On February 12, Beijing time, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the 8th medal day competition, and a total of 6 gold medals will be produced on this competition day, of which 5 gold medals have been determined. Gao Tingyu broke the Olympic record in the men's 500m event of speed skating to help the Chinese team win the fourth gold medal of this Winter Olympic Games; Norway won two consecutive gold medals, and the United States and the Russian Olympic Committee won one gold medal each. In terms of medal tables, although the Chinese team ended a three-day gold medal drought, China still ranked 7th in the medal table compared with yesterday; at the same time, Norway surpassed Germany to reach the top after winning 2 consecutive gold medals, and the total number of medals of 17 also ranked first in all countries; the United States won 1 gold medal today, and while winning 5 gold medals with the Netherlands and Sweden, it once again entered the top 3 with the advantage of silver medals.
speed skating
◊ Men's 500 U.S.
The final of the men's 500 meters of speed skating ended this afternoon, china's Gao Tingyu and Poland's Damian Jourek played in group 7, and finally Gao Tingyu broke the Olympic record with a time of 34.32 seconds to win the championship, helping the Chinese team win the fourth gold medal in the Winter Olympics, and the first Olympic gold medal in the history of Chinese men's speed skating, and another Chinese player Yang Tao finally ranked 21st. South Korea's Che Minkui finished second behind 0.07 seconds, and Japan's Mori Shigehashi won the bronze medal.
Biathlon
✪ Men's 10 km short distance
The biathlon men's 10 km sprint event was also contested this afternoon. Norway's Johannes Tinnes Boou won the title with a time of 24 minutes 0.4 seconds, winning the second gold medal and the third medal of the Winter Olympics; France's Contan-Fillon Mayer won the silver medal in 24 minutes 25.9 seconds; and the bronze medalist was Johannes Tinnes Boou's brother Taji Boou, also from Norway. Chinese players Cheng Fangming, Yan Xingyuan, Zhang Chunyu and Zhu Xiaoyu competed in the event, ranking 32nd, 60th, 76th and 81st respectively.
Cross-country skiing
✪ Women's 4×5 km relay
The final of the women's 4x5 km relay for cross-country skiing was played at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country SkiIng Center, and in the end, the Russian Olympic Committee team, consisting of Yulia Stupak, Natalia Neplyaeva, Tatyana Solina and Veronica Stepanova, won the championship in 53:41.0, while Germany and Sweden won silver and bronze in 53:59.2 and 54:01.7 respectively. The Chinese team, composed of Chi Chunxue, Li Xin, Bayani Garin and Ma Qinghua, finished 10th in 57:49.7, setting the best chinese team in the event.
Ski jumping
✪ Men's personal jump
The final of the men's individual jump at the Winter Olympics was contested tonight, with Norway's Lindwick scoring 144.8 points in the first round and 151.3 points in the final round, and in the end, winning the championship with a total score of 296.1 points helped the Norwegian team win today's second gold medal; Japan's Kobayashi Lingyu won the silver medal with a total score of 292.8 points; and the bronze medalist was Germany's Gegel with a total score of 281.3 points.
The snowboard slalom chase mixed team competition was contested this morning for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place and final, in which the United States team led by Jacobellis defeated the Italian team led by the women's pursuit steeplechase champion mojoli at the last Winter Olympics to win the championship, which was also the first gold medal in the history of the American team in the event; Glendin's Canada won the bronze medal.