There is still a month to go before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, more than 400 athletes of 29 national training teams in ice and snow projects are sprinting with full force, some of them are preparing for closed competitions at home, some are participating in selection competitions, and some are also training and competing abroad, making a final effort to win tickets for the Winter Olympic Games. A month later, the Beijing Winter Olympics will kick off, and China's ice and snow athletes will work hard for their dreams and add glory to the motherland!
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After a series of competitions, many national training teams have completed the task of the competition and returned to China to continue to prepare. Many of them have already received tickets for the Winter Olympics in advance and will seize the time in the next month to sprint and improve their status.
This season's short track speed skating 4 World Cup, Wu Dajing in the last leg of the Netherlands World Cup to find his form, to create a 2021 best result to win the championship. Ren Ziwei has been in excellent form this season, winning one gold medal in the men's 1000m of short track speed skating and two gold medals in the men's 1500m of short track speed skating. With the good performance of the World Cup, Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei got the tickets for the Winter Olympics in advance. Looking forward to the Winter Olympics, they said that they would adjust their state in the final preparation stage and fight with all their might.
Wu Dajing in the Dutch 500 meters
The figure skating national training team is preparing for the sprint before the Winter Olympics in Beijing Shougang Park. China figure skating won a total of 2 pair skates/ pairs, ice dance, men's singles, women's singles 1 / pair, a total of 5 / pairs of Winter Olympics places. According to past results, the pair skating Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang and the ice dance Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu have locked 3 places. In the final month, they seized the time to hone their skills and will appear in the Winter Olympics in the best condition.
The speed skating national training team recently ended all World Cup events and returned home to prepare for the game. At present, speed skating has won 22 minor events, 8 women's and 6 men's qualifications. With a strong performance in the men's 1500m and 1000m races and a personal best in the 1000m in Calgary, Ning Zhongyan got the Winter Olympic ticket in advance. Gao Tingyu, who won a gold and a silver in the men's 500m event, also locked in the winter Olympic qualification in advance. The men's 500m, 1500m, women's team chase will be the team's main attack direction at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Ning Zhongyan in the game
The cross-country skiing national training team is preparing for the International Snow Federation points race in Xinjiang, has achieved the goal of "all projects", and is making all-round preparations for the Winter Olympics to improve the status.
In the FIS Nordic Intercontinental Cup competition, China's Zhao Jiawen won the first Winter Olympic ticket for the Chinese team in the men's individual standard platform + 10 km cross-country skiing competition. At present, Zhao Jiawen has returned to China with the nordic two-country training team to continue to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Putting yourself in better shape into training and striving to improve his best performance at the Winter Olympics is Zhao Jiawen's goal in the coming month.
In the ice hockey event, although the gap with the world's strong teams is still obvious, the Olympic debut of Chinese men's ice and the return of Chinese women's ice are still worth looking forward to. A few days ago, the Chinese women's hockey national training team returned home after nearly 5 months of external training in Russia to prepare for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics. Facing the final month, female ice skaters want to maintain a sense of urgency and seize the time to improve the quality of daily training.
Fair selection Build the strongest squad
In order to openly, fairly and impartially select the highest level athletes in China to represent the country in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and achieve the goal of "participating in the competition", a number of projects have held selection competitions around the qualifications for the Winter Olympic Games.
After more than a month of competition, the Curling Olympic Trial Competition organized by the Winter Games Center of the General Administration of the People's Republic of China ended in Beijing a few days ago, with a total of 4 men's and women's four teams and 4 mixed doubles teams participating, with one race per week, 48 four-person competitions and 60 mixed doubles competitions for six consecutive weeks. In the curling event, China directly won the full quota of seats in the men's, women's and mixed doubles events. Through the selection competition, the Olympic lineup of the Chinese curling team is about to surface. The competition also allowed athletes to improve their ability to read ice, which was conducive to improving their abilities at the Winter Olympics.
Curling Olympic Trials recently ended picture source Chinese sports pictures
In addition to the three-pair combination of Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang and Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu, who have already confirmed the qualification for the Beijing Winter Olympics, figure skating men's and women's singles players also have to go through a selection competition. The Figure Skating Olympic Selection Event has a total of 3 stations and 5 points races, which are ranked according to the sum of the better results of 4 of the 5 games in 3 stops. The first two trials have ended, and men's and women's single skaters, including Jin Boyang, Chen Yudong, Chen Hongyi, Zhu Yi and Lin Shan, will continue to attack the number of figure skating entries at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Sui Wenjing/Han Cong Photo source Xinhua News Agency
After the end of the four World Cups this season, the short track speed skating national training team won a total of 5 men and 5 women's seats at the Beijing Winter Olympics. In addition to Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei, who have automatically qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics, other players, including Fan Kexin, will be finally selected through 3 selection competitions. The selection competition will be held from January 10 to 15 at the Shougang Winter Training Base, with a total of 3 men, 5 women and 8 athletes selected to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Among the 11 sub-events of alpine skiing at the Winter Olympic Games, the alpine skiing national training team has achieved the Olympic standard in 10 sub-sports, and it is getting closer and closer to the goal of "participating in all projects". At present, the national training team has entered the final sprint stage, and the men's team has returned to China to prepare for the sprint after Zhang Yangming and Xu Mingfu achieved all 5 sub-standards. The women's team remained in Europe and strived to achieve the women's super slalom.
