The Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom National Team has activated two Winter Olympic quotas

A few days ago, the 2021/2022 FIS Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup in Banoye, Russia came to an end, with South Korea's Lee Sang-hu winning the men's championship and Russia's Nadirsina Sofia winning the women's championship. In addition, China's Zang Ruxin and Bi Ye won the 15th place in the women's group and the 25th place in the men's group in this competition, successfully activated the host of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and successfully advanced to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

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The 2021-2022 FIS Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup has a total of five stops, with Banoye in Russia being the first of the season. The Chinese Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom National Training Team did not go abroad to compete last season due to the impact of the epidemic, and most of its energy was focused on training. Long-term training, Zang Ruxin said in a previous interview: "There have been times when the mood has been low, including the New Year, which has also been in a relatively closed environment, but we can digest and regulate ourselves, think of our mission, think of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and all difficulties can be overcome." ”

Ji Xiaoou, the leader and coach of the Chinese team, said: "I did not participate in a season and a half, although we were very clear every step in the whole preparation process. But not competing with foreign players to compete, or buried a lot of uncertainties, because the parallel giant slalom event 'catch and kill' characteristics for athletes is not only a technical challenge, but also a great psychological challenge. I think that if athletes want to play well on the field, it is very important to compete with their opponents on the spot. ”

According to Ji Xiaoou, the national team conducted three and a half months of physical training in the summer, followed by dujiangyan, cocoto sea and Chongli to improve their technical movements, and recently went abroad to participate in international competitions.

The Chinese team sent 13 athletes to participate in this competition, 7 female players are Gong Naiying, Zang Ruxin, Xu Xiaoxiao, Peng Cheng, Dong Xue, Niu Jiaqi and Kong Binbin, and the 6 male players are Zhang Xuan, Bi Ye, Sun Huan, Qin Zihan, Lv Meishuo and Shao Yunyang. In the end, Zang Ruxin won the 15th place in the women's group and Bi Ye won the 25th place in the men's group. According to the FIS Winter Olympic qualification rules, if the Chinese team wants to activate the host quota, it needs to have at least 100 FIS points and enter the top 30 in this season's World Cup. As a result, Chinese players Zang Ruxin and Bi Ye successfully qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics.

In addition, in the snowboard parallel giant slalom event, the Chinese team currently has 4 women and 2 men who have reached the minimum participation standards of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Next, the Chinese team has 4 World Cup events and several International Snow Federation points races to earn Winter Olympic points to compete for more Olympic seats.