On February 11, Beijing time, the short track speed skating of the Beijing Winter Olympics continued to compete. In the men's 5000m relay, the Chinese team had an accident, and Li Wenlong fell in the competition, which directly affected the performance of the Chinese team. In the end, the Chinese team slid through the finish line in the fourth group. However, after reviewing, the referee determined that the Chinese team was hit by an ice knife and directly sentenced China to advance to the final. And the defending champion Hungary was out, very unexpected!
The day produced a gold medal in the women's 1000m, but the three Chinese golden flowers were eliminated in the first round and missed the final early. However, the Chinese men's team played well, not only in the 500 meters of the single event all 3 players advanced to the next round. But what was unexpected was that there was an accident in the men's 5000m semifinals.
China, Canada, Japan and Italy were in the first group of the semi-finals. In this group, the Chinese team and the Canadian team are superior, and if the normal sliding, China and Canada will advance to the final, and there is basically no problem. The first half of the game was indeed played according to such a script. However, halfway through the game, there was an accident.
Li Wenlong had a small collision with a Canadian runner in the process of entering the straight in the corner and fell directly off the track. Although the Chinese team quickly re-handed over the baton, because the speed of short track speed skating was too fast, the Chinese team, even if it was strong, could not recover the gap in the remaining races, and finally crossed the finish line in fourth place. But the referee then watched the slow motion. Slow motion shows that Li Wenlong fell off the track because the Canadian team's ice knife created a collision with Ren Ziwei.
After repeated viewing, the Chinese team was directly judged to the final, while Canada and Italy also advanced to the final. For the Chinese team, this is a thrill. As the silver medalist of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, the Chinese team has a strong strength in this event. In the second group, South Korea and Russia and Austria advanced to the final, and the defending champion Hungary finished out of the group!