First Hungarian Medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Hungary’s mixed short track speed skating relay team of Sándor Liu Shaolin, Liu Shaoang, Petra Jászapáti and Zsófia Kónya won the bronze medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Saturday.

The title in this event that made its Olympic debut in Beijing went to the host country China with Italy taking the silver medal.

The third place, contested between Canada and Hungary, was decided in the Hungarians’ favor after a video replay.

With only a few laps to go, Canada’s Florence Brunelle and Hungary's Petra Jászapati collided, with both sliding off the course. Both teams recovered to finish the race, but after review, Canada received a penalty for a push from behind and was disqualified.

The mixed relay is a 2,000-metre race that covers 18 laps. The order of skaters is woman, woman, man, man, woman, woman, man, man.

The skaters on each mixed relay team must have qualified for an individual short-track event, or a men's or women's relay.

The mixed relay event has been included in the short-track world cup series since the 2018-19 season.