Gold medalist Bart Swings (C) of Belgium, silver medalist Chung Jae Won (L) of South Korea and bronze medalist Lee Seung Hoon of South Korea attend the flower ceremony after the speed skating men's mass start final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Belgian skater Bart Swings grabbed the gold medal in the men's mass start speed skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics here on Saturday.
The 31-year-old finished the 16 laps with 63 sprint points. Chung Jae Won and Lee Seung Hoon of South Korea finished second and third with 40 points and 20 points respectively.
Bart Swings (1st L) of Belgium competes during the speed skating men's mass start final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)
Bart Swings of Belgium (front) competes during the speed skating men's mass start final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
Bart Swings of Belgium reacts after the speed skating men's mass start final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)
Lee Seung Hoon (L) and Jae Won Chung of South Korea celebrate after the speed skating men's mass start final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)
Chung Jae Won (L) and Lee Seung Hoon of South Korea celebrate after the speed skating men's mass start final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Wu Wei)
Chinese skater Ning Zhongyan ranked 12th in seven minutes and 48.07 seconds.
Ning Zhongyan of China reacts during the speed skating men's mass start semifinals of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
Ning Zhongyan (L) of China competes during the speed skating men's mass start semifinals of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)
