Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands reacts after the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
BEIJING, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Reigning Olympic champion Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands renewed the world record to one minute and 26.514 seconds in the women's 1,000 meter short track speedskating quarterfinals at the Beijing Winter Olympics here on Friday.
The previous world record was 1:26.661 set by South Korea's Shim Suk-hee in a World Cup race in Calgary in 2012. ■
Suzanne Schulting (front) of the Netherlands competes during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Natalia Maliszewska (front) of Poland falls onto the ice rink during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands, Qu Chunyu of China and Corinne Stoddard of the United States (L to R) compete during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Han Yutong of China competes during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Han Yutong (L) of China and Suzanne Schulting of the Netherlands compete during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Zhang Chutong (R) of China competes during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Han Yutong (C) China and Suzanne Schulting (R) of the Netherlands compete during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
Kikuchi Sumire (L) of Japan and Zhang Chutong of China compete during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
Qu Chunyu (L) of China competes during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Suzanne Schulting (front) of the Netherlands competes during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Zhang Chutong (1st L) of China competes during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Kikuchi Sumire (L) of Japan and Zhang Chutong of China compete during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Lee Yubin (front) of South Korea competes during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Kikuchi Sumire (1st R) of Japan and Zhang Chutong (2nd R) of China clash during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Natalia Maliszewska (front) of Poland falls onto the ice rink during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Han Yutong (2nd L) of China and Suzanne Schulting (2nd front) of the Netherlands compete during the women's 1,000m short track speed skating quarterfinal at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
