MIXED RELAY: THE HUNGARIAN TEAM TOOK BRONZE!
In the first heat, China and Italy finished in the top two, but the South Koreans slipped out, and although they finished third, their time was not promising. In heat 2, the Netherlands and Canada finished in the top two, but the Kazakhs skated better than South Korea, so they also reached the semifinals.
The third heat started with Zsófia Kónya and Petra Jászapáti, as well as with John-Henry Krueger and Sándor Shaolin Liu. The girls were in third place, but the boys were able to bring the team up first to second place, and after a brilliant overtaking by Shaolin Sándor Liu, Hungary won the heat ahead of the Russians.
Hungary also raced in the second semifinal next to the host China, the United States, and the Russian team. This time, Shaoang Liu replaced John-Henry Krueger. From heat 1, Canada and Italy made it to the final after the Dutch slipped out and the Kazakhs fell behind.
Hungary got off to a good start, Petra Jászapáti tagged Zsófia Kónya in the first place, who dropped one place behind the Americans, but she was able to hold on to them. In the end, Shaolin Sándor Liu took back the first place and finished as a heat winner.
Later, the Russians and the United States got disqualified, so the Chinese also became finalists, which was not so good news. It was also uncertain how tired the Hungarians were, especially Zsófia Kónya. Hungary stepped on the ice in an unchanged formation compared to the semifinals.
After the start, the Canadians collided with Jászapáti and swept her away, but officials called for a restart. The girls skated in fourth place. Shaoang Liu overtook the Italians, and Hungary was in third place. Zsófia Kónya came up to the second place, but then she collided with the Canadian. Hungary finished fourth, but the team was still waiting for the video review. China won ahead of Italy.
As expected, Canada got disqualified, so the HUNGARIAN MIXED RELAY TOOK THE BRONZE MEDAL!
WINTER OLYMPICS, BEIJING 2022
SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING
1. China (Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin, Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Zhang Yuting)
2. Italy (Arianna Fontana, Martina Valcepina, Arianna Valcepina, Pietro Sighel, Yuri Confortola, Andrea Cassineli)
3. HUNGARY (Petra Jászapáti, Zsófia Kónya, John-Henry Krueger, Shaoang Liu, Shaolin Sándor Liu)
4. the Netherlands
5. Kazakhstan
6. Canada
Gergely Kohán, Erika Kovács (text), Károly Árvai (photo) report from Beijing on behalf of Nemzeti Sport.
