On December 10, the 2023-2024 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Beijing came to an end, and the Chinese short track speed skating team won one gold, four silver and five bronze medals. In the men's 1000m final, Chinese player Liu Shaoang finally won the championship with a time of 1:23.696, which is also the only gold medal won by the Chinese team at the Beijing station of this World Cup.
In the last World Cup, Liu Shaoang reached the men's 1000m group A final, but only finished fourth. In this competition, he and rookie Sun Long joined hands to enter the Group A final. In the race, Liu Shaoang started in lane 2 and adopted follow-up skating tactics in the first half of the race. In the second half, he overtook second place and finally crossed the finish line second with a time of 1:23.696. However, Canada's Danginou, who finished first, was ruled guilty of a foul in a scramble with the Dutch and his result was cancelled. Liu Shaoang rose to the top of the final rankings and won the first gold medal for the Chinese team at home stadium.
I saw very clearly at the time that the Canadian ** player in front of me, Dandekino, had committed a foul while overtaking the Dutchman. After the game, Liu Shaoang recalled that he was temporarily second in the group when he crossed the line, but he already knew that the championship would be him, "I know Dandekino, if I insist on overtaking him, he will definitely make a move, so just follow it." ”
There were 6 finals on the 10th, and the Chinese team won a total of 1 gold and 4 bronzes. In addition to the men's 1000m final, in the men's 5000m relay final, the Chinese team Liu Shaoang, Liu Shaolin, Ren Ziwei and Sun Long slid 6:58.280 and won the bronze medalIn the women's 1000m final, Gong Li slid 1:30.891 and won the bronze medal;In the second final of the men's 500m, Sun Long of the Chinese team slid 40.724 seconds. Bronze medal;In the second final of the women's 500m, veteran Fan Kexin won the bronze medal. Fan Kexin has won five world championships, and also won the mixed 2000m relay championship and the third place in the women's 3000m relay at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. After the Beijing Winter Olympics, Fan Kexin has been in a state of recuperation until this season. In the first final of the women's 500m on the 9th, Fan Kexin won the silver medal. At the end of the competition, she kissed the ice as if she were at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. In the second final of the women's 500m on the 10th, she skated a time of 43.567 seconds and won a bronze medal again.
Proofread by Li Haihui.