At 4:30 p.m. on February 18, the final of the men's 1000 meters of speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics will be held in the "Ice Ribbon" of the National Speed Skating Hall, after failing to play at the best in the individual main event of 1500 meters, and ning Zhongyan, who only won the 7th place, will play again and strive for good results.
Compared with 1500 meters, 1000 meters is considered to be a sub-item of Ning Zhongyan. In this season's World Cup, he participated in the 1000m final three times, including winning gold in the last leg of Canada, becoming the first Chinese player to win the event in the world championship. However, in that race, many 1,000-meter masters were absent from the competition while earning enough points to participate in the Winter Olympics. In addition, the 22-year-old Ning Zhongyan finished 8th and 4th respectively in the 1000m races in Poland and Norway this season.
Another Chinese player who will play in the tournament is 23-year-old Lian Ziwen, who is 27th in the overall World Cup table this season. Previously, Lian Ziwen participated in the 1500 meters and team chase events in the "Ice Ribbon", and won the 27th and 8th places respectively.
According to the latest updated starting order, Ning Zhongyan will play in group 14 (penultimate group) with Dutch star Hein Otterspier, and Lian Ziwen will start with Polish Peter Michalski in group 4.
The Dutch athletes in the men's 1000m event have a certain collective advantage, and Ness and Krul, who previously won the 1500m championship and runner-up of the Winter Olympics, and Otterspier, who played in the same group as Ning Zhongyan, have the strength to rush gold. In addition, Canada's Dibreuil, Norway's Havar Lorensen, etc. should not be underestimated, it is worth mentioning that the world record holder of the project, the Russian Olympic team Player Pavel Kuryzhnekov will also participate.