On the evening of February 16, Beijing time, the short track speed skating event of the Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the final day, the most concerned men's 5000 meters relay Group A final, and finally the Chinese relay team fell off the track on lap 11, the performance of 6 minutes 51 seconds 68 won the fifth, Canada won the gold medal, the South Korean team won the silver medal, and the Italian team won the bronze medal.
So far in this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team has achieved the best results in the short track speed skating event, winning 2 gold medals, 1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal, of course, there is still a certain gap from the best result of the single Winter Olympics, tonight the men's team fully impacted the gold medal in the 5000-meter relay.
In the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team won the bronze and silver medals in the project respectively, and this Winter Olympics played at home, hoping to go to a higher level and turn the medal into a gold medal, which is not difficult to achieve.
In the previous semi-final stage, the Chinese relay team composed of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Li Wenlong and Sun Long once passed the finish line last, and the final referee ruled that Li Wenlong fell to the ground after being kicked by the opponent, and the Chinese team was awarded to the final of Group A and will compete with Canada, Italy, South Korea and the Russian Olympic Committee.
According to the position, the Chinese team ranked 5th, closest to the sideline, south Korea's 1st lane, the Russian Olympic Committee team 2nd lane, Canada's 3rd lane, Italy's 4th lane.
The first stick of the Chinese team was Ren Ziwei, who then finished fifth after departure, and there were 35 laps left, the South Korean team continued to lead the way, and the Chinese team continued to follow closely behind. There are still 30 laps, the Chinese team surpassed the Italian team to rise to the fourth, the South Korean team still led the slide, there are still 17 laps in the game, Wu Dajing sent force to help the Chinese team rise to the third, to the 14th lap, Li Wenlong was knocked out of the track, has not been able to catch up with the front, to this commentator Wang Mao: "I can't scold anymore, I don't want to say it."
In the end, the Canadian team overwhelmed the South Korean team, the first to pass the finish line, the result was 6 minutes 41 seconds 25, the whole team embraced the carnival celebration, the Chinese team successfully skated, and finally ranked fifth, compared to the previous silver medal, the result is too different, Wang Meng is very disappointed.