The Chinese team won the short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics
Mixed team 2000m relay gold medal
Ren Ziwei won the gold medal in the men's 1000m short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics
The "Ace Division" Chinese short track speed skating team will attack the gold medals in the women's 3000m relay, the men's 500m and the men's 5000m relay after winning the mixed team 2000m relay and the men's 1000m double gold.
So, how difficult is it to win gold for these three projects? What strong opponents will the Chinese short track speed skating team encounter? Let's take a look.~
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Short track speed skating
The short track speed skating events of the Beijing Winter Olympics are divided into men's and women's individual competitions and team competitions, with a total of 9 sub-events, which will produce 9 gold medals. Among them, the men's and women's individual events are: men's/women's 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters; team events are: women's 3000 meters relay, men's 5000 meters relay and the new mixed team 2000 meters relay at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Image from the website of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee
Among them, the men's/women's 500 meters are short distance events. Due to the short glide distance (4 and a half laps of gliding), the speed is fast, and the grab, overtaking, and collision are all "commonplace", so it is the most exciting and suspenseful project in short track speed skating!
The women's 3000m relay and the men's 5000m relay are both team events. In the relay race, individual gliding technique and speed are important, but the tacit cooperation and tactical application between teammates are the "king road" of the relay race.
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Rush gold hotspots
Among the 10 members of the Chinese short track speed skating team at this Winter Olympic Games, there are veterans such as Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Fan Kexin, Han Yutong and other veterans who have participated in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, as well as young players such as Li Wenlong and Zhang Yuting who have participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time.
After winning the mixed team 2000m relay and the men's 1000m double gold, the Chinese short track speed skating team will fully attack the gold medals in the women's 3000m relay, men's 500m and men's 5000m relay.
So, in these three projects, what strong opponents will this "ace division" with the old and the new will encounter?
Short track speed skating women's 3000m relay
Chinese Short Track Speed Skating Team "Four Golden Flowers"
In the semi-finals of the women's 3000 meters of short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics, facing the powerful Dutch women's team and the Canadian women's team, the Chinese short track speed skating team "four golden flowers" - Han Yutong, Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin, Zhang Yuting were not afraid, with zero mistakes of sliding action, clever tactics and tacit cooperation, with a score of 4 minutes 04.383 seconds successfully advanced to the women's 3000 meters relay Group A final.
In the final, the main competitors of the "Four Golden Flowers" are: the Dutch women's team led by Suzanne Schulting, the runner-up in the short track speed skating women's 500 meters at the Winter Olympics, the Canadian women's team led by Kim Boutin, and the South Korean women's team led by Choi Min-jin are all strong and difficult to rush gold.
Tournament schedule
Olympic Winter Games
February 13
19：44
Short Track Speed Skating Women's 3000m Relay (Final A)
Gold runners: Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, etc
Short track speed skating men's 500 meters
In the men's 500m preliminaries for short track speed skating, Wu Dajing, the 2018 Winter Olympic champion of the Pyeongchang Olympics, and Ren Ziwei, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics men's 1000m champion, both played well, advancing with a time of 40.230 seconds and 40.669 seconds.
Wu Dajing, short track speed skating men's 500m champion at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Wu Dajing won the short track speed skating men's 500m title at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with a time of 39.584 seconds and broke the world record. At this Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing relied on his excellent sprinting ability to help the Chinese short track speed skating team to mention the mixed team 2000m relay gold medal.
Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating men's 1000m champion Ren Ziwei
Ren Ziwei can be described as the "gold rusher" of the Chinese short track speed skating team at this Winter Olympics, and has won two gold medals in the mixed team 2000 meters relay and the men's 1000 meters.
Beijing Winter Olympics Short Track Speed Skating Men's 500m Preliminary Round Wu Dajing (Front)
Looking at the performance of Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei in the preliminary round, the two of them are very hopeful that they will both advance to the final of the men's 500m Group A, adding "double insurance" to this gold medal.
Beijing Winter Olympics Short Track Speed Skating Men's 500m Preliminary Round Ren Ziwei (Part 2)
In the electric flint and suspenseful short track speed skating men's 500m final, Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei's main competitors were: Hungary's Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang, and South Korea's Huang Daxian.
20：14
Short Track Speed Skating Men's 500m (Final A)
Gold Rush players: Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei
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Short track speed skating men's 5000m relay
Short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics in the semi-finals of the men's 5000m relay
The Chinese team and the Canadian team have led the way
In the semi-finals of the men's 5000m relay in short track speed skating, the Chinese team composed of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Li Wenlong and Sun Long advanced to the final of Group A of the project, adding another gold point for the Chinese delegation.
In the semifinals, the Chinese team and the Canadian team have led the way, just when people thought that the Chinese team was promoted to a ten-to-nine stable, an accident occurred ~
Li Wenlong fell unexpectedly
With 12 laps left, Li Wenlong touched the Canadian skate and fell out of the track with an unstable center of gravity. The backward Chinese team did not give up on this, but insisted on sliding the whole course, tried its best to achieve the 4th place in the group, and was finally sentenced to the final of Group A.
The men's 5000m relay is the longest team event in short track speed skating, and the four team members need to skate 45 laps, the distance is long and the number of laps is a comprehensive test of athletes' sliding, explosiveness, physical fitness and cooperation between teammates.
In the Final of Group A, the Chinese team will compete with Canada, Italy and South Korea, and the fierce competition and the difficulty of rushing gold can be imagined.
February 16
20：44
Short Track Speed Skating Men's 5000m Relay (Final A)
Li Wenlong, Sun Long
The charm of short track speed skating is: I don't know who is the champion until the last moment ~ Who will spend the gold medals in the short track speed skating women's 3000m relay, men's 500m and men's 5000m relay at the Beijing Winter Olympics? Can the "ace division" of the Chinese short track speed skating team win the gold boom again? Let's wait and see!
Chinese Winter Olympic athletes
Come on, come on, come on!
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