Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 21 (Reporters Wang Jingyu and Hu Jiali) According to the China University Sports Association, on the 20th local time in the United States, in the short track speed skating competition of the 2023 World University Winter Games held in Lake Placid, the Chinese team Winning 1 silver and 1 bronze, this is also the first time that the Chinese delegation has won medals since the start of the competition.
In the women's 500m final, Wang Yichao from Chengdu Institute of Physical Education won the silver medal with a time of 44.568 seconds.
A total of 3 South Korean players entered the final. After the gunshot, Wang Yichao followed the famous Korean player Cui Minzhen to grab the second position.
Since then, she has firmly held on to this position and won the first medal for the Chinese delegation in this Winter Games.
Cui Minzhen won the gold medal with a time of 44.050 seconds.
In the subsequent men's 500m final, Li Kongchao from Shenyang Normal University won the bronze medal with a time of 41.886 seconds, and the gold and silver medals were won by Japanese and Korean players respectively.
In the men's and women's mixed relay finals, China, South Korea and the United States were all fouled, and the French team won the championship.
On the 21st local time, the short track speed skating competition of this year's Great Winter Games will enter the final competition day, and will determine the gold medals in the men's and women's 1,000 meters, men's 5,000-meter relay, and women's 3,000-meter relay.