Curling mixed doubles duo Ling Zhi / Fan Suyuan made their Winter Olympic debut tonight "designated" to win

On the morning of February 2, Chinese curling mixed doubles duo Ling Zhi/ Fan Suyuan trained in the "Ice Cube". Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin photographed

Beijing News (reporter Xu Bangyin) At 8:05 p.m. on February 2, the four round-robin events of the Mixed Curling Event at the Beijing Winter Olympics will be played at the same time in the "Ice Cube". Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan will represent the Chinese team against the Swiss team, which is also the debut of the Chinese sports delegation at the Winter Olympic Games.

From 11:30 to 12:00 today, under the leadership of Finnish foreign coach Tommy, Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan entered the "Ice Cube" for the first time to train, along with the Swiss team, the Australian team and the United States team. At the same time as the two were training, other members of the Chinese curling men's and women's teams also came to the scene to cheer for their teammates.

The morning training lasted for 30 minutes, Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan successively familiarized themselves with the two tracks A and B, each track for 15 minutes, and carried out technical details such as fixed-point pitching, spinning dips, and hitting. After the training, Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan both said that the quality of the ice surface was very good, and the atmosphere was also very good.

Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan were born in 1994 and 1996 respectively, and before the Olympic trials, they had their own combinations, and the official partnership time was less than 3 months. However, in the past 3 years, they belong to two groups of the same coach, have been training together, are familiar with each other, and have a more unified style of play and technical and tactical thinking.

Tonight's opponent, Switzerland, is the world champion and silver medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Ling Zhi revealed that he had played with the Swiss team 3 times before, so he did not fear the other party, "Our advantage lies in the normal rhythm of life and environment." We are hosts and don't need to change much, and they are in an unfamiliar environment. The outcome of this match depends on who is in better shape, and if the night is not so tense, the 'designated' can win. ”

Fan Suyuan said that although the opponent is not bad, the first thing she and her teammates have to do is to do a good job, focus on each pot thrown, and complete the pitch and stand according to the established tactics. Although tonight is the first match of the Beijing Winter Olympics and the debut of the Chinese sports delegation, both of them have said, "Let go of the baggage, play as a normal game, and think about something else after the game." ”

Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin

Edited by Liu Jia Proofreader Wang Xin