On February 11, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics continued, the short track speed skating men's 5000 meters relay final was staged, the Chinese team's Li Wenlong fell at one point, and finally only won the 4th place in the group, but the referee directly sentenced the Chinese team to advance to the final after reviewing the video.
In the men's 5,000-meter relay event, the Chinese team has won medals at the Winter Olympics many times, but has never stood on the podium. At this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team sent Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Sun Long, Li Wenlong and Zhang Tianyi to play.
There are a total of 8 teams participating in the preliminary round, the Chinese team is in the first group, the same group is Canada, Italy and Japan, the 4 players of the Chinese team are Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Sun Long and Li Wenlong, which is also the strongest lineup, after the departure of the Chinese team ranked 2nd, the Chinese team rose to the first place in the second stick, Canada followed closely behind, and then surpassed China.
The Chinese team did not rush to surpass, closely followed the opponent, Wu Dajing rose to the first place after taking the baton, the gap between the 4 teams was not large, the Chinese team was always in the leading position, Canada followed closely, and completed the overtaking when there were about 10 laps left in the game, and then Li Wenlong fell to the ground without collision, although the Chinese team did not give up, but failed to catch up with Canada and Italy in front of him, and finally only won the 4th place in the group.
After the match, the referee video recalled that Li Wenlong had contact with the opponent's ice knife, and the Chinese team was directly awarded to the Group A final, from loss to ecstasy.