The hungarian team of the men's 500m short track speed skating team Liu Shaoang won the championship Wu Dajing had no chance to defend the title

Beijing, February 13 (China News Network) (Reporter Xing Chong, Zhang Su, Xu Pengpeng, Mao Jianjun, Cui Nan) The men's 500-meter short track speed skating final of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held on the 13th, and Hungary's Liu Shaoang won the championship in 40.33 seconds. Wu Dajing, the winner of the project at the last Winter Olympics and a famous Chinese player, ranked third in the semi-finals of group A, and he skated 41.157 seconds in the final of group B to finish first.

The picture shows Wu Dajing in the game. China News Service reporter Cui Nan photographed

Competition in this Winter Olympics is fierce. In the preliminary round, Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long all advanced to the final, but in the quarterfinals first held on the 13th, in addition to Wu Dajing's successful promotion to the first place in the group, the other two Chinese players failed to break through and stopped there.

In the semi-finals, Wu Dajing was placed in the "Death Group", in the same group as Hungary's Liu Shaoang and South Korea's Huang Daxian, and the degree of competition was "comparable to the final".

In the semi-finals, Wu Dajing was in the third lane, and after the gunshot, there were runners rushing to run; starting again, Wu Dajing grabbed the third place, and in the second half, despite his full acceleration, he still failed to surpass the previous players, and finally ranked third in the group with 40.478 seconds, failing to enter the final of Group A.

In the Final of Group B, Wu Dajing kept the lead after setting off, and finally took the lead in 41.157 seconds. In the Group A final that followed later, Liu Shaoang quickly grabbed the leading position after starting, did not give his opponent any chance in the whole process, and crossed the finish line in 40.33 seconds. The Russian Olympic Committee team Konstantin and Canada's DuBois won silver and bronze medals respectively.

At present, the world record and Olympic record holder of the project is still Wu Dajing. He skated 39.584 seconds at the last PyeongChang Winter Olympics to win the championship, also setting an Olympic record. (End)