On February 3, Beijing time, the curling event of the 2022 Winter Olympics continued, and in the mixed doubles round robin, the Chinese combination of Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan ushered in the second match within one day, against Sweden, which is a world championship level combination, and its strength is very strong. In the previous two matches, they beat Switzerland and Australia respectively to achieve two consecutive wins, and the momentum is gaining momentum.
In this game, Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan continued the good state of the first two games, although they lost 1 point at the beginning, quickly scored 2 points to overtake the score, and then suppressed the Swedish team. In the fifth game, the Chinese team took the lead, in a situation that was once in an unfavorable situation, Fan Suyuan sent a brilliant shot, and then the Swedish player made a mistake, and the Chinese team won 1 point to help the Chinese team lead the Swedish team 4-3.
In the sixth game, the two sides fell into a stalemate, the Chinese team lost 1 point, the score came to 4-4, and in the seventh game, the Chinese team regained the advantage and took 2 points to lead again, the score was 6-4. In the final battle of the 8th round, the original Chinese team was arranged to defend well, but unfortunately it was broken by the Swedish team one by one, and finally the Swedish team threw the last throw of the game to shoot the killer ball, scored 3 points in one round, and directly reversed the 7-6 defeat of the Chinese team. Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan did not win 3 consecutive games, suffering the first defeat of this Winter Olympics. There are a total of 13 rounds of mixed doubles matches, with 10 rounds remaining, and Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan still have to fight.
It is worth mentioning that during this game, Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan had a number of "funny" shots, the whole process was northeast dialect communication, most of the content of the discussion strategy was filmed by the scene camera, and there was a round in which they communicated like this: Fan Suyuan: What is the feeling? Ling Zhi: Okay! Ling Zhi: You said I was going to fight one, did it dare to dip it? Fan Suyuan: Dare! Ling Zhi: Wipe off the glasses, the glasses are not very good.
The atmosphere of the scene is full of sense, and Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan contributed many happy moments to the fans during the game. Specific to the performance of the athletes, Fan Suyuan almost shouted dumb in the course of the game, and the last throw in the penultimate innings, Fan Suyuan did his best to shout "hurry", and finally scored the key 2 points for the Chinese team. Shouting so much that my voice was almost dumb.
It is a pity to be killed and reversed, but it can be seen that Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan enjoy the Olympic Games, whether they are leading or lagging behind, every round and every round is not flustered, they are a young combination, but they do not look like the first time they play in the Olympic Games, this performance is already commendable.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)