On March 14, Beijing time, the Short Track Speed Skating World Championships kicked off, and in the first men's 1500m 1/4 finals, Chinese stars Liu Shaoang, Li Wenlong and Sun Long competed. In the end, Liu Shaoang defeated two Canadian players in the first group and advanced strongly as the first in the group. Li Wenlong and South Korea's Park Ji-won in the second group also finished in second place, Sun Long easily won the first place in the seventh group, and all three Chinese players successfully advanced to the men's 1500m semifinals.

Group 1: Liu Shaoang defeated Canada 1-2 and advanced to the top spot

China's Liu Shaoang took the lead in the quarter-finals, with two Canadians and the Netherlands in the same group. At the beginning of the race, Liu Shaoang did not rush forward and began to follow the slide, and Canadian star Tanginu and his teammates occupied the top two. After 5 laps of skating, the Polish runners overtook the first place, and the Canadian runners were affected in the process of overtaking, at this time Liu Shaoang seized the opportunity to accelerate to the top three, and the last lap was the outer road to the first strong collision line, and successfully advanced with the first place.

Group 2: Li Wenlong followed the sliding tactics and joined hands with Park Jiyuan to advance

China's Li Wenlong made his debut in the second group, alongside South Korea's Park Ji-won. At the beginning of the game, Park Ji-won played very actively, and Li Wenlong was not in a hurry, and followed the slide closely. Due to the large number of participants in the group, Park Ji-won brought the speed to within 9 seconds, and it was more difficult for the rest of the runners except for Li Wenlong to follow in the last three laps, and finally Li Wenlong finished second in the group with 2:13.698, and Park Ji-won advanced first.

Group 7: Sun Longwaidao surpassed the top spot, and the state was very relaxed

The third Chinese player, Sun Long, played in Group 7 against Japan and Kazakhstan. After the start of the game, Sun Long was not too anxious to grab the second lane in the second lane, and kept following in the penultimate position. Due to the long schedule, Sun Long's explosiveness is very good, and he can quickly exert power in the later stages. After three laps, the Japanese players began to exert their strength, Sun Long was still not in a hurry, at this time the front players were already quite confused, Sun Long saw this continuous outside road surpassing, easily came to the first place, at this time there are still 4 laps in the game. In the final stage, Sun Long skated more steadily, and the Kazakh players behind him no longer had the strength to follow, and finally Sun Long successfully advanced to the first place in 2:23.78.

So far, the three Chinese players in the men's 1500m 1/4 race have successfully advanced to the semifinals.