Li Kong Chao successfully advanced to the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals as the first place. In the final, he encountered South Korean players Zhang Chengyu, Li Zhengmin and Jonathan of the US team.
Xinhua News Agency, Lausanne, January 18 (reporter Ding Wenxian, Lin Deren) the short track speed skating project of Lausanne Winter Youth Olympic Games started on the 18th. The men’s and women’s 1000-meter gold and silver medals were all captured by South Korean players, chinese player Li kongchao won the men’s 1000-meter bronze medal.
Li Kong Chaoyi successfully advanced to the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals as the first place. In the final, he encountered South Korean player Zhang Chengyu, Li Zhengmin and Jonathan of the US team. Li kongchao once kept the collar slip halfway, but he was surpassed by South Korean players in the latter half. Finally, he crossed the finish line with the third one at 1 minute 33 seconds 851. Zhang Chengyu and Li Zhengmin ranked the top two at 1 minute 33 seconds 531 and 1 minute 33 seconds 646 respectively.
Another Chinese teenager Zhang Tianyi was in the same group with the two South Korean players in the quarter-finals, ranking third in the semi-finals.
After the game, Li kongchao looked very sorry. He said that he basically played his normal level, but he was not satisfied with the result, which was a pity. “It would be good if I took the first place.” He laughed shyly.
At the age of 17, he had participated in the short track speed skating World Cup on behalf of the Chinese team before. Compared with the two, he said: “The Winter Youth Olympic Games and the World Cup are very different. I feel that the opponent is not as strong as the World Cup, tactics and so on need to be re-planned.” As for the goal of this competition, he said, “if the coach doesn’t set a goal for me, I will also set it for myself, that is, to win the gold medal.”
Li kongchao once defeated Wu Dajing in the 500-meter competition of the national team direct international competition in 2019. Compared with 1000 meters, he said that 500 meters is his strongest strength, “I want to adjust my physical condition to the best and welcome the 500-meter race”.
In the short track on the 18th, the strong performance of the South Korean team was more than that. In the women’s 1000 m final, South Korean players Xu Huaimin and Jin Chenrui took the top two, with scores of 1 minute 29 seconds 439 and 1 minute 29 seconds 538 respectively. Canadian athlete Brunelle ranked third with 1 minute 30 seconds 024. Zhang Chutong, a 16-year-old Chinese girl, won the first place in the final of Group B.
The short track speed skating men’s and women’s 500 m competition will be held on the 20th.