On February 16, Beijing time, the closing day of the winter Olympics short track speed skating, the women's 1500m Group A final, South Korea's Choi MinJing defeated Fontana and Shultin to win the championship! Cui Minjing completed the defense of the title and was ecstatic after the game.
In the quarter-finals, Zhang Yuting and Han Yutong both won the third place in the group and directly advanced to the semi-finals, and although they won the fourth place in the group, they also successfully advanced to the semi-finals by relying on Xiao Q. The real test has only just begun.
In the semi-finals, Zhang Chutong ranked 7th in the first group of strong players, and did not qualify for the final, and Canada's Kim Butin and South Korea's Kim Yalang were also out. In the second group, the championship favourite Shultin easily won the first place. In the third group, the championship favorite Cui Minjing also successfully won the first place, breaking the Olympic record in 2 minutes 16.83 seconds. Han Yutong and Zhang Yuting joined forces to play, in the third group of stable performance, Zhang Yuting scored well, but this group is too fast, did not qualify for the final, Han Yutong domineering to achieve the second promotion of the group.
In the final, there were seven Chinese han yutong in lane 2, cui minjing in lane 1, teammate Li Youbin in lane 6, Shultin in lane 4, teammate Berceb in lane 3, Italian veteran Fontana in lane 7, and Belgian black Mahanna Demei in lane 5.
At the beginning of the game, the Chinese team Han Yutong skated proactively, has been competing for medals, and followed Cui Minjing into the sprint stage. In the final competition, the powerful Fontana and Shultin caught up, and the 3 favorites competed for the championship, and in the end, Cui Minjing did not give the opponent any chance and successfully won the championship. Han Yutong eventually ranked 7th. Fontana and Schultin finished second and third, respectively.
In this way, the short track speed skating competition of the Winter Olympics is over! The Chinese team finally won 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze!