Seoul, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- The 2023-2024 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Seoul started the last day of competition on the 17th, with Chinese team player Liu Shaoang winning the men's 500m gold medal and Wang Ye winning the women's 500m bronze medal, and the Chinese team also won the men's 5000m relay gold medal and the third place in the women's 3000m relay.
In the men's 500m semi-finals, Liu Shaoang, Liu Shaolin and the host South Korean team player Huang Daxian were in the same group, and the intensity of the competition was comparable to the final. After the fifth gunshot, Liu Shaolin grabbed the lead and distanced himself from the rear, and finally joined hands with Liu Shaoang to advance to the final. Hwang Dae-heon reached the final of Group B.
In the final, Liu Shaoang surpassed South Korea's Xu Yila at the last moment of crossing the line and won the first gold medal for the Chinese team with a time of 41.196 seconds.
Liu Shaoang said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency reporters after the game: "The semi-finals were very intense, and the final (me) was in the fifth lane, at first I felt that there was little hope, and I had the mentality of assisting Shaolin, but after he fell, I kept accelerating, and I didn't expect to take the first place in the last half of the lap, including the sprint, and everyone was very happy after seeing the final result on the big screen." ”
On the women's side, Fan Kexin, Wang Xinran and Wang Ye joined hands to advance to the 500m final, where the trio faced Dutch players Belseber and Paulzma in the final. In the end, Wang Ye won the bronze medal, and the two players of the Dutch team won the gold together with the same time of 43.128 seconds.
In the men's 5000m relay final, the Chinese team composed of Li Wenlong, Liu Shaoang, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long played steadily and steadily, without being affected by the fall of the Korean team, and successfully won the gold medal.
Sun Long said after the game that his teammates regard the team event as more important, and winning the relay championship also proves that the team is very united and cooperates tacitly.
The Chinese team composed of Fan Kexin, Gong Li, Qu Chunyu and Zang Yize won the bronze medal in the women's 3000m relay, while the Dutch team and the South Korean team won the first and second places respectively.
On the same day, the men's 1500m second race was also decided, which was won by Canada's William Danjinu, and the women's 1500m second gold medal was won by South Korea's Kim Jiri again.