Ren Ziwei fouled and missed the final. South Korea’s Huang Daxian won the short track speed skating men’s 1500m gold medal.
Ren Ziwei was convicted of foul play and missed the third gold medal of the Winter Olympics
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 9th, Ren Ziwei, a Chinese player with two golds in hand, was ruled out of the men’s 1500-meter semi-finals of the short-track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics on the evening of the 9th and missed the third gold medal.
In the men’s 1500m quarter-finals on the same day, Ren Ziwei, who had previously won the mixed team relay and the men’s 1000m gold medals, advanced as the first in the group. The other two Chinese players, Sun Long and Zhang Tianyi, were eliminated. In the third group of the semi-finals, Ren Ziwei crossed the finish line for the third time. Subsequently, the referee on duty determined that when Kazakhstan’s Galyakhmetov tried to overtake Ren Ziwei, Ren Ziwei had an arm blocking movement, so he was disqualified and missed the final.
On February 9th, Chinese player Ren Ziwei (first from right) competed in the men’s 1500m semi-finals of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua reporter Li Ga
Ren Ziwei said after the game that he thought there would be a foul in the collision with the South Korean player, but he did not expect to be awarded a foul in the collision with the Kazakh player. He admits that there are more ideas for this game.
“The first two games were played lightly, and this one was a bit heavy. “Ren Ziwei said, “Many people say that they won three gold medals. There is no absolute strength in this project. I didn’t put pressure on myself in the 1000 meters before.” Today, I mainly have too many thoughts, not only on the court, but also many from the outside world, who are worried that they are not good at comparing themselves. Playing with this mentality, I had already lost half of it before I played. ”
On February 9th, Chinese player Ren Ziwei (second from left) was in the competition. Photo by Lan Hongguang, reporter of Xinhua News Agency
In the three semi-finals, a number of players were awarded the final because of fouls by their opponents, so a total of 10 players appeared in the men’s 1500m final that night. South Korea’s Huang Daxian firmly took the lead after surpassing in the second half, and finally won the championship with a time of 2 minutes, 09 seconds and 219 seconds. Canadian Dubois and Yelistratov of the Russian Olympic Committee almost hit the line at the same time as Huang Daxian. In the end, the two won the silver and bronze medals in 2 minutes, 09 seconds, 254 and 2 minutes, 09 seconds, 267 respectively.
On February 9th, South Korean player Huang Daxian celebrated after the game. Photo by Lan Hongguang, reporter of Xinhua News Agency
In the women’s 1000m preliminaries held on the same day, the three Chinese players Han Yutong, Qu Chunyu and Zhang Chutong all successfully advanced. In the first semi-final of the women’s 3000-meter relay, the Chinese team ranked second and advanced to the final hand in hand with the Dutch team that won the first place. In the other semi-finals, Canada and South Korea finished in the top two and were also shortlisted for the finals.
The next gold medal day of the short-track speed skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics will be on the 11th, when the women’s 1000m champion will be decided.