On February 3, Beijing time, the Mixed Doubles Curling Competition at the Winter Olympics continued, the Chinese combination continued to play steadily, and Fan Suyuan/Ling Zhi defeated the Australian team 6-5 to achieve two consecutive wins after the start of the match. Defending champions Canada made their debuts and lost 4-6 to England, encountering a black opening. It can be seen that the final trend of this project is still difficult to predict, and Chinese curling is expected to try to impact the gold medal.
The Canadian team is the absolute curling hegemon, in the 14 Winter Olympic curling gold medals that have been born, Canada has won 6 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals for a total of 11 medals, which is a significant lead over other teams. Among them, after the first mixed event was set up at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, Canada also won the championship strongly, when it beat Switzerland 10-3 in the final.
This time, the runner-up of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Switzerland, was completed by the Chinese team combination Of Fan Suyuan / Ling Zhi as soon as he came up. Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion Canada is also under pressure, the debut against the United Kingdom, the Canadian combination Ofholman / Morris in the case of a 4-3 lead, the last 2 consecutive sets of 3 points suffered a reversal, and finally 4-6 encountered the opening black.
In the last competition, Morris, a member of the Canadian championship group, was still the core of the team, but after changing partners, it seems that the strength is declining. Therefore, it is not easy for Canada to defend this title.
All in all, when the last champions and runners-up have encountered the cold, the trend of the Winter Olympic curling mixed doubles game is difficult to predict, perhaps, the Chinese team really hopes to try to impact the championship? Of course, the game has just begun, after all, it is a round-robin game, losing one is not a big deal, but people always have dreams, don't they?