- Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Dordrecht, Netherlands: Men’s and women’s relay Chinese teams both entered the finals
- 2023-02-12 16:25:35.0 Source: Xinhua Net Sports
The 2022-2023 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Dordrecht, the Netherlands will start the competition on the second day of competition on the 11th. The Chinese men’s and women’s relay teams have successfully passed the test and entered the final.
In the men’s 5,000-meter relay semi-final, the Chinese team composed of Lin Xiaoyu, Zhong Yuchen, Song Jiahua and Liu Guanyi ranked second in the group with a time of 7:09.537 and successfully entered the final of Group A; the Chinese team composed of Gong Li, Xu Aili, Wang Xinran and Zang Yize The women’s team entered the women’s 3,000-meter relay group A final as the first in the group, with a score of 4:11.686.
Chinese players also made some gains in the individual event competition that day. Lin Xiaoxuan staged an “outside overtaking” at the last moment of the men’s 1000m first race, and won the first place in the B group final with a thrilling time of 1:25.479. Canada’s Dubois won the final of Group A.
Song Jiahua ranked second in the group in the men’s 1500m semi-finals, and then ranked fifth in the final of Group A with a time of 2:17.608. The champion belongs to Korean player Park Ji-won. Li Wenlong entered the final of Group B of the project and finally ranked sixth.
Wang Ye successfully broke through and entered the Group B final in the first women’s 1000m race, and finally ranked fifth with a time of 1:32.493. The final champion of Group A of this project was won by the star Kim Butin of the Canadian team with a time of 1:29.807. Zang Yize and Gong Li broke into the women’s 1500m group A and B finals respectively, and finally ranked seventh and second respectively. Belgium’s Hannah Deme won the gold medal in the final of Group A of the event.
The 2000-meter mixed relay final was also held on the same day. The Netherlands, Canada, and Poland won the top three in the A-group final. The Chinese team failed in the quarter-finals of the project.