Wu Dajing began to defend the road, Ren Ziwei had the opportunity to impact the third gold of the individual.
At the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing won the gold medal in this event, and he is also the world record and Olympic record holder in this event. The Chinese team won 3 places at the Winter Olympics, namely Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long.
The preliminary round is divided into 8 groups, with the top two in each group and the 4 fastest 3rd places advancing to the next round. In the first group, there was the Chinese famous Liu Shaolin and the South Korean player Li Junrui, Liu Shaolin led all the way to the first place, Li Junrui fell in the middle of the way, and then was convicted of fouls and did not qualify.
Ren Ziwei set off in the second group, the first lane, and the opponents of the same group were of average strength. Ren Ziwei's start was very good, rushing to the first place as soon as he came up, he led all the way to the first place in the group, and successfully advanced to the next round.
South Korea's Hwang Daehyun appeared in the 6th group, Hwang Daehyun took a favorable position from the start, was overtaken by Kazakhstani players in the middle, and finally finished second in the group and successfully advanced.
Sun Long started in the 3rd lane of the 7th group, the same group of famous players Liu Shaoang, Sun Long started well, ranked 2nd, but in the middle of the opponent interference fell behind, Liu Shaoang won the first, Sun Long ranked at the bottom of the group, the referee watched the replay after judging the Dutch player foul, Sun Long advanced to the next round.
Wu Dajing appeared in the 1st lane of Group 8, the whole audience cheered, Wu Dajing was in the first place as soon as he came up, he led the way to the first line, and the three Chinese players joined hands to advance to the next round.