Beijing time on the 1st 7th news, the 2021-2022 bobsleigh World Cup in Winterberg, Germany kicked off, the men's steel frame snowmobile final, Latvia's Martins Ducurs won the championship with a time of 56.36 seconds, Germany's Juncker and Russia's Trediakov won the second and third places respectively. China's Geng Wenqiang finished 10th and Yan Wengang finished 12th. It is worth mentioning that Yan Wengang ranked fourth in the first round, but some runners complained about the condition of the track, and the organizing committee decided to cancel the first round of results and determine the final result with the second round of single round results.
China's steel frame snowmobile started late compared with the european and American teams, but in recent years, it has steadily moved forward, striving to be the first, and constantly creating history. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Geng Wenqiang became the first Chinese steel frame snowmobile player to stand on the Winter Olympics, and he braved the strong enemy and won the 13th place.
In the 2019-2020 season, Geng Wenqiang continued to send good news, and at the World Cup in La Plagne, France, he and Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion and South Korea's Famous Yin Chengbin achieved exactly the same results, and the two tied for third place, which was the first time that a Chinese player had reached the world cup podium in this project.
In the World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria, last November, Geng Wenqiang once again created a surprise, he ran a time of 1 minute 46.04 seconds after two rounds of competition, and won the championship alongside Britain's Weston and Germany's Grossel, which was the first World Cup title of China's steel frame snowmobile. It can be said that every breakthrough of China's steel frame snowmobile is inseparable from Geng Wenqiang. In the latest steel frame snowmobile world rankings, Geng Wenqiang ranked seventh and has become one of the world's top players.
This week's Steel Frame Snowmobile World Cup came to Winterberg, Germany, and two players from the Chinese team, Geng Wenqiang and Yan Wengang, competed. The starting record and track record of this track were held by Trediakov, which was 4.75 seconds and 55.50 seconds respectively. In the first round, Yan Wengang was more adaptable to the track, and he ran a time of 57.58 seconds, ranking fourth among the 29 runners, and was very promising to hit the medal.
Geng Wenqiang's starting technique is good, but the processing technology of the corners is not as delicate as Yan Wengang, and there are obvious speed reductions in both corners, which affects the performance, and finally he ran a time of 57.85 seconds, tied for 13th place with The British Falk.
Russia's Trediakov was in excellent form, finishing first in 57.30 seconds, followed by the Latvian Dukurs brothers in second place, both of whom ran a time of 57.56 seconds, while another Russian athlete, Semenov, was fifth in 57.58 seconds and Tregupov was sixth in 57.64 seconds. South Korea's Yoon Seung-bin finished 16th.
After a short break, the second round of the competition begins. According to the CCTV commentary that broadcast the game, after the first round, some players complained that the track was not in good condition, and the official decision of the race was to determine the winner and loser with the results of the second round. In other words, 29 runners ran another round to determine the winner of the Winterberg station with the results of this round, which was rare in previous competitions.
In the second round of the competition, Yan Wengang made his 19th appearance, his starting performance was average, the result was 4.93 seconds, and then the taxi, Yan Wengang had a loss of speed in at least two corners, these small details were not handled in place, which greatly affected the final result, he finished in 56.90 seconds, and finished 12th.
Geng Wenqiang's starting time was 5.03 seconds, but his gliding was maintained well, and the overall speed was faster, and he finished the race with a time of 56.77 seconds and finished 10th.
In this round, Martins Ducurs finished first in 56.36 seconds and won the championship, followed by Germany's Juncker in 56.37 seconds, Trediakov was third in 56.41 seconds, Germany's Gasnelle was fourth in 56.52 seconds, Thomas Ducurs was fifth in 56.57 seconds, and Yin Chengbin was sixth in 56.60 seconds. (Ren Xin)