On February 17, Beijing time, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating women's 1000 meters final fired at the "Ice Ribbon". The Chinese team had three finalists, Namely Yin Qi, Li Qishi and Jin Jingzhu. In the end, the three girls of the Chinese team passed by the medals, Li Qishi ranked 14th, Yin Qi ranked 15th, and Jin Jingzhu ranked 22nd. The championship was won by Miho Takagi of the Japanese team. It is worth mentioning that Miho Takagi, who appeared in the 13th group, skated a time of 1 minute 13.19 seconds, breaking the Olympic record set by Dutch Player Moss at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Some netizens joked, "The ice of the National Speed Skating Hall is different, and the field breaks records." The women's 1,000 meters of speed skating was once the dominant event for the Chinese team, and at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Zhang Hong, who participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, was a blockbuster. In the final, she started from the seventh group and finally defeated various strong opponents to win the championship, and won the first Olympic gold for the Chinese speed skating team. At the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, China's speed skating suffered a Waterloo and did not win gold medals in men's and women's events. At this Winter Olympics, Ning Zhongyan, who had high hopes, performed mediocrely in the men's 1500m final and failed to get the opening red for the Chinese team.
In the men's 500m final, world champion Gao Tingyu won the championship with an Olympic record-breaking result, and also helped the Chinese speed skating team win the first gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics. As the male players soared, the Chinese women's speed skating team also looked forward to a breakthrough. Before the women's 5,000 meters event, the Chinese team did not have the opportunity to stand on the podium, and before the Beijing Winter Olympics were about to close, the women's team's gold medallion came to the women's 1,000 meters event. Judging from the current competitive landscape of world speed skating, the Dutch team is still the unshakable traditional hegemon.
Especially in the long distance event, they have almost monopolized all the gold medals. In the women's 1000m competition, the Chinese team sent Yin Qi, Li Qishi and Jin Jingzhu, and the three players made significant progress in the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle, but there is still a gap with the world's top players. In the final, Yin Qi was in the fifth group, and in the end she skated 1 minute and 16 seconds, and Kim Kyung-joo, who started in the 9th group, had a time of 1 minute 16 seconds 9. Li Qishi played best among the 3 Chinese players, and her time was 1:15.99.
The results of the Chinese team in the women's speed skating 1000 meters final disappointed netizens. Some people said that this project once won the gold medal, but now it can't even enter the top ten, is the coaching level declining or the team members lacking ability? With the lack of medals in this event, it also means that the dream of the Chinese women's speed skating team to win a medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics has been shattered. In just two Olympic cycles, the competitiveness of the Chinese team has fallen from defending champions to the top ten, what do you think is the reason?
(Luo Treasurer)