Last weekend, the 2022 Short Track Speed Skating World Championships ended in Montreal, Canada. In the absence of many famous players, Liu Shaoang and Cui Minjing, two Olympic champions, were crowned "four champions" at the World Championships. Liu Shaoang won four gold medals in the men's individual event, and Choi Min-jing won the women's 1000 meters, 1500 meters, all-around three gold medals and led the Korean women's team to win the gold medal in the 3000 meters relay.
In the absence of the Chinese and Russian teams, Liu Shaolin's early start of vacation mode and Huang Daxian's temporary withdrawal from the new crown, the men's competition at this World Championship is indeed star-studded. Whether it is his own state or strength, Liu Shaoang, who has just won the gold medal in the men's 500 meters at the Beijing Winter Olympics, is quite prominent in the world championships registration list, and in the end he can win all four gold medals in the men's individual events 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters and all-around events, which is also an expected result. After all, at last year's World Championships in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, Liu Shaoang won the men's all-around and 500 meters gold medals and 1000 meters silver medals, showing his competitiveness for gold medals in many events. At this World Championship, Liu Shaoang not only maintained the previous advantages in the 500 meters and 1000 meters, but also in the 1500 meters competition, which was not good at it, he also forced The Canadian Player Dion to win the championship, adding icing on the cake.
Even if Liu Shaoang has good strength, it is not easy to win four gold medals in the compact two-day schedule of the World Championships, and for the first time, he participated without a coach and his brother Liu Shaolin, and he also admitted that he made a lot of efforts to maintain his concentration and overcome the physical and mental exhaustion at the end of the season, and even had to put on headphones before the game to turn up the volume of music before the game to ensure that he would not fall asleep. Although the lineup of the last two short track speed skating world championships has been absent, Liu Shaoang has never let the gold medal he deserved lose, coupled with the previous victory at the Beijing Winter Olympics, only 24-year-old Liu Shaoang is also destined to become the most noteworthy player in the Milan cycle men's short track speed skating.
In addition to Liu Shaoang winning the gold medal in individual events, the South Korean men's team, which has always had the advantage of the group, still won the gold medal in the 5,000-meter relay in the absence of the main player Hwang Daehyun. Young players Lee Joon-sui and veteran Guo Runqi have also won in their own individual projects, which also shows that the strength of the Korean men's team still exists. Canadian star Dion has won 2 silver and a relay bronze medal at the World Championships, and he is also expected to succeed Hameling, who ushered in the curtain battle at the World Championships, as the new generation leader of the Canadian men's team.
In the absence of Dutch star Shultin, the women's world championships are seen as a "two-person transfer" between South Korean Olympic champion Choi Min-jing and Canada's Kim Butin. In the end, in addition to Cui Minjing's failure to advance to the final of Group A in the 500 meters, the women's 1000 meters, 1500 meters, and all-around all-around all-took kim butting to win the championship, and also led the South Korean women's team to defeat the Canadian women's team to win the gold medal in the 3000 meters relay.
Choi Min-jing was able to win three gold medals in the individual event and the Korean women's team won the relay gold medal, which was also the expected result of Schultin's absence. After all, Cui Minjing still has an advantage in the women's 1000 meters and 1500 meters, and from the Beijing Winter Olympics, almost only Shu Erting's strength and state are above her. In addition to Choi Min Jing, South Korean young player Xu Huimin also won the bronze medal in the 1500 meters, as for the end of the ban, the comeback of Shen Shixi, although the personal project state did not reach the best, but still appeared in the relay lineup, but also proved that her state also began to enter a new stable track, but with Choi Min Jing's sister dispute, she is still temporarily inferior in personal events. At the intersection of the Beijing cycle and the Milan cycle, the South Korean women's team also has a trend of rising status, and its team combat ability should not be underestimated under the premise of solving the competitive cooperation between Choi Min-jing and Shen Shixi.
At this World Championships, the result of winning five silver medals is still a bit of a pity for Kim Butting, who played at home, especially in the 500-meter race with her world record, which was stolen by Dutch teenager Verzepol, and so far in her career, she has not been on the highest podium of the Winter Olympics and World Championships. As for the Dutch women's team without Schulting, there are still many medals in this World Championship, especially the emergence of the 21-year-old 21-year-old Vertsport who has won in four events, and with the two strong players schultin and Verzepol, the Dutch women's team will put more pressure on the Chinese and Korean teams in the Milan cycle.