Men's bobsleigh started the first day of training The Austrian team showed good form

Yanqing, 2 Feb (Xinhua) -- On the evening of 2 February, the official training of men's single bobsleigh at the Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off. In the first two sets of training, the Austrian team led by Austrian bobsleigh star David Greischer showed good competitive form. China's Fan Duoyao scored 59.103 seconds and 59.496 seconds in the two trial slides on the first day.

The best performer in the first Group A training was Austria's Wolfgang Kindle, who scored 57.760 seconds and 57.724 seconds in two consecutive trials, and his teammates Pyeongchang Winter Olympic gold medalists David Greischer and Nick Greischer also slid in 58 seconds. Title-winning favourite Germany did not fare well on the first day of training, with Felix Loch and Johann Ludwig failing to slip to the 58-second mark.

"The track in Yanqing is very good, not only very long but also full of challenges, as long as there is a little mistake in the starting stage, then it is difficult to catch up later, we are because of some small mistakes in the starting stage that today's performance is not very good." Felix Loch said, "This is just our first training at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and I believe we can adjust back soon in future competitions." ”

China's Fan Duoyao tried to skate in the eighth group A, and achieved a time of 59.103 seconds with the excellent acceleration at the start of the first slide, but in the second test he made a small mistake when turning, and finally achieved a time of 59.496 seconds, ranking ninth in group A.

In the subsequent Group B training, the most comprehensive performances were made by Latvian and Italian players. Latvia's Criste Apajode became the fourth male player to skate 58 seconds with a time of 57.906 seconds, but then Italy's Dominique Fischner skated twice with 57.832 seconds and 57.810 seconds, surpassing Apayod and becoming the best in Group B.

After the official training of the first day of men's single bobsleigh, the official training of women's single sled will also begin on the 3rd, when the German star bobsledge player Natalie Geisenberg will join hands with Julia Taubitz for the first trial at the "Snow Dragon" and accept the challenge of Russian Yanna Ivanova and Austrian star Madeleine Aegle. The official competition in the men's single bobsleigh event will officially begin on the evening of the 5th. (End)