On the afternoon of February 19, Beijing time, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the speed skating collective departure competition, and the semi-final to the final competition will be held. In the men's group departure semi-finals, China's Ning Zhongyan appeared in the first group and finally won the third place in the group to advance smoothly; another Chinese player, Wang Haotian, appeared in the second group and finally won the 12th place in the group, missing the final. The final will take place at 16:30.
Speed Skating Men's Group Departure Semifinals Promotion Rules: 30 athletes are divided into 2 groups, and the top 8 athletes in each group semifinals enter the final. 15 runners start together, a total of 16 laps of the race, sprint every four laps, the athletes who complete the sprint are ranked to get sprint points, the top three in the last lap can be directly promoted with higher finish sprint points, and the rest of the runners are ranked by the total sprint points.
In the first group of competitions, China's Ning Zhongyan appeared, and in the first 4 laps, Ning Zhongyan followed the big troops, rushed to the fourth place, and then maintained the position in the middle of the big troops. Ning Zhongyan's tactics are to rush into the top three with absolute strength, and he did not choose to grab sprint points in the first 12 laps. In the last two laps, Ning Zhongyan stabilized in the fourth position, began to try to surpass forward, and finally won 20 points with a third result, directly advancing to the final.
In the second group of competitions, China's Wang Haotian appeared, in the first fourteen laps of the competition, Wang Haotian ranked in the second group of the big troops, and in the last two laps, he followed the big troops to start sprinting, but he did not have the opportunity to sprint points throughout the whole process, and finally won the 12th place in the group, and did not qualify for the final.