On February 19, the Beijing Winter Olympics continued, the last day of the speed skating competition, in the speed skating men's collective departure final, Ning Zhongyan played. In the end, Ning Zhongyan won the 8th place, and this Winter Olympics could not achieve the goal and did not get on the podium.
In the previous semi-finals, Ning Zhongyan tried his best in front of the finish line, ranked 3rd in the group, and successfully advanced to the final, with a total of 16 runners in the final, a total of 16 slides.
At the beginning of the final, Ning Zhongyan started in the middle position, the front 2 laps, everyone was still smoothly sliding, mainly stable;
On the 3rd lap, Ning Zhongyan crossed the line 11th;
The first sprint point, Ning Zhongyan crossed the line 12th, Ichido Shotaro took the lead in the sprint point and scored 3 points, and Odor and Bergsma scored 2 points and 1 point respectively.
After 5 laps, Ning Zhongyan came to the 8th place;
In the second sprint point, Ryosuke Tsuchiya scored 3 points, Swains scored 2 points, and Wenger scored 1 point.
In the 9th round, Ning Zhongyan ranked seventh;
On lap 11, Ning Zhongyan ranked 12th, and the players began to accelerate;
In the third sprint point, Ryosuke Tsuchiya scored 3 points, Bergsma 2 points, and Swains scored 1 point.
On lap 14, Ning Zhongyan ranked 12th, still following the big troops.
On lap 15, Ning Zhongyan rushed to the 7th position;
In the last lap of the sprint, Ning Zhongyan was stuck in the middle, unable to break through, and finally ranked 8th, missing the podium.
This is Ning Zhongyan's last event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, after he had returned home consecutively from the podium, finishing 5th in the men's 1000 meters of speed skating, and only 0.12 seconds away from the third bronze medal, a small gap. In the men's 1500 meters, Ning Zhongyan finished 7th. In the men's team pursuit event, Ning Zhongyan and the Chinese team achieved a result of 8th place.
For Ning Zhongyan, who is 22, he has paid a lot for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and his foreign coach in charge also praised his disciples for working very hard and being extremely self-disciplined, which is why Ning Zhongyan is today. Unfortunately, in the first few projects, Ning Zhongyan was very sorry that he did not get on the podium.
This time to his last project men's collective departure final, Ning Zhongyan regretted not standing on the podium, won the 8th place, very regrettably, in this Beijing Winter Olympics, Ning Zhongyan did not achieve his goal of winning the top three.