Ice dance, which began in the 1930s, originated from figure skating, with a heavy emphasis on dance steps and an emphasis on expressing music through movement.
Asian players once lagged behind in the ice dance event, and in addition to the problem of short development history, there are also disadvantages in basic skills. Because the skating ability of the players is extremely demanding, and at the same time, there must be characteristics and creativity in the choreography.
Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu, as the "golden child" of the figure skating industry, is also the highest level of existence in This field in Asia. They skated all the way from Jilin to the World Series, performing one ice fairy tale after another.
After the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Wang Liu went to Montreal, the capital of ice dance, to learn from the Canadian Dibreuil and become training partners with some of the world's top athletes.
In the past few years, they have grown very fast, not only the best ice dance group in Asia, but also the 4th place in the 2020 Four Continents Cup and the top 10 in the world ranking.
The short program choice "Chaplin" has an eye-catching charm, the technical action has improved year by year, the program arrangement is more and more distinctive, and the gliding technology is getting better and better. They tend to choose the Chinese style when they dance freely, and the short dance prefers hip-hop and blues styles.
At the 2020 Grand Prix of Figure Skating in the China Cup, Wang Liu scored 122.61 points in the free dance and won the China Cup championship with a personal best score of 206.84 points in total. It should be known that in the 2 months before the battle, Liu Xinyu's right hand was unfortunately fractured during training, and he still had steel nails in the palm of his right hand after the operation, but he performed perfectly in the game.
But there was a small episode at the time, when they scored in the end, they suffered an extra -1 point. It turned out that during the game, a piece of feather in Liu Xinyu's cuff fell to the ice, which affected the score of the program.
It's not even the first time they've had this problem, the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which was also deducted extra points for jewelry drops. This time the game must be paid attention to in this link.
It is expected that in this Winter Olympics, Wang Liu and his team can play their highest level and prove how much progress they have made in the past 4 years. In this process, "China Sports" is also ready to "dream of Beijing" with the majority of Chinese athletes.