On February 11, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating men's 500 meters preliminary, Wu Dajing, Sun Long, Ren Ziwei played. All 3 people advanced, among them, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing were both the 1st in the group, and Sun Long was sentenced to the semifinals! People's Daily and CCTV both praised it, and Wang Meng was also satisfied with Wu Dajing's performance.
At the Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing won 1 gold and Ren Ziwei already won 2 gold, but Sun Long performed poorly in the 1500 meters and was criticized by Wang Mao.
According to the rules, the top 2 and 4 fastest 3rd places in each group in the preliminary round qualify for the 1/4 finals.
In the first group, Liu Shaolin played, the first group advanced, South Korea's Lee Junrui fouled out; in the second group, Ren Ziwei ranked first and easily advanced; in the third group, Canada's Steven Dubois and Russia's Olympic team's Sitnikov advanced; in the fourth group, Kazakhstan's Denis Nikisha was the top two; in the fifth group, Russia's Olympic team's Ivryev finished first.
In the sixth group, South Korea's Huang Daxian, who won the gold medal in the 1500 meters of this Winter Olympics, appeared, considering that Lee Junrui was out, and now, Huang Daxian has become the only Korean seedling in the project. After the start of the race, Huang Daxian took the lead, with 3 laps left, and he was also the first. However, he was still surpassed by Kazakhstan's Azhgaliyev, and in the end, Huang Daxian advanced to the second place in the group.
In the seventh group, China's Sun Long appeared, can he prove himself? At first, Sun Long was at the back, but he fought and sped up! Unfortunately, when Sun Long competed with his opponent for a position, he was squeezed out and ranked at the bottom.
Wang Meng said, "Alas, I don't really want to talk!" However, the referee looked back at the video, and Sun Long was sentenced!
In the eighth group, Wu Dajing appeared and finally ranked 1st to advance. Wang Meng said, "Wu Dajing is really fast! The world record is his! ”
That is to say, the Chinese men's 3 all advanced, compared to the women's team in the 1000 meters all out, the men's team performed well. Short track speed skating women's 1000 meters, China's three-players Qu Chunyu, Han Yutong and Zhang Chutong all stopped in the quarterfinals, but also created the worst record in China's history in the project.