On February 16, Beijing time, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics short track speed skating event ushered in the closing day of the competition, will determine the women's 1500 meters and the men's 5000 meters relay two gold medals. In the just-concluded women's 1500m 1/4 final, China's three female players Zhang Yuting, Han Yutong and Zhang Chutong competed. In the end, all three Chinese players advanced to the semi-finals, Zhang Yuting and Han Yutong all won the third place in the group directly advanced, and Zhang Yuting advanced with a q quota.
Short Track Speed Skating Women's 1500m 1/4 Final Promotion Rules: The top 3 (Q) and the 3 fastest 4th places (q) in each group in the 1/4 final qualify for the semi-finals. If a player is awarded a foul, one (q) place will be occupied.
China's Zhang Yuting appeared in the first group of matches, and her opponents in the same group included world record holder, Choi Min-jing, a sister of speed skating in South Korea's Winter Olympics, and Italy's Sigil. At the beginning of the competition, Zhang Yuting ranked third after the departure, and the rhythm of the players in the starting stage of the competition was relatively stable, and there was no situation of surpassing.
With 8 laps left in the game, Zhang Yuting seized the opportunity to surpass Cui Minjing and others to rush to the first, but the first immediately changed hands, and Zhang Yuting returned to the third. In the second half of the game, Cui Minjing rushed to the first place and maintained the advantage to the end with absolute strength. Zhang Yuting finally won the third place and directly advanced, with a result of 2:22.161.
Han Yutong appeared in group 4, and she was also in the same group as Salo and other good players. In the starting stage of the competition, Han Yutong occupied a third position. With 10 laps left, Han Yutong overtook Salo to the first place, and then maintained three laps. In the second half of the race, Salo overtook Han Yutong to the first place. With the last lap left, Han Yutong successfully defended the third place, and finally crossed the line with 2 minutes 21 seconds and directly advanced. The score is 2:21.191.
Zhang Chutong appeared in the sixth group, the road order is the outermost road, and the player in the same group is the Dutch ace Shultin. At the beginning of the game, Zhang Chutong quickly rushed to the first position, and Shulting ranked fourth. However, with four laps left in the race, Shultin overtook to the first place, and Zhang Chutong fell to the fourth, but her time of 2 minutes 19.85 was excellent, and finally got the q place to advance.