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Short track four continents Sailin Xiaoyun withdrew, Zhang Chutong won bronze in the 500m, and the women's relay China team fouled

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Short track four continents Sailin Xiaoyun withdrew, Zhang Chutong won bronze in the 500m, and the women's relay China team fouled

Beijing time on November 12, the 2022-2023 season ISU short track speed skating four continents competition ended on the second day of competition in Salt Lake City, USA. Lin Xiaoyun withdrew again, for unknown reasons, in the women's 500m Group A final, Zhang Chutong won the bronze medal, Gongli fifth, the men's 500m Group A final, Zhong Yuchen finished fourth. In the semifinals of the women's 3000m relay, the Chinese team fouled out, and in the semifinals of the men's 5000m relay, the Chinese team ranked second in the group and successfully advanced to the final of Group A.

In this competition, naturalized athlete Lin Xiaoyun made a comeback and participated in three individual events: 500m, 1000m and 1500m, and successfully advanced. However, on the first final day, Lin Xiaoyun did not play and withdrew again, for unknown reasons.

Short track four continents Sailin Xiaoyun withdrew, Zhang Chutong won bronze in the 500m, and the women's relay China team fouled

In the women's 500m Group A final, China's Gong Li and Zhang Chutong were shortlisted. After the start of the match, Shen Xixi, who started in the inner road, grabbed the first place, and the two American players made physical contact, and the players were recalled. After the referee fired again, Shen Xixi came to the first, Zhang Chutong third, and Gongli fifth.

After a lap, Shen Xixi slipped very fiercely, Santos followed, and Zhang Chutong and Gongli chased closely behind. On the last lap, Shen Xixi held the line and did not give the opponent any chance to overtake, and finally won the championship with a time of 43.273 seconds, Santos won the second place in 43.302 seconds, and Zhang Chutong won the third place in 43.503 seconds, which was the first medal won by the Chinese team in this event, and Gongli finished fourth in 43.686 seconds. In the final of Group B, Wang happily finished fifth.

Short track four continents Sailin Xiaoyun withdrew, Zhang Chutong won bronze in the 500m, and the women's relay China team fouled

There were five finalists in the men's 500m Group A, including three Canadian athletes, with Justin Chung coming first. After the start of the race, Du Boyce grabbed the first place, followed by Justin Zhong, the two competed very fiercely, after a lap, Justin Zhong almost overtook it, but was quickly overtaken by Du Boyce.

On the last lap, Justin Chung made a small mistake in the corner, and was overtaken by his opponent one after another, Du Bois skated very strongly, hitting the line first, Maxim Lawn did not collide when he came out of the last corner, but accidentally fell, but he fell the finish line second, Andrew Theo of the United States reached the finish line third, and Justin Zhong reached the finish line fifth.

Short track four continents Sailin Xiaoyun withdrew, Zhang Chutong won bronze in the 500m, and the women's relay China team fouled

After the match, the referee repeatedly watched the replay, and finally ruled that Lawne was fouled, and the runner-up result was canceled, so that Du Boyce won the championship in 40.316 seconds, Andrew Theo finished second in 40.687 seconds, Dion finished third in 41.482 seconds, and Justin Zhong finished fourth in 41.550 seconds. In the final of Group B, Li Kun won the first place in 41.412 seconds.

Short track four continents Sailin Xiaoyun withdrew, Zhang Chutong won bronze in the 500m, and the women's relay China team fouled

In the women's 1500m Group A final, Canada's Saralt won the championship with a time of 2:25.614, with Santos of the United States as the runner-up and South Korea's Choi Minjing as the third-place. Zhang Chutong skated a time of 2:27.509 and finished sixth. In the final of Group B, Jia Huiling and Wang Xinran won the top two places.

In the men's 1500m Group A final, South Korea's won the championship, Park Ji-won won in 2:16.409, Hong Kyung-hwan finished second in 2:16.471, and Canada's Du Boyce finished third. In the final of Group B, Liu Guanyi won the first place with a final lap of overtake.

Short track four continents Sailin Xiaoyun withdrew, Zhang Chutong won bronze in the 500m, and the women's relay China team fouled

In the semifinals of the women's 3,000m relay, the Chinese team composed of Gong Li, Jia Huiling, Wang Xinran and Zhang Chutong accidentally fell before the final handover, was judged to be fouled and failed to advance, South Korea ranked first, Kazakhstan second, and the two teams advanced to the final of Group A.

In the semifinals of the men's 5000m relay, the Chinese team composed of Li Kun, Liu Guanyi, Song Jiahua and Zhong Yuchen skated relatively steadily, ranking second in the group in 7:08.123 and successfully advancing to the final of Group A, while the South Korean team ranked first in 7:07.772.

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