On January 27, the Chinese sports delegation announced the list of delegations participating in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The failure of Geng Wenqiang, the first World Cup champion of China's steel frame snowmobile project, was unexpected. Today (29th), Geng Wenqiang spoke for the first time after losing the Winter Olympics that although it is regrettable that he was not selected, he still sincerely hopes that the Chinese team can achieve good results in this Winter Olympics.
This afternoon, the International Snowmobile Federation officially gave encouragement and affirmation to Geng Wenqiang, "As the first Chinese steel frame snowmobile athlete to stand on the Winter Olympics, as the first Chinese steel frame snowmobile athlete to win the IBSF World Cup championship, many friends know about the sport of steel frame snowmobile because of you." After so many years together, we have seen your growth, cheered for you, and guarded this dream like you. No matter which arena you are in, we will continue to cheer for you and cheer for the Chinese steel frame snow team! ”
After the message was sent, Geng Wenqiang also responded to his defeat for the first time through social media, "Looking at Weibo today, I was really touched, thank you for your concern." The growth of China's steel frame snowmobile is inseparable from the joint efforts of each of our team, and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has always been my dream, and I have been working hard for this dream for 4 years. Although it is a pity that we were not selected in the end, we sincerely hope that our team can achieve good results in this Winter Olympics. Please also pay more attention to our steel frame snowmobile. Come on! ”
Geng Wenqiang, who is known as "the first person in China's steel frame snowmobile", was defeated at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which became a big news before the start of this "unpopular" project. At the End of November 2021, the World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria, he won the first Steel Frame Bobsleigh World Cup for China.
According to the "Measures for the Selection of Athletes Eligibility for the Beijing Winter Olympics in the Steel Frame Snowmobile Project" issued by the Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport, the athletes' scores are composed of three parts: sliding performance, sled performance, and athletes' summer training key performance indicators, and the first two parts account for 84% of the scores.
As an important sliding event of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the China Steel Frame Snow Team achieved full participation in the event. After the 2021/2022 qualifying round, the Chinese Steel Frame Snow Team won a total of 2 men and 2 women's qualifying seats, and 4 men and 4 women in the team had a total of 8 athletes who were eligible to participate. According to the selection method, the selection competition is carried out in 4 rounds, and the final results are calculated according to the total results and the starting results, and the top two athletes are qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Although Geng Wenqiang lost the election, he still hoped that the team would achieve good results.