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Ren, Olympic champion
The Chinese wins in the final and claims the gold medal in a spectacular fight with Liu Shaolin. The Hungarian has been cautioned with a yellow card for which he is penalized. The podium is as follows:
1. Ren. China
2. Li. China
3. Liu Shaoang. Hungary
The winner is being reviewed
Liu Shaolin wins in the final but is being reviewed. Ren is second. Let's see what happens...
Stop the final
The final has been stopped due to ice breakage. It is being fixed. The skaters will start again.
Men's Olympic Final
The men's 1000m final begins. The participants are:
Liu. Hungría
Ren. China
Li. China
Liu Shaoang. Hungary
Hungary.
Wu. China
Men's B Final
De Laat wins the B final and takes sixth place in these Olympic Games.
Fontana Olympic champion
The Italian takes the gold medal after a great overtaking of the Dutch Schulting. The podium is as follows:
1. Fontana. Italy
2. Schulting. Netherlands
3. Boutin. Canada
Seregina
Seregina beats her rivals with a time of 42.972 and takes sixth place in these Olympic Games.
Women's B Final
Let's go to the women's B final.
Seregina. Russia
Charles . Canada
Jaszapati . Hungary
Liu and Lee
Liu and Lee advance to the Olympic final. Wu and Heo advance to the B final. Everything is now ready for the men's and women's finals.
Second men's semifinal
The second semifinal will consist of:
Liu. Hungary
Lee. Republic of Korea
Liu Shaoang. Hungary
De Laat. Netherlands
Heo. United States
Wu. China
Ren and Li
Hwang has been penalized, so Ren and Li pass to the final. The Korean is out of the Olympic final for an overtaking with contact.
Schulting, Zhang and Jaszapati
The last finalists are in. Schulting, Zhang and Jaszapati are through to the Olympic final. Now the men's semifinals begin.
Second semifinal
In the second semifinals will participate:
Schulting. The Netherlands
Jaszapati. Hungary
Zhang. China
Qu. China
Desmet. Belgium
Boutin and Fontana
The first finalists are in. Boutin and Fontana go to the final A. Seregina and Charles to the B final.
First semifinal
The semifinals of the women's 500m are about to start. The first semifinal is formed by:
Boutin Kim. Canada
Fontana Arianna. Italy
Valcepina Arianna. Italy
Seregina Elena. Russia.
Charles Alyson. Canada
Last men's group
Hwang and Knegt advance to the semis. They are checking to see who comes in third. Now let's go to the women's semifinals.
Second and third male groups
Liu Shaoang, Liu, Akar and Ren qualified for the semifinals. In third place are Fercoq with 1:24.411 and De Laat who goes directly to the semifinals.
First male group
Heo and Wu qualify. After a review, Sighel and Pierre-Gilles are penalized. Park, who fell, advances directly to the semifinals.
Men's quarterfinals begin
The quarterfinals of the men's 1000m start at the Indoor Stadium of the Capital. The first group starts.
Last female group
After four starts Schultings and Qu move on to the next round. Martina Valcepina and Santos penalized. Kikuchi is in third place.
Third group of quarters
Fontana and Desmet straight to the semifinals. Prosvirnova has been penalized. The third classified is Zhang with a time of 54.211.
Second group of quarters
Jaszapati and Seregina are the qualifiers in the second group of quarters. The third classified is Biney with a time of 46.099. A good time to qualify.
First semifinalists
Boutin and Valcepina advance to the next round. The first group of the quarterfinals left Brunelle penalized. The third place finisher is Fan with a time of 1:03.594.
We are here
Hello again. There is now less than an hour left until the start of the women's 500m and men's 1000m semifinals at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Stay tuned for coverage of the short track speed skating semifinals and finals
In a few moments we will share with you the qualified athletes for the semifinals of the women's 500m and men's 1000m short track speed skating live, as well as the latest information from Beijing. Don't miss any detail of the competition with VAVEL's minute-by-minute online coverage.
