THE HAGUE, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Wu Dajing and his fellow Chinese An Kai advanced into the men's 1,000m quarterfinals at the 2021-2022 ISU World Cup Short Track Speed Skating series in Dordrecht, the Netherlands on Friday.
In the preliminaries, the duo and anther Chinese Ren Ziwei, a World Cup winner, all stood out as group leaders, but in the following heats, Wu and An took lead with a result of one minute and 24.613 seconds and 1:26.019 respectively, while Ren was penaltied off for contact with Park Inwook of South Korea.
Also on Friday, Team China, consisting of An Kai, Li Wenlong, Sun Long and Zhang Tianyi, topped the heat to qualify for the men's 5,000m relay semifinals on 6:48.337. Canada, South Korea and Hungary also booked their spots in the semis as group leaders.
In the women's 3,000m relay quarterfinals, Fan Kexin, Guo Yihan, Zhang Chutong, Zhang Yuting of China ranked top on 4:10.057 in their heat to secure a seat in the semis.
Meanwhile, Chinese athletes Han Yutong, Zhang Yuting and Zhang Chutong all came in second in their heats and made it to the women's 1,000m quarterfinals.
At the last ISU World Cup of the season taking place on November 25-28, the men's and women's 500m and 1500m finals will be held on Saturday. Enditem