The Beijing Winter Olympics are coming, and many people will talk about one word: shoujin! So which project is the most likely to produce the first gold of the Chinese team? Looking at the schedule of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the short-track speed skating mixed team relay that began on the evening of the first competition day is the best opportunity for the Chinese team to attack the first gold.
New events for the Winter Olympics
The short track speed skating mixed team relay is a new event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and the Chinese team is automatically shortlisted as the host.
Because it is a new event added to this Winter Olympic Games, the champion team has also created a new Winter Olympic record.
At the 2021 short track speed skating World Cup in Beijing, when the mixed men's and women's 2000 meters relay, the Chinese team of Fan Kexin, Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing and Zhang Yuting led all the way to a time of 2 minutes 37.923 seconds, beating the Korean team and setting a new world record.
In the 2021 Short Track Speed Skating World Cup three-stop mixed team 2000m relay competition, the Chinese team won two championships and one runner-up, and has a strong competitiveness in this project.
Chinese team lineup:
Not surprisingly, the Chinese team members are Fan Kexin, Zhang Yuting, Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei, these four people have been running for a long time, and they shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Chinese team to impact the first gold of the Winter Olympics.
Wu Dajing is an ace of the Chinese short track speed skating team, and he won the 500m championship in a row at the last Winter Olympics. Before the Beijing Winter Olympics, Wu Dajing relied on the champion of the World Cup sub-station competition to enter the Beijing Winter Olympic Games roster in advance, did not participate in the selection competition, and had a longer time to prepare for his own individual competitions and relay events.
Ren Ziwei has always been a major player in the Chinese relay, and he has finished in the top five in the World Cup points of the short track speed skating 500 meters, 1000 meters and 1500 meters, winning four gold medals in three races. Ren Ziwei is not necessarily the strongest, but must be the most stable and safest player, the previous short track speed skating World Cup three-stop mixed team 2000 meters relay, Ren Ziwei is the main force, so Ren Ziwei this point is trustworthy.
Fan Kexin entered the Chinese team's big roster for the Winter Olympics after the second leg of the selection, as a 28-year-old veteran, Fan Kexin won silver at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but the best 500 meters fell and missed the final. In 2018, Fan Kexin committed fouls in both the 500m and relay events and missed the medal. Fan Kexin's weakness lies in the psychological adjustment before the competition, as the World Cup and 5 world championships short track speed skating 500 meters champion, her strength is obvious to all, this time the Beijing Winter Olympics, she needs to adjust her mentality, so that the probability of the Chinese team winning gold will be greatly improved.
Zhang Yuting ranked first in points after the first leg of the Winter Olympics selection competition, and her results also reached the standard. In the relay project, Zhang Yuting has always been the focus of training, before she and Wu Dajing and others competed in the World Cup sub-station, 2 championships and 1 asia, the results are gratifying.
Relay project points to note
Unlike individual competitions, there are more precautions in relay events, and it is also important for athletes not to foul in addition to ensuring that they do not make mistakes and slip.
Relay fouls include sliding and encountering competitors during relay;
Mistake in handing over the baton; this can be referred to the women's 3000m relay final at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, where Liu Qiuhong and Li Jianrou of the Chinese team made a mistake in handing over;
Athletes without competition appeared on the track; referring to the women's 3000m relay final at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Zhou Yang went on the track, although there was no handover task and did not block the Korean team, but he was suspected of influencing the opponent's sliding, which was a violation of the law, and the results were canceled.
The pressure is enormous
Therefore, although the short-track speed skating mixed team relay is the strength of the Chinese team, it is still not careless, athletes need not to make mistakes, do not foul, ensure results, etc. A series of factors, of course, there is a very key is the athlete's ability to resist pressure, after all, this is the Chinese team to impact the first gold project, so compared to mistakes and fouls, pressure is the biggest test.
Competition Time:
The mixed group relay starts at 21:26 p.m. on the first day of the Winter Olympics, February 5, with time subject to change.