China News Agency, Beijing, November 6th. In the 2022-2023 ISU Short Track Speed ​​Skating World Cup Salt Lake City Station competition held on the 6th, Beijing time, the young Chinese team beat their opponents with a score of 2:37.153 and won a mixed bag. Relay champion.

This is the first World Cup gold medal won by the Chinese short track speed skating team in the new season, and also the first gold medal in the new cycle of Chinese ice and snow events.

　　The Salt Lake City race is the second race of the short track speed skating World Cup in the new season.

In the first stop in Montreal, Canada, the Chinese players performed poorly and no medals were recorded. Zhang Chutong won the fifth place in the women's 1000m final, which was the best result for a Chinese player in the World Cup at that station.

　　Moved to the Salt Lake City competition, the Chinese team adjusted the roster before the game. Several young main players such as Wang Ye and Gong Li were unable to play due to colds and fever. The experienced Lin Xiaoxuan withdrew from the game with a waist injury. The team consisted of Li Wenlong, Wang Xinran, Zhang Chutong and Zhong Yuchen. The young mixed relay team, with an average age of only 21, entered the final of the mixed 2000m relay with the second place in the group.

　　In the final, the Dutch team was in the leading position most of the time, and the Chinese team ranked second. In the 5th lap from the bottom, the leading Dutch star Schulting fell, and the Chinese team surpassed.

　　After that, the Chinese team maintained the leading position, and the second-ranked South Korean team tried to surpass. Zhong Yuchen resisted the pressure and held the inner lane. In the end, the Chinese team won the championship with a score of 2:37.153. This is the Chinese short track speed skating team. First World Cup gold medal of the new season.

South Korea and the United States won the silver and bronze medals respectively.

　　Chinese team leader Liu Chenyu said in an interview with the media that the team overcame the shortage of personnel to participate in the Salt Lake City competition, and the mixed team relay gold medal boosted the team's confidence and morale.

　　In other event competitions that day, Li Wenlong was the only Chinese team player to advance to the final of the individual event Group A, and won the seventh place in the men's 1500m.

The championship of the project was won by Van der Voort of the Netherlands, with a score of 2:11.909.

　　Next, there will be multiple individual competitions in the Salt Lake City World Cup.

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