At present, the snowmobile national training team has won 2 seats in real time in 4 sub-events, and the steel-frame snowmobile national training team has won 2 places in real time in the men's single and women's single sub-disciplines. In the bobsleigh event, the 7 Olympic points races have ended 6 stops, and the Chinese athletes have won 1 seat in the men's singles, women's singles, doubles, and team relay events in real time.
A few days ago, the Winter Games Center also announced the Olympic qualification selection method for alpine skiing, snowmobiles, steel frame snowmobiles, bobsleighs, and short track speed skating events, among which, steel frame snowmobiles and short track speed skating, will also hold a separate Olympic selection competition.
Grab the last chance to compete for tickets to the Winter Olympics
Although the Beijing Winter Olympics are getting closer and closer, many World Cup competitions in snow sports are still in progress, and many national training teams in China are also seizing the last opportunity to compete for more Winter Olympic tickets.
On December 31, 2021 and January 2, 2022 Beijing time, Gu Ailing won the World Cup Calgary Women's U-Shaped Venue championship twice in a row, showing excellent form. At present, in the freestyle ski U-shaped field project, 4 women and 3 men in China have obtained the winter Olympic qualification for the real-time ranking. In the following two World Cups in Mammoth Mountain, USA, from January 6 to 8, the freestyle skiing U-shaped field national training team will make the final attempt to achieve the goal of 4 men and 4 women.
Gu Ailing wore a yellow vest representing the first place in the International Snow Federation points
Aerial skills is a traditional Chinese advantage event, and at present, in the real-time ranking, in addition to the temporary qualification in the mixed group relay, there are also 3 women and 2 men who are temporarily qualified for the Winter Olympics in individual events. There are still three World Cups left in Canada and the United States this season, and the Air Skills National Training Team will also launch an impact on the full tickets of 4 men and 4 women. The team is currently preparing for the World Cup in Montreal on January 5 in Canada.
In the snowboard U-shaped field event, at present, in the real-time ranking list, the Chinese team has 4 women and 3 men to qualify for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the two veterans Liu Jiayu and Cai Xuetong have the opportunity to play in the Winter Olympics. Next, the national training team will continue to compete for Olympic points through the two World Cups in Mammoth Mountain in the United States from January 6 to 8 and the two World Cups in Lex, Switzerland, from January 13 to 16, and will practice instead of the competition to improve their status.
On the women's side, there are currently Chinese players Gu Ailing and Yang Shuorui who have temporarily qualified for the Winter Olympics in the real-time rankings, while the men's side has temporarily failed to meet the standard. The next two World Cups in Mammoth Hill in the United States from January 6 to 9 and the two World Cups in Romo in France from January 14 to 16 are the last chances for teams to compete for Olympic tickets.
The same thing happened in the snowboard slope obstacle course and big jumping event, where China won two Winter Olympic places in real time, 1 men and 1 woman. Although Su Yiming won the World Cup championship of the big jump this season, the slope obstacle skills are his shortcomings, and his current Winter Olympic points ranking is 29th in real time, temporarily meeting the participation requirements of the Beijing Winter Olympics. On the women's side, Jung qualified as host. With two World Cups in Mammoth Hill in the United States from January 6 to 8 and two World Cups in Lex, Switzerland, from January 13 to 16, Chinese athletes will compete for more Olympic points.
At present, the biathlon has carried out 4 World Cups, the biathlon national training team has all participated, the men's team national cup points are temporarily ranked 27th, the women's team national cup points are temporarily ranked 23rd, and the men's and women's teams will continue to work hard in the next 3 World Cups, striving for the top 20 national cup points, and can have 4 Winter Olympic places respectively.
At present, Chinese male athlete Song Qiwu and female athletes Peng Qingyue and Dong Bing have qualified for the Olympic Games, and they will participate in the competition in 4 events at the Winter Olympics, and the number of participants and projects have reached a new high in China's previous Winter Olympics. In addition, the team will also compete for tickets for the men's team big jump.