In order to determine the beijing winter olympics figure skating men's single skating and women's single skating each 1 place, the figure skating national training team in Beijing Shougang Park base from December 16 to January 15, 2021 a total of 3 stops and 5 selection matches, Jin Boyang and Zhu Yi in the month-long selection process, with their stable performance in the Winter Olympics to participate in the list.
Zhu Yi was in the first selection round. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese figure skating won a total of 5 individual seats in 2 pair skates, 1 ice dance, 1 men's singles and 1 women's singles, as well as team competition qualifications. The duo of Sui Wenjing/Han Cong and Peng Cheng/Jin Yang won the first and second places in the Italian stage of the Figure Skating Grand Prix last November, and the ice dance Wang Shiyue/ Liu Xinyu team won the fourth place in the Italian competition, and in line with the principle of seeking truth from facts, these three pairs have taken the lead in locking in a total of three Winter Olympic places in pair skating and ice dance. In terms of the number of men's and women's singles, 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", the figure skating national training team has determined the selection criteria according to the sum of the better results of 4 of the 3 stations and 5 games in accordance with the "Measures for the Selection of Athletes in the Figure Skating Singles Event beijing winter olympics" approved by the General Administration of Sports, and selected the best to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, if there is a tie and ranking the first in the technical score. In the end, Jin Boyang pressed Chen Yudong's 914.15 points with a total score of 1074.89 to lock in the men's singles quota. On the women's singles side, Zhu Yi, Chen Hongyi and Lin Shan, three young players, fought fiercely until the end of the last selection match, and finally Zhu Yi was successfully selected for the Winter Olympics with a total score of 732.60, and Chen Hongyi and Lin Shan were ranked second and third, with a total of 724.64 points and 716.68 points respectively.
Jin Boyang in the first race. Photo: Xinhua News Agency
Jin Boyang is currently the highest ranking player in the world in the domestic men's single skating, and his program has become internationally competitive in terms of technical difficulty, but balancing difficulty and stability and reducing the error rate are the problems he needs to face. During the one-month selection process, Jin Boyang gradually entered a better situation, always maintaining a lead over his competitor Chen Yudong, and was selected for the Winter Olympics list with a large advantage.
Born in Los Angeles, 19, Zhu Yi began learning to skate at the age of 7 and won the Rookie Division of the National Figure Skating Championships at the age of 16. In the past two years, Zhu Yi has been actively preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics, taking the Winter Olympics shuttle, and Zhu Yi expects the Chinese legion to achieve excellent results.