On the evening of February 13, the Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating men's team chased the 1/4 final at the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon", and the Chinese team composed of Lian Ziwen, Wang Haotian and Xu Fu appeared in the 4th group (the last group) with the Russian Olympic team, and the final result was 3 minutes 52.25 seconds, ranking 8th among the 8 participating teams, and did not qualify for the semi-finals. It is worth mentioning that Ning Zhongyan, who was originally on the registration list and trained before the game, did not appear. Norway, the United States, the Russian Olympic team and the Netherlands advanced to the semifinals.
The team chase is the only collective event in the speed skating event, with 8 laps per team in the men's race and 6 laps in the women's race, recording the results according to the time when the last of the 3 debuting team members crossed the finish line. In the world cup of this season's speed skating in Norway last November, Ning Zhongyan, Wang Haotian and Lian Ziwen won gold in the men's sprint team pursuit (a non-Winter Olympic event).
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Zhao Xiaosong and Deng Wei
Editor Intern Editor Zhao Siyao
Process Editor Liu Weili
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