Wang Rui (L) and Zhang Lijun of China compete during the Curling Women's Round Robin Session 1 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between China and Denmark at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 10, 2022.
Hwang Dae-heon from South Korea celebrates on Wednesday after winning the men's 1,500m short-track speedskating at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. (LAN HONGGUANG/XINHUA) China's flying start to its home Winter Olympics hit a bottleneck on Wednesday when star short-track speed skater Ren Ziwei was disqualified from the men's 1,500 meters.
China's Zou Qiang (front) and Wang Zhiyu compete during the Curling Men's Round Robin Session 1 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics between China and Sweden at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 9, 2022.
Ruslan Zakharov of ROC competes during the speed skating men's 1,500m event at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 8, 2022.
