Xinhua News Agency, Nagoya, Japan, October 31 (Reporter Wang Zijiang) The 2021-2022 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup Japan held the final day of competition on the 31st. Ren Ziwei defeated the men in the men’s 1,000-meter final and won the gold medal. , This is the Chinese team’s first individual event championship in the new season.
On October 31, Ren Ziwei was in the game.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
After Ren Ziwei won the individual gold medal, he participated in two relay finals and won both runners-up. He first partnered with Fan Kexin, Wu Dajing and Zhang Yuting to win the silver medal in the mixed 2000-meter relay, and then together with Wu Dajing, Sun Long and Li Wenlong, he won the silver medal in the men’s 5000-meter relay in the last event.
Ren Ziwei (second from right) of the Chinese team put on a silver medal for Wu Dajing (third from right) at the men’s 5000m relay award ceremony.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
The Japan Grand Prix was the second leg of the World Cup series. The Chinese team finally ended with 1 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze. Ren Ziwei made an indispensable contribution. Together with the men’s 500m silver medal he won the day before, he won 1 gold and 3 silvers in Japan. The two bronze medals of the Chinese team were won by Sun Long and Fan Kexin in the men’s 1500 meters and women’s 500 meters respectively the day before.
However, PyeongChang Winter Olympic champion Wu Dajing failed to qualify for the semi-finals in the men’s 500m race, and lost his strongest event for the second time in a row.
Ren Ziwei has been in the leading position in the 1000m race of the day. With two laps left, the Hungarian player Liu Shaolin fell after forcibly passing. Ren Ziwei successfully maintained his advantage until the end. He screamed after crossing the finish line. Sound, celebrate this hard-won victory. Dutch star Dratt won the silver medal, and Canadian player Pascal Dion ranked third.
Chinese team player Wu Dajing (first from left) and Ren Ziwei (second from left) in the 2000-meter mixed relay.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
In the mixed 2000m finals, the Chinese team replaced Qu Chunyu, who had participated in the semifinals earlier, with Zhang Yuting. However, the Russian team was always in the lead. The Chinese team failed to find a chance to surpass and could only finish second. Hungary The team won the bronze medal.
The men’s 5000m relay final was thrilling. The Chinese team always took the lead, but Li Wenlong was caught up by Dubois of the Canadian team in the last corner, and finally lost due to a gap that could not be judged by the naked eye during the sprint. The Canadian team’s result was finally fixed at 6:52.272, which was 0.013 seconds faster than the Chinese team.
Ren Ziwei (left) in the game.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Du Xiaoyi
On the same day, the women’s 1,000-meter final was held, and American Santos, who ranked third in the Beijing station, won the gold medal.
The Japan Station of the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup is also a qualifying event for the Beijing Winter Olympics. All players expect to get enough points to qualify for the Winter Olympics. The Chinese team will then move directly to Hungary and the Netherlands from Nagoya to participate in the remaining two World Cups of the season.
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