Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, December 7 (Reporter Wei Yuyu, Liu Yang) the 2019-2020 short track speed skating World Cup Shanghai station entered the first final day on the 7th, and the Chinese team won 2 silver and 1 bronze. Wu Dajing, the champion of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, won the runner-up of the men’s 500-meter race for the first time. Han Tianyu, the runner-up of the Sochi Winter Olympics, picked silver in the men’s 1500-meter race. General Ankai won the third place of 1500-meter race.
The Championship competition for the first men’s 500-meter competition was held between the Chinese Winter Olympic champion Wu Dajing, Kazakhstan’s famous general azagaliev and the Hungarian Winter Olympic champion Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang brothers. Wu Dajing quickly seized the leading position after the start of the competition, and Liu Shaoang realized the transcendence of Wu Dajing in the first circle. After entering the second lap, Liu Shaoang and azagaliev slipped out of the track one after another, leaving only Wu University Jing and Liu Shaolin to sprint for the champion. At the last bend, Wu Dajing tried to surpass Liu Shaolin from the outside Road and slipped out of the track due to the unstable center of gravity. Finally, Liu Shaolin took 41 seconds 920 to cross the finish line first. Wu Dajing continued to slide to the finish line after getting up, and won the runner-up with a score of 47 seconds 928. Liu Shaoang won the bronze medal with 52 seconds 208.
Liu Shaolin said after the game: “My father said that it is better to win the championship, and it is better to win the championship in Shanghai. The goal is to win the championship in Shanghai, I hope to win two more championships in the 500-meter and 5000-meter relay tomorrow.”
When reviewing the competition with Wu Dajing at the last moment, Liu Shaolin said: “In the last two laps, Wu Dajing always wanted to surpass from the outer circle. I felt that there was no collision when sliding, no hand action at all. I guess he was too slippery in the outer ring. The ice was a little hard and fell out when the ice was broken. I think he is very serious. I have never seen Wu Dajing lying on the ice like this. I hope he is fine.”
In the first competition of women’s 500 meters, the world record holder and Canadian bunting pressed their opponents to win the championship with a score of 42 seconds 845, winning four consecutive championships in the 500 meters World Cup this season. Dutch star shulting won the runner-up with 42 seconds 877, Italian valsepina won the bronze medal with 42 seconds 971, and Chinese star Fan Kexin ranked fourth.
Han Tianyu and Ankai of the Chinese team won the runner-up and third place of men’s 1500 meters, with scores of 2 minutes 22 seconds 251 and 2 minutes 22 seconds 566 respectively. Korean Li Junxiu won the championship at 2 minutes 21 seconds 652.
Ankai has gained 1 silver and 1 bronze in the 1500 m World Cup this season. He said that this year’s summer training was better and full of expectations for this season. Montreal took the second place and his confidence came up. “gold medal is my goal”.
In the women’s 1500-meter race, Guan Ya military quilt South Korean players took the lead. Jin Yalang won the championship at 2 minutes 25 seconds 066. Cui Minjing, the world record holder, won the runner-up at 2 minutes 25 seconds 269. Canadian Sarot ranked third at 2 minutes 25 seconds, zhang Yuting, the Chinese team, won the fourth place.
Surprisingly, the Chinese team “completely destroyed” in the three relayrace of the day “. After the game ended on the 6th, the Chinese team was sentenced to a mixed 2000-meter relay foul and failed the 7th final. The Dutch team won the championship at 2 minutes 40 seconds 196, and the Russian team won the runner-up at 2 minutes 40 seconds 208. Because the Canadian team and the US team fouled in the final, there was no third place in the competition.
The other two relayrace the Chinese team also missed the group A final. In the semi-final of the men’s 5000-meter relay, the Chinese team ranked fourth in the group and entered the final of Group B. The Chinese team was sentenced to foul in the semi-final of the women’s 3000-meter relay and did not enter the final.
The Shanghai station of the short track speed skating World Cup will enter the last competition day on the 8th, and the second Champion of men’s and women’s 500 meters, men’s and women’s 1000 meters, women’s 3000 meters relay and men’s 5000 meters relay will be decided.