On the evening of February 11, Beijing time, the short track speed skating project of the Beijing Winter Olympics continued, and the Chinese team was almost out of the men's 5000-meter relay, and finally due to the kicking knife action, the referee sentenced the Chinese team to advance to the final of Group A. For this, fans believe that it is a blessing in misfortune.
In this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team has won 2 gold medals in the 2000 meters mixed relay and the men's 1000 meters, as well as 1 silver medal in the men's 1000 meters, with good results.
Tonight in addition to the women's 1000 meters to determine the gold medal, another event of concern is the men's 5000 meters relay semifinals, the Chinese team and Canada, Italy, Japan in the same group, the first two of the group to advance to the final of Group A, the last two into the final of Group B, the Chinese team sent Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Li Wenlong, Sun Long, of which Ren Ziwei, Sun Long, Wu Dajing just participated in the men's 500 meters preliminaries.
After the start of the race, the Chinese team was in the leading position most of the time, and as a result, when there were still a few laps of the game, Li Wenlong accidentally fell, and finally Canada and Italy ranked in the top two, and the Chinese team passed the finish line last.
When the audience thought that the Chinese team was out of the cold, the referee played back through the video, and the Chinese team players had contact with the Canadian players' ice knives, and finally sentenced the Chinese team to directly advance to the Group A final, and there was no danger to pass the test, and continued to retain the hope of competing for the gold medal in this project.
Slow motion shows that Li Wenlong had obvious contact with the Canadian skates, which was influenced by the other party to cause him to fall off the track and did not continue to lead, so the referee's decision was very correct, and he also gave the Chinese short track speed skating team a clean slate.
It is worth mentioning that Wang Meng, who serves as a commentator, said that he is not worried: "The Chinese team has no physical contact with the opponent, it is a kick knife, if the referee is punished according to the rules, the Chinese team will enter the final of Group A." Then seeing that the referee really judged the penalty according to the rules, Wang Meng excitedly patted the table to celebrate, "I am professional"!
At present, the teams that have entered the final of Group A in the men's 5000-meter relay event, in addition to the Chinese team, there are also South Korean teams, Canada teams, Italian teams, Russian and Austrian teams, a total of 5 teams, and the Chinese team is expected to win the gold medal.