Winter Olympics Short Track Speed Skating Men's 5000m Relay - Li Wenlong Fell China was awarded to the Group A final

On February 11, Beijing time, the short track speed skating event of the Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in a number of events including the semi-finals of the men's 500 meters, women's 1000 meters and men's 5000 meters. In the men's 5,000m relay, the Chinese men's relay team, led by Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei, played in the first group. In the end, Li Wenlong was affected by his opponent and fell, and the Chinese team finished the game in fourth place, but the referee sentenced the Chinese team to directly enter the Group A final.

Short Track Speed Skating Men's 5000m Semifinals Promotion Rules: The top 2 teams in each group qualify for the Group A final in the semifinals, and the 3rd and 4th teams in each group qualify for the Group B finals.

The 5,000-meter race consisted of 45 laps. Four players from the Chinese team led by Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing played in the second lane of the first group, along with Canada, Italy and Japan. Wu Dajing started with the first stick, just at the beginning of the game, Wu Dajing ranked second, and the Chinese team adopted a strategy based on stability at the beginning, and the Chinese team won the first position with a chance to overtake.

However, Canada suddenly accelerated to the first place, and Renzi chose to chase after the slippery this time and did not rush to surpass. However, the Japanese team, which had been in fourth place, suddenly accelerated to second place. The Chinese team was rushed to the first place by Li Wenlong and has been leading the way, but the gap between the four teams is very small. At this time, Canada won the first place in a handover, but Li Wenlong directly surpassed the Canadian player again after the handover.

With 23 laps left in the race, the second half of the race saw that Japan and Italy were already a bit behind, but soon caught up again. The Chinese team is led by Wu Dajing steadily, but the gap with the team behind him is still very small. With about 15 laps left in the game, Canada took first place with a perfect handover, and the Chinese team fell to second place.

However, in the last 10 laps of the game, the wind and clouds on the field suddenly changed, Li Wenlong suddenly fell out of the ice surface unexpectedly, and the Chinese team directly fell to the fourth. In the end, Canada and Italy joined forces. The Chinese team ranked fourth with a time of 6:51.05.

However, Li Wenlong and the Canadian skate collided, and the referee believed that Li Wenlong was affected by the opponent and fell, so the Chinese team was directly awarded to the Final of Group A.