On February 13, 2022, the Winter Olympics short track speed skating competition continued, the Chinese team sent Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long to participate in the men's 500 meters event, the result was that Ren Ziwei and Sun Long were eliminated in the quarterfinals, only Wu Dajing advanced to the semifinals, this time the two main opponents passed, respectively, South Korea's Huang Daxian and Hungary's Liu Shaoang, Liu Shaolin was eliminated.
Short track speed skating men's 500 meters is the dominant event for the Chinese team, Wu Dajing won the gold medal in this event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, while he also held the world record and the Winter Olympic record, becoming the number one favorite to win the championship, and the other two Chinese players, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long, also have strong competitiveness, especially Ren Ziwei, who achieved double championships and won the gold medal in the mixed relay and the men's 1000 meters.
There are three main competitors, or familiar with those old opponents, South Korea's famous Huang Daxian, Hungarian brothers Liu Shaolin, Liu Shaoang, other players want to climb the podium is difficult, Huang Daxian won gold in the men's 1500 meters event, just last year Liu Shaoang won the men's 500 meters world championship, Liu Shaolin's impact should not be underestimated, the main focus is the performance of the Chinese team three.
The top two in each group and the two fastest top three in each group in the quarterfinals advanced to the semi-finals, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long in Group A, Ren Ziwei slid out of 40.714 seconds, Sun Long followed by 40.779 seconds, Kazakhstan's Nikisha and russian Olympic Committee player Sitnikov won the top two, Wu Dajing in Group B, leading the whole process to skate a time of 40.528 seconds, ranking first, Liu Shaolin out.
South Korea's Huang Daxian skated a time of 40.636 seconds in Group C, ranking second to advance, the Russian Olympic Committee player Ivryev top, Liu Shaoang won the first place in Group D, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long failed to become the fastest two top three, and were eventually eliminated.
Liu Shaolin's performance is average, only won the fourth place in the group, the same is not the semi-final, so many famous players will be cold out, it is indeed somewhat unexpected, then if there is no accident, the championship is still in Wu Dajing, Huang Daxian, Liu Shaoang three people to compete, but everyone's gap is not large, do not rule out the possibility of dark horses to stand out, 500 meters too fast to start is very critical.
Although Ren Ziwei is an Olympic champion and has shown strong strength in this Winter Olympics, there is indeed a certain degree of accident in the short track speed skating project, which especially tests the athletes' on-the-spot performance, and also hopes that Wu Dajing can continue to cheer and strive for better results.