Domineering! Wu Dajing won the first gold medal of the Chinese army in the Winter Olympics! He pressed the Korean players and broke the world record! For China, this gold medal is of great significance, and it is also the first gold medal of China in the Pingchang Winter Olympics. Let's follow Xiaobian to see the latest news.
Last night, the competition for the last competition day of the short track speed skating in the 2018 Pingchang Winter Olympic Games began. In the final of the men's 500m speed skating group A, Wu Dajing, a Chinese athlete, broke the world record with 39.584 seconds and won the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation. This gold medal is also the first gold medal for the Chinese men's short track speed skaters!
Wu Dajing is the leader of the Chinese men's short track team. In November 2017, he won the men's 500m and 1000m World Cup in short track speed skating in Shanghai. Not only that, Wu Dajing also defended the 500 meter year-end championship and now ranks first in the world. At the Sochi Winter Olympics four years ago, he finished second in 41.516 seconds.
In the preliminaries, Wu Dajing broke the Olympic record with 40.264 seconds; in the quarter finals, he set a new world record with 39.800 seconds. Tonight's finals will be held in groups A and B. the finalists in group A will be ranked in the order of Chinese player Wu Dajing, Korean player Huang Daxian, Lin Xiaojun and Canadian player Gillard. At the beginning of the competition, Wu Dajing took the first place by taking advantage of the favorable road times and excellent starting. Two South Korean players, Huang Daxian and Lin Xiaojun, ranked second and third respectively.
In the following whole competition, Wu Dajing firmly held the first place, and far away from the two South Korean players behind him. He didn't give the opponent any chance to try to surpass. Finally, he took the lead in passing the finish line with a score of 39.584 seconds. He won the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation in this winter Olympic Games and set a new world record in the quarter finals. So did the Chinese men's short track speed skaters The first time to stand on the highest podium of the Winter Olympic Games!
Two South Korean players, Huang dahen and Lin Xiaojun, won silver and bronze medals in 39s 854 and 39s 919. In the final of men's 500m B group held before this, Ren Ziwei, a Chinese player, set out in the second way, and finally ranked the second in the group with a score of 40.694 seconds, ranking the sixth in the total ranking of the project.