Beijing Winter Olympic Games competition schedule released, Curling took the lead on February 2, cross-country skiing ended on February 20, top experts gathered every day (towards the Winter Olympics)

Source: People's Daily

Approved by the International Olympic Committee, the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee recently released the final version of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games competition schedule. The Winter Olympics will open on February 4 and close on February 20, with 7 major events, 15 sub-events and 109 minor events. According to the schedule, the first race will start on the evening of February 2, the curling mixed doubles athletes will appear on the field before the opening ceremony, and the last race will be held on the afternoon of February 20 to determine the gold medal for the women's 30 km collective departure (free technology) of cross-country skiing.

The Beijing Winter Olympics will open in another 15 days, and this is the 24th Winter Olympic Games, which will leave the world's top ice and snow athletes struggling and showing their skills.

Players strive for good results

The schedule shows that at about 20:00 on February 2, two days before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the curling mixed double event will be the first to meet the audience. The first round of the match against Switzerland will be the debut of Chinese players at the Winter Olympics.

With the enhancement of China's ice and snow sports competition strength, almost every competition day, there will be Chinese team players stepping on the highest stage of this ice and snow sports.

On February 5, the first gold medal in the short track speed skating event will be produced, and the Chinese short track speed skating team led by Wu Dajing will first compete in the mixed team relay field. For this new project of this Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese team has shown strong competitiveness before. In the short track speed skating World Cup in Beijing in October 2021, the Chinese team won the gold medal in the event and set a new world record at the time. At the Capital Gymnasium on February 13, the men's 500m event will be the final, and Wu Dajing is a strong contender for the gold medal in the event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

From ice to snow, the performance of the Chinese players is also worth looking forward to. In all competitions this season, freestyle skier Gu Ailing played well, achieving 6 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. At present, she has returned to Beijing to make final preparations for the Winter Olympics. On the morning of February 8, the Shougang Ski Jump and The Freestyle Ski Women's Big Jump Final will be held. In this project, Gu Ailing will strive for good results. Subsequently, she will rush from Beijing to Yunding Ski Park in Zhangjiakou To continue to prepare for the women's slope obstacle course and women's U-shaped track skills competition.

On February 10, 14 and 16, Genting Ski Park will host three finals in the freestyle ski aerial skills mixed team, women's and men's finals. Freestyle skiers Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu will also embark on their fourth Winter Olympic journey. The women's U-shaped track skills final for snowboarding took place on February 10, and Pyeongchang Winter Olympic runner-up Liu Jiayu is also looking forward to a better performance.

There are breakthroughs in every game

In this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team will participate for the first time in many sports. Starting from scratch, starting from scratch, every attempt will create the history of ice and snow sports in China.

On the evening of February 5, the first two rounds of the men's single bobsleigh event will open the curtain on the competition in Yanqing. In the Bobsleigh World Cup Yanqing race in November 2021, 24-year-old Fan Duoyao became the first male player in China to qualify for the Bobsleigh World Cup. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese bobsleigh team participated in the whole project and will show the Chinese speed of "Snow F1" to the world at the National Bobsleigh Center.

For some projects of the Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese team players can stand on the field, which is a breakthrough in itself. In the Nordic biathlon men's individual standard platform competition that begins on February 9, the Chinese team will appear for the first time. In the Biathlon Intercontinental Cup of the International Snow Federation nordics held in November 2021, Zhao Jiawen played well in the men's individual standard platform + 10 km cross-country skiing competition, winning a precious winter Olympic ticket for the Chinese team.

In addition, in the biathlon, snowmobile, snowboarding and other sub-events, all Chinese team players have achieved a breakthrough of zero participation; cross-country skiing and alpine skiing are divided into 12 and 11 sub-events, and the Chinese team has achieved full participation.

At present, speed skating men's 5000 meters and other 13 sub-events, the Chinese team players have not yet obtained the Winter Olympics tickets. After the end of the qualifying points competition, the remaining places will be redistributed by various international individual organizations, and the Players of the Chinese team will still have the opportunity.

Every battle is exciting enough

American snowboarder Sean White sighed: "I want to thank China for hosting the Winter Olympics at such a difficult time. On February 9, the three-time Winter Olympic gold medalist will start his fifth Winter Olympic journey in the men's U-shaped track skills qualification tournament for snowboarding.

The Beijing Winter Olympics bring together the top athletes of various national (regional) teams to dedicate the passion and excitement of ice and snow sports to the world.

On February 8th and 10th, the Capital Stadium will welcome the figure skating men's single short skating program and free skating competition respectively. Whether Japan's famous Yu Yusei can achieve the Three Consecutive Winter Olympics championships and whether he can make a perfect Axel four-and-a-half jump is the focus of the world's attention. But this time, Yu Yusei will still have to undergo a test, and his teammates Masami Uno and the American star Chen Wei and other world's top masters will challenge him.

At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 4 years ago, Czech girl Ledetzka not only won the gold medal in the women's parallel giant slalom of snowboarding, but also stepped on the borrowed snowboard to win the alpine skiing women's super giant slalom championship, thus becoming the first female athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics to win gold in the cross-division. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the two events will be held on February 8 and February 11 respectively, and Ledertska still has the opportunity to continue to write wonderfully.

On February 5, the first gold of the Winter Olympics will be produced in the women's doubles chase (7.5 km traditional technology + 7.5 km free technology) in cross-country skiing. Fifteen days later, also on the cross-country skiing field, the women's 30km collective departure (free technology) event will determine the final gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

19 days of competition, 109 champions, Beijing Winter Olympics, wonderful not absent.