At the Beijing Olympics, the short track speed skating started, and Sumire Kikuchi at 500 meters for women and Kazuki Yoshinaga at 1000 meters for men each broke through the qualifying and advanced to the quarterfinals.
The women's 500 meters will be divided into 8 groups of 4 people each, and the players with the highest time among the 2nd and 3rd place of each group will advance to the quarterfinals.
Kikuchi, who participated in two consecutive Olympic Games, appeared in the 7th qualifying group, and although he was preceded by the two insiders from the start, he bite hard.
Kikuchi finished in 3rd place as it was, became a top player in the time of 3rd place, and advanced to the quarterfinal where 20 people compete.
The men's 1000 meters will also be divided into 8 groups of 4 people each, and the players with the highest time among the 2nd and 3rd place of each group will advance to the quarterfinals.
Yoshinaga, who participated in two consecutive tournaments, appeared in the 6th group of qualifying and was in 2nd place due to aggressive slipping, but in the final stage he was overtaken by the player behind him and finished 3rd.
However, Yoshinaga advanced to the quarter-final as a relief measure because of the interference of other players.
On the other hand, Shogo Miyata, who participated for the first time, was eliminated from the qualifying in 4th place in 3 groups of qualifying.