On February 16, 2022, Beijing time, the last competition day of the short track speed skating event of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the South Korean team sprinted strongly and won 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal in two events. Cui Minjing is comparable to Zhou Yang, the defending women's 1500m champion, and the Olympic record and world record of the event also belong to Cui Minjing. Hwang Daehyun led the South Korean team to win the silver medal in the men's 5,000m relay, because of the average strength of his teammates, Hwang Daxian was satisfied with the silver medal.
Short track speed skating has always been South Korea's dominant sport, but in the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle, the Korean team has undergone great changes, Lin Hyo-joon has left, Shen Shixi has been banned, and the overall strength of the South Korean team has dropped significantly.
At this Winter Olympics, South Korea made a bad start and once appealed on the issue of penalties. However, Hwang Dae-hyun won the men's 1500m, allowing the South Korean team to release some pressure and then start catching up.
Subsequently, Cui Minjing won the silver medal in the women's 1000 meters, and she shed tears after the game, indicating that she was very unwilling. As the leader of the Korean women's team, Choi Min-jin led the Korean team to win the silver medal in the women's 3000m relay, and his personal status was further improved.
On the closing day of short track speed skating, the Korean team sprinted strongly. First of all, Hwang Daehyun led the South Korean men's team to win the silver medal in the men's 5000m relay, and they were very satisfied with this result, after all, in addition to Hwang Daehyun, the other three Korean players have very general personal strength, do not have the same strength as Lin Hyo-joon, and the silver medal is already very good.
The final was the women's 1500m, and as the defending champion, Choi Min-jing was in excellent form and successful in tactics, and the South Korean team did not have infighting, and even played a cooperative. In the end, Cui Minjing played well and won the gold medal in the project, becoming another player after Zhou Yang to successfully defend her title in the project. In addition, Cui Minjing broke the Olympic record before, and her advantage in this project is indeed obvious.
With one gold medal and one silver medal on the closing day, the Korean team won 2 gold medals and 3 silver medals in the short track speed skating event, ranking first in the event. The results of China and the Netherlands are the same, both 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. This competition deserves a good summary, and it is time to make great efforts to cultivate young players.
Interestingly, according to reporter Zhou Chao, the South Korean media interviewed Ren Ziwei and asked him to say which South Korean player was the most impressed, and Ren Ziwei directly pointed out Huang Daxian's name. Ren Ziwei said that before he could not slip Huang Daxian, now there are back and forth, the two often tit-for-tat, but this time is more harmonious.
I believe that through this competition, China's short track speed skating will have a lot of gains, but also found a lot of deficiencies, the future continue to refuel!