Where to watch
These quarterfinals, semifinals and finals can be followed on TVE, Dazn and Eurosport. In the case of Dazn, the platform will reproduce the event by rebroadcasting the images and audio from Eurosport. The event will start at 19.30 local time at the Capital's Indoor Stadium.
Current records (men's 1000m)
In the men's field, the current records are held by only one person. Korea's Daeheon Hwang holds the world's best time with 1:20.875 made on November 12, 2016. In addition, the favorite to win the gold medal also holds the Olympic record, with 1:23.042 harvested on February 5, 2022.
Current records (women's 500m)
The current records are led by Canada's Boutin and the Netherlands' Schultings.
On the one hand, the Canadian holds the world record in this discipline where she ran a time of 41.936 on November 3, 2019. Boutin will perform this year in the first round of the Quarterfinals in search of a medal. On the other hand, the Dutchwoman set the best Olympic record on February 5, 2022 with a time of 42.379. Schultings will participate in the fourth group of the Quarterfinals.
Competition schedule
This is the start time of the men's and women's short track speed skating semifinals starting on February 7th, 2022 in several countries:
Argentina: 08:10 AM,
Bolivia: 07:10 AM.
Brazil: 08:10 AM.
Chile: 07:10 AM.
Colombia: 06:10 AM.
Ecuador: 06:10 AM.
USA (ET): 07:10 AM.
Spain: 13:10 PM,
Mexico: 06:10 AM.
Paraguay: 04:10 AM.
Peru: 06:10 AM.
Uruguay: 04:10 AM.
Venezuela: 07:10 AM.
3 and 4 quarterfinals (men)
To complete the participants in the semifinals, the third group hosts China's Ren, Australia's Corey, Holland's De Laat, Hungary's Krueger and Turkey's Akar. Finally, in the fourth group will be the holder of the two current records, the Korean Hwang, the Hungarian Shaolin-Sandor Liu, the Dutch Knegt, the Chinese Li and the American Pivirotto.
1 and 2 quarterfinals (men)
The first group will feature China's Wu, Canada's Pierre-Gilles, Korea's Park, USA's Heo and Italy's Sighel. These quarterfinals will start around 19.44 local time. In the second group, the Hungarian Liu, the French Fercoq, the Korean Lee, the Canadian Dion and the Japanese Yoshinaga will participate.
3 and 4 quarterfinals (women)
To close this elimination phase and complete the semifinal group, Korea's Choi, China's Zhang, Russia's Prosvirnova, Belgium's Desmet and Italy's Fontana will face each other in the third round. In the fourth group will be the Olympic record holder Schultings of the Netherlands, China's Qu, Japan's Kikuchi, USA's Santos and Italy's Martina Valcepina.
1 and 2 quarterfinals (women)
The women's quarterfinals in the first and second rounds will feature the world record holder in the sprint. Boutin will be in the first round to qualify for the semifinals where she will face Italy's Valcepina, China's Fan, and two compatriots, Charles and Brunelle. This round will start around 19.30 local time.
The second group includes the Dutch Poutsma and Velzeboer, the Hungarian Jaszapati, the Russian Seregina and the American Biney.
How the Quarterfinals are organized
This round, for both women's and men's, is divided into four groups of five competitors who will seek a pass to the semifinals of this category at the Winter Olympics. The athletes who advance are the top two finishers from each quarterfinal. In addition, the two third fastest athletes in each group will also advance. In other words, ten competitors will participate in the semifinals in search of the gold medal.
Welcome to VAVEL
Hello everybody. Welcome to the online broadcast of the short track speed skating semifinals and finals, both the men's 1000m and women's 500m, of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games. Twenty skaters will be looking for the gold medal at the Capital's Indoor Stadium. The quarterfinals start at 19.30 local time. Consequently, the semifinals will start at 20.13 local time. Finally, the finals at 8.46 p.m. local time.