Warsaw, December 9 (Xinhua) -- In the International Skating Union Speed Skating World Cup in Poland on December 9, Chinese player and Beijing Winter Olympics champion Gao Tingyu won the gold medal in the men's 500 meters, and Ning Zhongyan won the bronze medal in the men's 1500 meters.
On December 9, Chinese player Gao Tingyu competed in the first time in the men's 500m group A. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Rafal) In the men's 500-meter race that day, Gao Tingyu, who holds the track record, and Stolz, the American athlete who won the 1000-meter gold medal the day before, were in the second group, and finally Gao Tingyu, who started from the inner road, finished in 34.70 seconds and won the first medal for the Chinese team in this competition. Canadian No. 1 Dibreuil finished second in 34.77 seconds, and Japan's Shigehang Mori, who won bronze in the 500m at the Beijing Winter Olympics, finished third in 34.82 seconds.
In the men's 1500m race, Norway's Kongshaiug won the championship in 1:46.41, Stolz was the runner-up, and Ning Zhongyan won a bronze medal for the Chinese team.
In the women's 1500m, world record holder Miho Takagi of Japan won the race in 1:56.63, followed by Grenawald and Bain from the Netherlands.
Second and third place. China's Han Mei finished fourth.
On December 9, Chinese player Han Mei competed in the women's 1500m group A. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Rafal) In the women's 500m race that day, Beijing Winter Olympics gold medalist and American jackson won the championship. In the men's and women's team pursuits, the United States and Japan won the gold medals, while the Chinese team finished fifth and fourth, respectively.
The ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Poland will be held in Tomaszow in the Masovian region from the 8th to the 10th, and the second men's 500m, women's 1000m, men's 5000m and women's mass start will be held on the 10th.