Original title: Short track four continents Serin Xiaocheng returned, played in three individual events all advanced, and two entered the repechage
Beijing time on November 11, the 2022-2023 ISU Short Track Speed Skating Four Continents Championship ended the first day of competition in Salt Lake City. Naturalized athlete Lin Xiaocheng returned from injury, he finished second in the 500m group stage, fourth in the 1500m 1/4 final, and first in the 1000m group stage, all three individual events advanced to the next round. Li Kun was shortlisted in the 500m and Song Jiahua was shortlisted for the repechage in the 1000m.
The Four Continents Championships is the third event of the new season of short track speed skating, the first two World Cups, the Chinese team step by step, the state has improved, especially the last foreign Salt Lake City station, the Chinese team won the mixed 2000m relay gold medal and the men's 5000m relay bronze medal in Lin Xiaocheng's absence due to injury.
At the continental championships on Thursday, Lin Xiaocheng returned and will compete in the 500m, 1000m and 1500m events. If you are in good health, you will also participate in the relay race.
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In the men's 500m group race, Lin Xiaocheng joined hands with Li Kun and Zhong Yuchen to compete. In the group stage, Li Kun appeared in the first group, he did not play well, ranked fourth in 42.106 seconds, failed to qualify directly, and automatically entered the repechage, Canada's Du Bois ranked first in the group with 40.746 seconds and advanced to the quarterfinals.
Lin Xiaocheng appeared in the fourth group, he skated aggressively, Canada's Dieng also played a high level, in the sprint stage, the two were almost neck-in-line, and finally Dieng came out on top and hit the line in 41.224 seconds, and Lin Xiaocheng followed in 41.593 seconds to advance to the next round.
Zhong Yuchen started in the fifth group, he skated very strongly, did not encounter too many challenges from his opponent, ranked first in 41.049 seconds, and directly advanced to the 1/4 final.
In the men's 1500m 1/4 final, Lin Xiaocheng competed side by side with Song Jiahua and Liu Guanyi. In the third group, Liu Guanyi was in good shape, beating foreign players Lin Yongjin and Canada's Du Boys, ranking first in 2 minutes 38.768 seconds and successfully advancing to the semifinals.
Song Jiahua and Lin Hyo-chan were both in the fifth group, after the start of the competition, the two skated relatively steadily, as the competition deepened, foreign player Park Ji-won was delicate, and finally ranked first in 2 minutes 15.976 seconds, foreign player Howard followed with 2 minutes 16.089 seconds, Song Jiahua was third in 2 minutes 16.090 seconds, and Lin Xiaocheng was fourth in 2 minutes 16.502, and the top four in this group were all shortlisted for the semifinals.
In the men's 1000m group race, Lin Xiaocheng reappeared, playing side by side with Song Jiahua and Zhong Yuchen. In the first group, Song Jiahua made a mistake and failed to complete the match and was shortlisted for the repechage, with Hong Qinghuan and Du Bois ranking the top two; In the second group, Lin Xiaocheng played well, ranking first in 1:27.943 and successfully advancing to the quarterfinals, followed by Du Bois in 1:28.074.
In the fourth group, Zhong Yuchen ranked second with 1 minute 26.183 seconds and passed the hurdle smoothly, and foreign player Li Dongyun ranked first with 1 minute 26.090 seconds.