Wu Dajing (left) is in good shape. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
Beijing News (chief reporter Sun Haiguang) Short track speed skating World Cup Beijing station on October 21 ended the first day of competition at the Capital Gymnasium, Wu Dajing, Fan Kexin led the Chinese short track team with a time of 2 minutes 37 seconds 747 seconds to create a new world record for the mixed 2000 meters relay.
The short track speed skating men's and women's mixed 2000m relay is a new event for the Beijing Winter Olympics, which combines skills, physical fitness and tactics. For countries with good overall strength such as China, South Korea and the Netherlands, the 2,000 meters of mixed men and women is a new gold winning point. On the first match day yesterday alone, the world record for this event was rewritten three times.
In the first group of the mixed 2000m relay, the South Korean team led by Hwang Dae-hyun and Kim Ya-lang broke the world record with a time of 2:38.451. But just five minutes later, the Dutch team, led by Schultin, set a new world record in this event with a time of 2:38.094.
Of course, the Dutch team did not hold the world record for the project for too long. The Chinese team sent the strongest lineups of Fan Kexin, Qu Chunyu, Ren Ziwei and Wu Dajing. Throughout the game, the Chinese team cooperated very tacitly, and finally ranked first with 2 minutes 37 seconds 747 seconds, once again breaking the world record of 2000 meters of mixed men and women.
In addition to the relay, the Chinese team also had a good performance in the individual event on the first day of the game. In the men's 500m preliminary round, Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion Wu Dajing advanced in 40.014 seconds, which was the best time of the day for the event. In this project, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long also advanced together.
Qu Chunyu (right) in the women's 500m preliminaries. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
In the women's 500 meters, Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin and Zhang Yuting successfully reached the 1/4 finals.
As a veteran who participated in the two Winter Olympics in Sochi and Pingchang, Fan Kexin said after the game that the training during this period was very solid, and each stage has improved, "As for the game, it is still a round of play, today's game is also faster than a round, I hope to be more stable in the final." Talking about the goals of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin said that he would launch an impact on the gold medal, "please believe in us by the national audience." ”
According to the Schedule of the World Cup in Beijing, the men's and women's 1000-meter preliminary rounds will be held today, as well as the men's 5000 meters, women's 3000 meters relay and other events.
Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang
Edited by Wang Chunqiu Proofreader Wei Zhuo