On March 14, Beijing time, the 2025 Short Track Speed Skating World Championships will start in Beijing, and the Chinese short track team will play at home, and the team will send a strong lineup of 15 men and women. This season, the Chinese short track team played averagely, winning a total of 5 golds, 2 silvers and 5 bronzes on the stage of the World Tour, ranking only fifth, ahead of Canada with 21 golds, 11 silvers and 5 bronzes, the Netherlands team ranked second with 13 golds, 7 silvers and 8 bronzes, South Korea won the third with 5 golds, 11 silvers and 10 bronzes, and the United States temporarily ranked fourth with 5 golds, 6 silvers and 10 bronzes. China and South Korea did not compete in the Netherlands due to the Asian Winter Games.
In the past, the advantage of the strong teams of China and South Korea is no longer there, especially the performance of the Chinese women's team is really unsatisfactory and cannot compete with the other four strong teams, which is the most difficult moment for the Chinese short track women's team. The 2025 World Championships will start in Beijing, which is an opportunity for the Chinese team, and the Chinese short track team will perform well on the World Tour in Beijing, and the home game is bound to be full of confidence for the Chinese players.
In this World Championships, the Chinese short track men's team sent famous players Sun Long, Liu Shaoang, Liu Shaolin, Li Wenlong, Liu Guanyi, Zhu Yiling and Zhang Baihao, Lin Xiaojun, who won the 500-meter championship at the Asian Winter Games, did not appear in the squad, he just underwent surgery and is currently recovering, which is a lot of pressure on the Chinese short track team. In terms of the women's team, the veteran Fan Kexin is still in the list, and the rising momentum of Gong Li, Wang Xinran, Zang Yize, and Zhang Chutong are also all listed, and it is worth mentioning that the 18-year-old Chinese teenager Yang Jingru also ushered in her first World Championships, looking forward to the performance of this young player.
On the whole, the strength of the men's and women's teams of Canada and the Netherlands is relatively balanced, with Jang Sung-woo, who has shown color protection in the South Korean Asian Winter Games, rising rapidly, and Park Ji-won The South Korean men's team should not be underestimated. The women's team of South Korea's Kim Gilly and Choi Minjing, as well as the Dutch women's team Walzebor sisters, the United States Santos, the Canadian women's team and the Italian women's team are all strong, and the Chinese short track team is under great pressure.