On the evening of February 11, Beijing time, the short track speed skating of the Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the men's 500-meter preliminary round, and Chinese players Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing and Sun Long jointly appeared. In the end, the three of them worked together to advance to the quarterfinals, Wu Dajing slid 40.23 seconds, ranking first among all 32 players, and Wu Dajing deserved to be the defending champion.
Previously, there were 4 gold medals in short track speed skating, the Chinese team won 2 gold, the Italian team and the South Korean team each won 1 gold, and the next 5 gold medals have not yet been produced. Tonight's men's 500m event took the lead in the preliminary stage, and at the last Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing won the championship in the event, becoming the only gold medal in the Chinese sports delegation.
As the defending champion, Wu Dajing was one of the favourites to win the men's 500m event, mainly against teammate Ren Ziwei and several South Korean athletes.
In the first group, Hungary's Liu Shaolin easily came first, and South Korea's Lee Junrui was ruled fouled. In the second group, Ren Ziwei appeared, and finally slid out of 40.669 seconds, passing the finish line first and easily advancing to the next round. South Korea's Hwang Daehyun, who had just won the gold medal in the men's 1500 meters, finished in the sixth group and slid out of the 40.971 seconds to advance to the next round.
China's Sun Long was in the seventh group, squeezed out in the middle, and finally slid out of 42.871 seconds to pass the finish line, and then the Dutch player was ruled fouled out, and Sun Long was sentenced to advance to the next round.
Defending champion Wu Dajing was in the last group, and finally slid out of 40.23 seconds, easily taking the first place and advancing to the next round. After this, the three Chinese players who participated in the preliminary round, Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long, all advanced to the quarterfinals, and Liu Shaolin, Liu Shaoang, Huang Daxian and other favorites to win the championship were all over.