The Beijing Winter Olympics continued to unfold, and short track speed skating ushered in the men's 500 meters competition, in which mainland chinese players Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long successfully advanced. For this project, we also have the impact strength, with the defending champion Wu Dajing, and the 2 gold player Ren Ziwei this year. However, in the quarter-finals, there was a big upset, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long were all out, and only Wu Dajing successfully advanced.
The competition for the 500 meters is also very fierce, and due to the short distance, it is necessary to occupy a favorable position at the beginning, otherwise it will be difficult to follow. In the quarter-finals, mainland players Ren Ziwei and Sun Long were in the same group, after the departure of the two Chinese players failed to grab the top two positions, Kazakhstan and Russia Olympic Committee players rushed to the front, Ren Ziwei in the back of the hard chase, once had the opportunity to surpass the inside, but unfortunately failed to achieve their wishes. In the end, Ren Ziwei was third in the group with 714 seconds, and Sun Long was in the last place, so all 2 of them were eliminated.
The unexpected exit of Ren Ziwei and Sun Long also made the pressure of Chong Jin come to Wu Dajing, which was also his advantage project. In the quarter-finals, he appeared in the second group, with the Hungarian famous Liu Shaolin in the same group, after the departure, Wu Dajing successfully grabbed the leading position, and then he held the line very well, kept the lead, and finally ranked first in the group with a time of 40.528 seconds and directly advanced. Liu Shaolin, who was in the same group, ranked fourth in the group and also failed to advance to the semifinals.
The subsequent 1500m gold medalist and South Korea's Hwang Dae-hyun, who also came out, was also almost out, and with the surpass of the final impact moment, he ranked second in the group with 40.636 seconds, which was also a thrilling promotion.
In the following semi-finals, Wu Dajing can only fight alone, hoping that he can continue his previous excellent state and attack the gold medal for the Chinese delegation.