China's ace short track speed skater Ren Ziwei clinched his first individual Olympic gold medal in the men's 1000m in one minute and 26.768 seconds at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Monday.

It was China's second gold at the 2022 Games after their victory in the 2000m mixed team relay of short track speed skating.

"The short track speed skating team will never let people down. That is a tradition. We will try our best for future Games," Ren said.

Another Chinese skater, Li Wenlong, took the silver in 1:29.917. Hungarian Liu Shaoang bagged the bronze in 1:35.693.