There are still 15 days to go before the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the Chinese steel frame snow team will stand on the Winter Olympics for the second time, compared with four years ago in Pyeongchang, the progress of this young team in the Beijing cycle is obvious to all, not only 4 people have obtained the Winter Olympic qualification, Geng Wenqiang has achieved a breakthrough from World Cup medals to gold medals in two years, and the world ranking has broken into the top ten, ranking among the world's top one. At home, Geng Wenqiang has the strength to impact the medal, and the Chinese women's steel frame snowmobile will also make its debut at the Winter Olympics.
China's steel frame snowmobile started late the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics for the first time
Whether it is in the snowmobile family or in china's winter projects, the steel frame snow team started relatively late, and the national team was officially established in 2015, there was no qualified race track, no coach with relevant experience as guidance, and the talent selection of the Chinese team also faced many difficulties.
At this time, a favorable policy "cross-border cross-discipline" is about to come out, some athletes from athletics, gymnastics and other sports have joined the steel frame snow team and began to try training, due to the innate excellent conditions and excellent physical fitness, these players led by Geng Wenqiang have made great progress.
After the official establishment of the China Steel Frame Snow Team in 2015, in order to quickly improve the competitive ability of athletes, the Chinese team not only hired high-level foreign teachers, but also trained in Canada and other places for a long time, participated in a large number of competitions, adapted to various tracks, and accumulated valuable experience for athletes.
The competition of the steel frame snowmobile is divided into the World Cup, The European Cup, the Intercontinental Cup, the North American Cup and other events according to the level of athletes, and only the world's top athletes are eligible to participate in the World Cup. For the young Chinese team, the Pyeongchang cycle is more about moving forward in exploration, accumulating experience, and laying a solid foundation for the next outbreak.
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese steel frame snow team made its debut at the Winter Olympic Games, and Geng Wenqiang became the first person. In the face of many European and American masters, Geng Wenqiang is not afraid, he resolutely implements the intention and tactics of the coach, familiarizes himself with the track with super adaptability, masters the technical points of each corner, and breaks into the final round of the first competition, and finally obtains a good result of 13th place.
Beijing Winter Olympics 4 people won the right to participate In the female athletes made their debut
Geng Wenqiang's small step has made a big step for China's steel frame snowmobile. Entering the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle, Geng Wenqiang's successful cases have been continuously copied, and the Chinese steel frame snow team has trained more outstanding athletes, such as Yan Wengang and Chen Wenhao, and women such as Lin Huiyang, Zhao Dan, Li Yuxi, etc.
As the leader of the Chinese steel frame snow team, Geng Wenqiang has written history again and again in the international arena. After winning the top three places in the North American Cup, The European Cup and other competitions, Geng Wenqiang properly qualified for the World Cup and continued to achieve good results in this event.
At the 2019-2020 World Cup in La Plagne, France, Geng Wenqiang won the bronze medal alongside Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion and South Korea's Famous Yin Chengbin with his excellent starting and cornering skills, which is the first time that a Chinese steel-framed snowmobile player has reached the podium of a World Cup event.
Last season, because of the epidemic, the Chinese steel frame snow team did not go far abroad to compete, delaying a season, but the athletes took this opportunity to make up for their physical fitness, recover from injuries, and allow their bodies and minds to be fully recuperated and adjusted, which is conducive to the sprint preparation of the Winter Olympic season.
This season, Geng Wenqiang's performance has been more stable, reaching the top ten in World Cup competitions many times. On November 26 last year in Innsbruck, Austria, Geng Wenqiang played a high level in the World Cup event, with the same results as Britain's Weston and Germany's Grosser, and the three of them won the championship, which was Geng Wenqiang's first world championship and the first World Cup champion of China's steel frame snowmobile, creating the best result of the Chinese team in the world competition.
Geng Wenqiang is also played alongside Yan Wengang, who has been in the top ten of this season's World Cup twice and has also maintained the best results of Chinese players at the World Championships. Yan Wengang has excellent explosive power and super sprinting ability, and his progress is obvious to all, but this player still needs to be trained in a big competition like the Winter Olympics.
In terms of women, there is a more obvious gap between Chinese athletes and European and American masters in terms of explosive power, so the degree of progress is slightly slower than that of men, but overall, it is still gratifying. In the Beijing cycle, Zhao Dan, Lin Huiyang, Li Yuxi, Zhu Yangqi, etc. played steadily and steadily, and also qualified for the World Cup, but the Chinese women's team failed to break into the top ten of the World Cup, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the future.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese steel frame snow team won a total of 2 men and 2 women with a total of 4 seats. After the World Cup in Winterberg, Germany, the Chinese team gave up the St. Moritz station, returned to China for closed preparations, and conducted olympic qualification selection. From the current personal ability, Geng Wenqiang and Yan Wengang are expected to occupy the men's 2 seats, the women's suspense is larger, Lin Huiyang, Zhao Dan, Li Yuxi, etc. have their own advantages, who can finally get the precious 2 tickets, need to see the on-site play.
Geng Wenqiang is expected to hit the medal a variable to make competition more open
Beijing Winter Olympics, steel frame snowmobile will be held in Yanqing, this is a new track, due to the travel restrictions brought by the epidemic, this track although approved by the International Snowmobile Federation, but only held the Beijing Winter Olympics test match, and was not well known by the majority of outstanding athletes, many top masters have never run on this track, the track experience is zero, which makes the competition more open, but also more test the adaptability of athletes.
As the host, the Chinese team is somewhat familiar with the track than other players, which is a positive factor for us to impact good results.
In the men's side, Germany and the Russian Olympic Committee team have received 3 full tickets, the steel frame snowmobile traditional strong team Germany reserves Grosel, Juncker, Gasna and other masters, and the Russian Olympic Committee team also has Three masters of Semenov, Trediakov and Tregupov, these two teams have been the favorite to win the championship in the project.
Latvia was given 2 tickets, and not surprisingly, the Ducurs brothers will join forces. In the Winter Olympic Season World Cup, Martins Ducurs has reached the top three times, and is currently in the first place with 1623 points, which will be the favorite to win the championship, and the defending champion Yin Chengbin, it can be said that the men's competition is very fierce.
For women's steel frame snowmobiles, the Chinese team has limited competitiveness, and the more realistic goal is to reach the final. In terms of opponents, Bosch of the Netherlands, Flock of Austria, Hermann of Germany, and Nikidina and Kanakina of the Russian Olympic Committee team all have strong strength and are expected to impact the gold medal. (Lin Nan)
Beijing Winter Olympics Steel Frame Snowmobile Schedule:
February 10, 09:30 Men's First/Second Round
February 11, 09:30 Women's First/Second Round
20:20 Men's Third/Fourth Round
February 12, 20:20 Women's Third/Fourth Round