From January 14 to 16, local time, the International Snowmobile and Steel Frame Snowmobile Federation (IBSF) World Cup will stage the final race of the 2021-2022 season , the St. Moritz Station in Switzerland. Chinese and foreign athletes will compete here for the final ranking of the season and the qualification for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
St. Moritz is the eighth leg of the IBSF World Cup this season and the final battle of the season. The best players from all over the world will have the last chance to improve their IBSF ranking points in this competition, which will be used to allocate Olympic quotas for teams from various regions in various countries at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which starts in early February.
In the women's steel frame snowmobile event, Dutch star Kimberly Bosch is about to win the first IBSF World Cup championship for the Netherlands. The 28-year-old, who finished third overall last season, is at the best of her career in this important Olympic preparation cycle, having previously won two World Cup races. Bos's best World Cup result to date in St. Moritz was fifth in January 2017. She is in direct competition with four-time European champion and Russian star Alanna Nikina.
Men's steel frame bobsleigh, currently leading Latvian martins ducurs is expected to be crowned World Cup champion for the 11th time. The defending European champion is Russia's Alexander Trediakov, who won the 2021 winterberg race.
In addition, St. Moritz will witness the final ranking of women's singles and doubles. Among them, China's "double jiao" Huai Mingming and Ying Qing will compete in the single bobsleigh race, and the two won the fourth and fifth places in the project in the higuda station in Latvia, and the 10th and 12th places in the winterberg station in Germany. Their efforts throughout the season helped the Chinese snow team lock in two Winter Olympic places in advance.
In the men's doubles and four-man snowmobile races, almost no one could stop Olympic champion, world champion and defending World Cup champion Francisco Friedrich from winning his fifth overall title. His season ranking points, which are ahead of his competitors, will make him the brightest star in the snowmobiling program at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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