Beijing time on December 31 news, the 2021-2022 bobsleigh World Cup Latvia Siguda station began to compete, the men's steel frame bobsleigh final, the Home Team Dukuls brothers won the championship and runner-up, the brother Dumas Dukors won the championship in 1 minute 41 seconds 36 seconds, the younger brother Martins Ducurs won the second place with a difference of 0.06 seconds, South Korea's Zheng Shengji won the third place, China's Yan Wengang won the 14th place, Yin Zheng won the 19th place, Geng Wenqiang stopped the first round and won the 21st place.
The progress of China's men's steel frame snowmobile in recent years is obvious to all, in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Geng Wenqiang became China's first steel frame snowmobile player to stand in the Winter Olympics, and then in the World Cup, Geng Wenqiang continued to be strong, and the best result last season won the tie for the third place, and this season was tied for the championship, constantly rewriting the history of China's steel frame snow car.
Since October this year, the Chinese steel frame snow team has been frequently reported in the international schedule, and has won 1 World Cup championship, 2 intercontinental cup championships, and 8 European Cup champions, of which Geng Wenqiang ranks eighth in the world and has become one of the top pops.
A total of 31 people played in the men's steel frame ski car final at Iguda Station in Latvia, with China's Geng Wenqiang, Yan Wengang and Yin Zheng playing side by side, and Chen Wenhao was not shortlisted. It is worth mentioning that Yin Zheng has previously reached the top in lower-level competitions consecutively, and the identity of the wild card has obtained valuable World Cup participation opportunities.
In the first round, Martins Ducurs, who played at home, performed well, his cart performance was 4.54 seconds, ranking fifth among all the players, and then sliding, Martins Ducurs was in excellent condition, successfully passed every corner, almost no speed down, sprint stage, Ducurs ran very fast, and finally ranked first with a time of 50.31 seconds.
South Korea's Jeong Seung-ki is quite skilled in cart pushing, and his starting time is 4.50 seconds, which is 0.04 seconds faster than Martins Dukors, which is the fastest of all the players. During the glide, Zheng Shengji performed well overall, finishing the race with a time of 50.64 seconds, ranking second.
Martins Ducurs' older brother Thomas Ducurs also had a good performance, his cart time was 4.62 seconds, but the gliding process was quite good, he was particularly familiar with the track, the handling of the corners was more delicate, finishing in 50.67 seconds, ranking third.
Russia's Tregupov is fourth, his teammate Rukossouev is fifth, Germany's Gasnier is sixth, World Champion Grossel is eighth, and Winter Olympic champion South Korea's Yoon Chengbin is tied for eighth.
China's Yin Zheng cart technology is outstanding, the starting time is 4.51 seconds, only behind Zheng Shengji, but there are losses in speed in both corners, and finally won 11th place in 51.26 seconds, Yan Wengang won 16th place in 51.38 seconds, the two worked together to advance to the medal round, Geng Wenqiang ranked 21st in 51.71 seconds, regrettably stopped.
In the final round (medal round), Thomas Ducurs started with a time of 4.60 seconds and finished with a time of 50.69 seconds, and after two rounds, the total time was 1:41.36, winning the championship. Martins Ducurs did not continue his previous good form, starting at 4.57.07 seconds, finishing in 51.11 seconds, and finishing second in 1:41.42. Zheng Shengji started with a time of 4.50 seconds, finished with a time of 51.09 seconds, and a total of 1:41.73 seconds, and won the third place.
Yan Wengang started with a time of 4.65 seconds, finished in 51.25 seconds, and finished 14th in total, Yin Zheng started with a time of 4.43 seconds, which was the fastest in the whole game, and finished in 51.76 seconds, and the total result was 19th.
In the women's steel frame bobsleigh final, which ended earlier, Austria's Flock was in good shape, running 52.15 seconds and 52.49 seconds respectively, with a total time of 1:44.64 to win the championship, which was her first title of the new season, Russia's Kanakina was runner-up with a difference of 0.17 seconds, and the Netherlands's Bose won the third place in 1:44.98.
China's Lin Huiyang and Zhu Yangqi did not participate, and youngsters Zhao Dan and Li Yuxi competed, Zhao Dan finished 23rd with a time of 53.58 seconds, and Li Yuxi finished 25th with a time of 53.87 seconds, both of which stopped in the first round. (Ren Xin)