On February 9, Beijing time, the beijing winter olympics short track speed skating men's 1500 meters semifinals began to compete. In the closely watched semi-finals of the third group, Ren Ziwei, the chinese single seed double gold king, finally crossed the line in third place. But in the end, Ren Ziwei was sentenced to be blocked by his arm and directly canceled the results. As a result, The Chinese athletes were completely wiped out in the men's 1500 meters event! This is also the most unfavorable punishment for the Chinese team since the beginning of the tournament.
In the quarter-finals that ended earlier, there were not too many unpopularities. Among the three Chinese players, only Ren Ziwei reached the semifinals. The rest are 3 players from South Korea. Hungary's Liu Shaolin Liu Shaoang brothers, as well as Canada's Hamelin, have successfully qualified. In the semi-finals, the top two of each group in the 3 groups will directly advance, and the fastest group third will also advance to the final.
In the first group, South Korea's Lee Joon-sui and Hungary's Liu Shaolin were superior, and finally made people successfully qualify. In the second group, Huang Daxian's strength is also extremely outstanding, and Simon of the Russian-Austrian team has also successfully advanced. There were many surprises in this group, with world record holder Knegert fouling and Canada's Dubois reaching the final.
In the third group, 4 famous players such as Liu Shaoang, Park Zhanghe, Ren Ziwei and Charles Hamelin were gathered. As a result, this set of surprises kept coming. First Hameling collided with the Italian players, and at the end of the game, Ren Ziwei blocked the Kazakh players with his hands. In the end, both Hamelin and Ren Ziwei were convicted of fouls and cancelled their results.
As a result, the Chinese players were completely wiped out in this project. Three South Korean players advanced to the final, and the Hungarian Chinese brothers also successfully advanced. There will be 10 participants in the final! This is a surprising number, whether South Korea won the first gold, or the Liu brothers eventually won the championship, let us wait and see.