Xinhua News Agency, Seoul, December 17 (Reporter Feng Yasong and Sun Yiran) The 2023-2024 International Skating Union Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Seoul Station started the last competition day on the 17th. Chinese team player Liu Shaoang won the men’s 500m gold medal, Wang Ye Won the women’s 500-meter bronze medal; the Chinese team also won the men’s 5,000-meter relay gold medal and finished third in the women’s 3,000-meter relay event.
The picture shows on December 15, Chinese player Liu Shaoang (front) in the men’s 500m preliminaries of the 2023-2024 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Seoul Station.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yao Qilin
In the men’s 500m semi-finals, Liu Shao’ang, Liu Shaolin and the host South Korean team player Huang Daxian were in the same group. The competition was as intense as the finals. In the first four shots, there were collisions between players at the starting stage and they fell. After the fifth gun started, Liu Shaolin seized the lead and distanced himself from the rear, and finally advanced to the finals together with Liu Shao’ang. Huang Daxian entered the Group B finals.
In the final, Liu Shaoang surpassed South Korea’s Xu Yila at the last moment and won the first gold medal for the Chinese team with a time of 41.196 seconds.
Liu Shaoang said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency reporter after the game: “The semi-finals were very fierce, and in the final (I) was in the fifth lane. At first, I felt there was little hope, and I had the mentality of assisting Shaolin, but after he fell, I I just kept accelerating, and in the last half lap including the sprint, I didn’t expect to take first place. After seeing the final result on the big screen, everyone was very happy.”
The picture shows Chinese player Wang Ye (left) competing in Group B of the women’s 1500m final on December 16.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yao Qilin
On the women’s side, Fan Kexin, Wang Xinran and Wang Ye joined hands to advance to the 500m final. The three faced the Dutch team’s players Belseber and Botsma in the final. In the end, Wang Ye won the bronze medal, and two players from the Dutch team won the gold medal together with the same time of 43.128 seconds.
The picture shows Chinese team player Sun Long (first from left) and teammate Li Wenlong (second from left) in the men’s 5,000-meter relay race on December 15.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yao Qilin
In the men’s 5000-meter relay final, the Chinese team composed of Li Wenlong, Liu Shao’ang, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long performed steadily and won the gold medal without being affected by the fall of the Korean team players.
Sun Long said after the game that his teammates all regard team events as more important. Winning the relay championship also proves that the team is particularly united and cooperates well.
The Chinese team composed of Fan Kexin, Gong Li, Qu Chunyu and Zang Yize won the bronze medal in the women’s 3000m relay race. The Dutch team and the South Korean team won the championship and runner-up respectively.
The second championship of the men’s 1500 meters was also decided that day, and was won by Canada’s player William Dangenu; the second gold medal of the women’s 1500 meters was won again by Kim Ji-ri of the South Korean team.
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2023-12-18 02:27:00
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