This morning, the curling mixed doubles round robin tournament continued to play in the National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube", And Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan was full of momentum, defeating Australia 6-5 and winning two consecutive victories!
And less than 24 hours ago, they made their debut for the Chinese team, facing the silver medalist Switzerland of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the two sides once played 6 draws in the first 8 games, and in the overtime, the post-90s duo defeated the Swiss team with an aggregate score of 7-6 to win the opening red!
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese curling team competed in all three events of men's, women's and mixed doubles, but except for Jiang Xindi and Wang Rui, who participated in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the other players participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time.
Before the game, the "first Chinese combination to appear" became the label of Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan, which also put a lot of pressure on the newcomers who debuted in the Olympic Arena.
Unlike 28-year-old Ling Zhi, 26-year-old Fan Suyuan was a previous speed skater and joined the curling team in 2014 through cross-border sports. Although the pairing has only been 3 months, Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi have actually been training together in the curling team, so the two sides are also very familiar.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, China's curling mixed doubles were also pinned on the hope of medal breakthrough, and Wang Rui and Badexin also played hand in hand, and finally won the fourth place.
"Our goal is to stand on the podium, let the national anthem play, let the flag fly, but we will fight tenaciously in every game." In an interview, Fan Suyuan/Ling Zhi said so. There are 10 teams competing in the curling mixed doubles competition, and after the round robin, the four teams with the best results will compete for the semi-finals and the final, expecting the combination of Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi to break through and stand on the podium.