On the evening of February 3, Beijing time, the curling mixed doubles event of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics entered the third round of competition, and the combination of Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi of the Chinese team met with the winning Swedish team de Waal and Eriksson. Previously, the Chinese team defeated the Swiss team and the Australian team in succession to win two consecutive victories in this Winter Olympic Games, while the Swedish team was also in hot form, aiming at the Olympic gold medal. In this round of competition, Fan Suyuan, Ling Zhi and their opponents were slightly inferior in overall strength, but the morale of the two was greatly boosted after winning two consecutive victories. After eight rounds of bitter fighting, the Chinese team finally lost to the opponent by 1 point, regretting that it did not have the opportunity to win three consecutive games.
In the previous two rounds of competitions, Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi have been playing steadily, defeating the runner-up of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the first round, making the Chinese curling pair play a popular domestic sports scene. After the second round of victory over the Australian team, the popularity of Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi soared rapidly, and many netizens joked, "Watching the curling game is the second, and watching handsome men and beautiful women is the focus." Facing Sweden's DeVar and Eriksson in this game, Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi still entered the state quickly, although they were scored by their opponents in the first set.
But in the second set, Fan Suyuan seized the opportunity of his own side to have one last shot and successfully scored 2 points. It is worth mentioning that during the competition, netizens have said that the appearance of the four players is very high, which has far exceeded the point of view of the game itself. In the following innings, Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi repeatedly used the mistakes of the opponent to make tactical arrangements, and the two players of the Swedish team had strong personal ability, even in an unfavorable situation, they could use rotation to put curling into the division, coupled with the excellent ice brushing ability of the male players, the two repeatedly resolved the crisis created by the Chinese team.
The scores of the two sides have been rising alternately, and the audience at the scene is also nervous, constantly cheering for the two players of the Chinese team. After the sixth set, China and Sweden drew 4-4. In the next two games, the competition between the two sides entered a white-hot, and the audience was also cheering for the Chinese team. The Chinese team scored two points in the crucial seventh set, giving everyone a glimpse of the hope that the Chinese team would defeat the world champion. But in the final set, Sweden once again showed off their style as title favourites, especially in the final hit, where they achieved a Jedi strike back. Reverse defeat china team and win the game.
Although Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhihe lost the game, the audience still gave the two players the warmest applause. After the match, the two said in an interview that the game was a good opportunity for them to learn from the experience of the game. Fan Suyuan, Ling Zhi and the next round opponents are the powerful Canadian team. Before the game, the Olympic prospects of the Chinese curling team were not optimistic, whether it was a women's team or a men's team, although it had a certain strength, but if it wanted to stand on the podium, the difficulty was self-evident. But judging from the current state of the whole team, the Chinese curling team may be able to create new history!
(Luo Treasurer)