Ren Ziwei won the first gold medal in the individual event of the new season of the Chinese short track team, and Wu Dajing's state is still sluggish

With less than 100 days left before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the preparations of the Chinese Ice and Snow Corps have also entered the sprint stage. In the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Japan, the Chinese short track speed skating team won 1 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze. Among them, Ren Ziwei overpowered the crowd in the men's 1000m final and won the first gold medal in the new season for the Chinese team.

After two years of absence from the international arena, the Chinese short track speed skating team urgently needs to find the status of competition with the world's top players. At the World Cup China in Beijing last week, the Chinese team, which played at home, reached the top podium in the new Olympic mixed 2000m relay and women's 3000m relay events, making their debut to return to the international arena with a record of 2 golds and 1 bronze. However, the total destruction of the army in individual events still makes the outside world feel a little worried about the state of China's short track speed skating team.

Non-stop expedition to Nagoya, Japan, the Performance of the Chinese Short Track Team in individual events has improved, winning 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. In the men's 1000m competition, the Chinese team only Ren Ziwei reached the final of Group A. In the face of the strong pursuit of Hungarian Chinese athlete Liu Shaolin, Ren Ziwei, who fought alone, led the way and crossed the finish line with a time of 1 minute 26.297 seconds, finally breaking the embarrassment of the Chinese team's no gold medal in the new season of individual events. In addition to winning the 1000m championship, Ren Ziwei also played in a number of finals, winning three silver medals in the men's 500m, mixed 2000m relay and men's 5000m relay, which is the number one "labor model" in the team. The two bronze medals from the Chinese team also came from individual events, won by Sun Long and Fan Kexin in the men's 1500m and women's 500m respectively.

Regrettably, as the leader of China's short track speed skating team, Wu Dajing's performance in personal events is still sluggish. In the men's 500m, the Pyeongchang Olympic champion came to a semi-final upset and lost his second consecutive stand in his strongest event after being fouled out of China.

After the end of the competition in Japan, the Chinese short track team will move from Nagoya to Europe, to Hungary and the Netherlands to continue the remaining two World Cup matches, and strive to win the full number of places in the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Author: Gu Miao

Editor: Chen Haixiang