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On September 14, 2023, the China Cup Short Track Speed Skating Elite League Hohhot is in full swing. A young post-00s runner came out in the men's 1500m 1/4 final and shined. His name is Wang Pengyu, and he beat many strong players in the match, including Liu Shaolin and Ren Ziwei, and successfully advanced to the semifinals, creating an amazing upset.
This competition marks the beginning of a new season of short track speed skating in China, attracting the participation of many domestic elite athletes.
In addition to the veterans of the national team, there are some familiar faces such as Wu Dajing and Han Tianyu, as well as some new players such as Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang, who join the competition, making the whole season full of fierce competition. It is worth mentioning that after the operation, Lin Xiaocheng made a strong comeback, and he performed well in the men's 1500m 1/4 final, ranked first, and effortlessly advanced to the semifinals.
But the biggest surprise of this race day came when Olympic champion Ren Ziwei suffered a setback in the 1500m 1/4 final. Ren Ziwei was originally considered one of the favorites in the group, playing alongside Liu Shaolin, and it was widely expected that they would advance together.
However, the appearance of Wang Pengyu completely subverted this expectation, he not only won the first place in the group, but also squeezed Ren Ziwei into third place, becoming the biggest dark horse of the day.
In addition to his outstanding performance in the men's 1500m, Wang Pengyu also showed his strength in the men's 500m preliminary race, and he was in the same group as Wu Dajing, and eventually advanced to the second place in the group. The young runner's performance has been impressive, and Chinese short track speed skating has once again emerged as a promising athlete whose future is highly anticipated. At the same time, the men's 500m preliminary round did not have much upset, except for Song Jiahua who was out due to a foul, many other well-known athletes successfully advanced, while Ren Ziwei adjusted his form and advanced to the next round with the first place in the group.
The final event was the men's 1000m preliminary race, Han Tianyu unfortunately went out, and Lin Xiaocheng once again advanced as the first in the group. Lin missed four laps of the chase on the previous race day, but competed in the first round of three individual events in a row on this race day. Not only did he excel in the men's 1,500m, but he also finished first in the men's 1,000m, and although he failed to finish first in the men's 500m, he managed to qualify for the next round with his strong back-range ability, which is a triathlon.
In the women's competition, Gong Li, Qu Chunyu and Li Jinyu were eliminated in the women's 1500m 1/4 final, Li Jinyu also suffered a defeat in the women's 500m preliminary round, and only the women's 1000m race successfully advanced to the next round, and her form fluctuated greatly.
On the contrary, some national players such as Zang Yize, Fan Kexin, Zhang Chutong and Xu Aili are in quite good shape. The following race days will continue with the men's 1500m semi-finals and finals, the women's 1500m semifinals and finals, as well as relay events.
The China Cup Short Track Speed Skating Elite League Hohhot competition was a spectacular event, with the budding of young players and the strong comeback of veterans intertwined, indicating that this season will be full of fierce competition and surprises. Whatever the outcome, this day will be remembered in the annals of speed skating history as the beginning of a rising star.