On the evening of February 16, in the semi-finals of the short track speed skating women's 1500 meters at the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's Han Yutong successfully advanced to the final with the second place in the group, and Zhang Chutong and Zhang Yuting regrettably eliminated and missed the final.
Han Yutong and Zhang Yuting appeared in the third group, zhang Yuting grabbed the second position in the opening game, and Han Yutong was in the seventh place. Subsequently, Zhang Yuting always stabilized in the second position. With two laps left in the game, Han Yutong accelerated his overtaking to the second place, and finally Han Yutong crossed the line in the second place, and successfully advanced to the final with a time of 2 minutes 17.12 seconds. Choi Min-ching of South Korea broke China's Zhou Yang's Olympic record of 2:16.993 at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver with a time of 2:16.85.
Han Yutong
In addition, the young player Zhang Chutong took the lead in the first group, and Zhang Chutong did not raise his speed in the opening scene, but just followed closely behind all opponents. When the race came to the fourth lap, Zhang Chutong surpassed the outside road to the first place and alternately led the way with italy's famous FangTana. With the last four laps of the race, Zhang Chutong collided with other players on the straight and fell to the last place.