(Beijing Winter Olympics) Speed skating women's 500m U.S. athlete wins gold
China News Service, Beijing, February 13 (Reporter Gao Kai) The women's 500-meter speed skating final at the Beijing Winter Olympics was held at the National Speed Skating Stadium known as the "Ice Ribbon" on the evening of the 13th. American player Erin Jackson won the gold medal. .
The two Chinese players ranked 12th and 14th respectively.
A total of 30 runners participated in the 500-meter race that night, and the competition was divided into 15 groups.
Chinese player Jin Jingzhu was ranked in the seventh group, and the overall performance was stable, achieving a score of 37.88 seconds, and finally ranked 12th.
Another Chinese player Tian Ruining played in the 12th group. Although he performed well, Tian Ruining failed to maintain his advantage to the end and finally ranked 14th with a time of 37.98 seconds.
Jackson of the United States won the gold medal, Miho Takagi of Japan won the second place, and the players of the Russian Olympic Committee team won the bronze medal.
In the speed skating men's team chase quarter-finals held on the same night, the Chinese speed skating team, which won the right to participate in the event for the first time, sent Lian Ziwen, Wang Haotian and Xu Fu, all three of whom participated in the men's 1000-meter race before. The second half did not perform well, and finally ranked last among the eight participating teams with a score of 3:52.25, and missed the cut.
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