On February 19, Beijing time, the speed skating competition of the Winter Olympics was completed. The 14 medals in this competition belonged to each other, and in the end, the Chinese team ranked 7th with 1 gold, tied with Belgium. The Netherlands 6 gold 4 silver 2 bronze is worthy of being the first speed skating power. Overall, the Chinese team was able to win 1 gold thanks to Gao Tingyu, but the overall competitiveness needs to be improved.
Speed skating has a total of 14 gold medals, which is the most gold medal produced in the Winter Olympics. On the last match day, in the men's group departure final, China's Ning Zhongyan won the 12th place, Belgium's Swains won the championship, South Korea's Jeong Jae-won silver medal, and South Korea's Lee Seung-hoon won the bronze medal.
In the women's collective departure event, Li Qishi of the Chinese team ranked 10th, Guo Danai ranked 14th, and the Dutch star Shaoten successfully won the championship! This is her third personal gold for this Winter Olympics.
In the end, the Dutch team became the big winner of speed skating, winning 6 of the 14 gold medals, a total of 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze, worthy of being the first power in speed skating. Moreover, in this Winter Olympics, all 8 gold medals of the Dutch delegation came from skating, and the other two were short track speed skating.
Sweden is the only country other than the Netherlands to win more than one gold medal in the gold medal table in the speed skating event. The other 6 gold medals were won by Canada, Japan, Norway, the United States, Belgium and China!
The Chinese team relied on Gao Tingyu to win the gold medal, helping the Chinese team to occupy the 7th place in the speed skating event. The South Korean team won 2 silver and 2 bronze, ranking 9th. All in all, the Chinese team has made a major breakthrough in the speed skating arena this time, but the overall competitiveness needs to be improved.