Liu Brothers Conquer Dordrecht Skating World Championship
Olympic gold medalist Shaoang Liu won his first world title in speed skating at the men’s 500-meter final of the 2021 Short Track Speed Skating World Championships in Dordrecht, Netherlands on Saturday. He followed his brother Shaolin Sándor in the men’s 1000 meter on Sunday as well, where the two finished first and second.
Representing Hungary, the 22-year-old Shaoang sped in first with a time of 40.524 seconds, followed by Semen Elistratov (40.524 seconds) from Russia and Pietro Sighel (40,673 seconds) from Italy.
Starting in the first position after achieving the best time in the semi-finals, Liu was able to maintain the lead throughout the fast-paced race that brought him his first gold in 500 meter skating.