On February 16, 2022, Beijing time, the short track competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics entered the final day, in the semifinals of the women's 1500 meters, Han Yutong followed south Korean star Cui Minjing, who entered the group A final in second place. Zhang Yuting won the 6th place in the group and missed the final of group A!
The women's 1500m is not the strong point of the Chinese team, which is the traditional advantage of the Korean team. Cui Minjing is the project's defending champions, and Li Youbin, who has topped the World Cup standings this season, are favourites for gold. Dutch star Shultin is the 2021 World Champion and second in the World Cup table, and she has to work hard to challenge the South Korean team.
The Group A finals are on the verge of breaking out. The final included Cui Minjing, Shu Erting, Fang Tana and others, and Han Yutong faced a severe test. After the start of the game, Cui Minjing and Han Yutong ranked in the top two, and Li Youbin quickly rose to the first place to lead the skate. With 11 laps left in the game, Han Yutong began to speed up the team, and Shultin followed her.
With seven laps left, Choi Min-jing regained the lead, with Han Yutong in second place. With 2 laps left, Fontana and Shultin overtook Han Yutong. In the final lap, Cui Minjing kept the lead and crossed the finish line, and Fontana and Shultin collided almost at the same time. Han Yutong was finally surpassed by many people, and crossed the finish line for the seventh time, with a time of 2:19.060.
Famous commentators Huang Jianxiang, short track speed skaters Wang Meng and Zhou Yang explained the competition. For the game, Han Yutong's first half of the force was then reversed, Wang Meng said bluntly: "Han Yutong's tactics we did not understand, like playing with Cui Minjing, we do not know how the coach arranged." Zhou Yang said: "Anyway, I didn't skate so much in the final." ”
In this way, in this last short track speed skating closing day, the Chinese team did not win a medal, which is a pity. Especially in the men's 5,000m relay event, young player Sun Long fell down with 13 laps left, causing the Chinese men's team, which was ranked third at the time, to lose the opportunity to compete for medals. Sun Long is very young, this experience may be a good thing for his growth, or need to give him space, come on, Sun Long!