On February 11, the Winter Olympics short track speed skating men's 500m preliminary round came to an end, three Chinese players Ren Ziwei, Sun Long and defending champion Wu Dajing all advanced to the quarterfinals, and among foreign athletes, Hungary's Liu brothers Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang, and South Korea's Huang Daxian also advanced to the next stage.
The format of the preliminary round is a total of 8 groups, each group of 4 players, a total of 32 players to play, the top 2 and 4 fastest 3rd place in each group are eligible to advance to the 1/4 final;
In the first group, Hungary's Liu Shaolin finished first in 40.948 seconds, France's Sebastian Lepp advanced in second place, and South Korea's Lee Joon-ri fell.
In the second group, Ren Ziwei won the first place in 40.669 seconds, his result was crushing level, and he took the lead at the beginning and successfully advanced to the next round. The second in the group was Adil Galliakhmetov.
In the third group, Canada's Steven Dubois finished first in 40.399 seconds and Pavel Sitnikov of the Russian Olympic team finished second.
In the fourth group, Dennis Nikisha and Jordan-Pierre-Giller advanced to the previous two places with a time of 40.482.0s and 40.488.0.08.02.02.0.48.0.48.0.48.0.48.0.48.0.48.0.48.0.48.48
In the fifth group, Konstantin Ivliev of the Russian-Austrian team won the first place in the group in 40.272 seconds, and Henry of Hungary finished second in 40.407 seconds.
In the sixth group, Abu Zar-Azhgaliyev finished first with a time of 40.870 seconds, and South Korea's Hwang Dae-hyun advanced in second place in 40.971 seconds.
In the seventh group, Hungary's Liu Shaoang finished first with a time of 40.79 seconds, Vladimir Slav Bekkanov finished second, and Sun Long finished third, 42.871 seconds, and was sentenced to advance because of fouls by his opponents.
The eighth group, Wu Dajing first place, directly advanced, too strong.
Congratulations also to the athletes who have advanced, the Winter Olympics short track speed skating men's 500m 1/4 final will be held at 7 pm on February 13, this event is Wu Dajing's strength, he is also the defending champion, but also look forward to the next performance of the Chinese team players.