On February 13, Beijing time, the most exciting short track speed skating men's 500 meters competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics was launched. In the end, Liu Shaoang from Hungary won the gold medal with a time of 40.33 seconds, and only Wu Dajing of the Chinese team reached the semifinals, but ultimately missed the final of Group A, although he won the first place in Group B, but he could only rank sixth in the overall result.
In the previous competition, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long of the Chinese team did not qualify for the semi-finals, and only Wu Dajing successfully advanced. However, Wu Dajing only finished third in the group in the semifinals and regrettably missed the opportunity to enter the final of Group A. In the final of Group A, Hungary's Liu Shaoang appeared in the first lane, along with Kazakhstan's Abuzar Azhgaliev, Canada's Dubois, Italy's Sigil and the Russian Olympic Committee's Pavel Sitnikov, the top three in this group will win medals, so everyone is very nervous, the first shot also appeared to rush, the players made a slight adjustment, the game continued.
After the start of the game, due to the advantage of occupying the inner road, Liu Shaoang from Hungary has been in a leading position, but the players who can enter the final of Group A are not weak, and the opponents behind Liu Shaoang are also looking for opportunities to complete the surpass, but Liu Shaoang still clings to the inner road and does not let the opponent easily surpass. By the time there were 3 laps left in the game, Liu Shaoang still maintained the lead, even if other players fell on the field, it did not affect him at all, and finally Liu Shaoang withstood the pressure and won the precious gold medal in 40.33 seconds, and the silver and bronze medals were won by the Russian Olympic team and the Canadian team respectively.
There was no pressure in the Group B final attended by China's Wu Dajing, who led the whole game and finally won the first place in Group B with a time of 41.157 seconds, but the overall result could only be ranked sixth. Although Wu Dajing did not enter the final of Group A, the majority of netizens were still very supportive of him. After the game, netizens did not forget to encourage Wu Dajing while congratulating Liu Shaoang on winning the gold, and netizens said: "To be able to stand on this field is already a hero, winning or losing is a common thing for soldiers, just show your strength."