The Chinese team's low-level mistakes led to the early failure to win the championship, and the pressure on the coaching staff increased again
On December 15, Beijing time, the 2022 World Skating Union Sprint Skating Championships held in Seoul, South Korea has kicked off. In the men's 2000m medley 1 4 finals, Chinese players Fan Kexin and Wang Xinran had a passing error, which led to the Chinese team being punished for a foul in the game and finally eliminated. Netizens exclaimed: "It's incredible, such a simple mistake has been made!" Liu Shaoang and Liu Shaolin both won the first place in the men's 1000m race, while Olympic gold medalist Zhang Ziwei won the second place and finished second. Fan Kexin won the first place in the women's 1000m, while Olympic gold medalist Qu Chunyu had a mediocre performance and needed a repechage match.
The stability of the players of both teams is still a weakness in the medium and long range.
So far, the main members of the Chinese short track speed skating team have been basically finalized. On the men's side, Lin Xiaojun and Liu Shaoang are very strong, and they are the two killers under Zhang Jing. Sun Long, Liu Shaolin, Ren Ziwei, and Song Jiahua are still within the scope of the coach's consideration. Zhong Yuchen and Liu Guanyi, who won the gold medal in the women's 5,000m relay at the last World Championships, gradually fell to the bench. In the women's event, young athlete Wang Ye is highly regarded by coaches and is also a key member of the mixed men's and women's events in China.
As a veteran, although Fan Kexin does not have an obvious lead in the middle and long positions, she is still very strong in the 500 meters and relay. Gong Li, Wang Xinran, Zang Yize and others have also had the experience of participating in major competitions for China several times. At the 2023-2024 World Cup in Montreal, the Chinese team won the men's 500m, men's 2000m mixed relay and men's 5000m relay, with an overall performance comparable to South Korea and Canada.
Suspicious, China faced Seoul, which attracted attention.
In Beijing, the Chinese short track speed skating team won a championship, but they have achieved historic results in the 500m, 1000m, 1500m and 1500m. Due to Lin Xiaojun's injury, the South Korean men's first entry list is: Ren Ziwei, Liu Shaoang, Liu Shaolin, Sun Long, Li Wenlong, Song Jiahua, women's Fan Kexin, Gong Li, Wang Xinran, Qu Chunyu. This is the first public appearance of the Chinese short track speed skating team after "resisting online violence", and their performance has attracted widespread attention.
Liu Shaoang and Liu Shaolin both won the men's 1000m final, while Ren Ziwei passed the second round. Qu Chunyu, a gold medallist at the Beijing Winter Olympics, will complete her first international competition in the new year. Unfortunately, she did not perform well in the qualifiers, failing to finish in the top two, with only one repechage game. Sun Long, Li Wenlong, Song Jiahua, Gong Li, Wang Ye, and Zang Yize all successfully entered the final round of the game. With the passing errors of Fan Kexin and Wang Xinran, the Chinese men's 2000m top 4 and top 4 were eliminated early!