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On February 3, the mixed doubles competition of curling at the Beijing Winter Olympics continued, and the Chinese combination Of Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan, who won the first game, achieved a result of 1 win and 1 loss, and the overall record became 2 wins and 1 loss. After a narrow 6-5 win over Australia that morning, Ling Zhi/Van Suyuan lost 6-7 to title favourite Eriksen/De Waal, and the powerful Swedish duo was the 2019 World Championship champion and the 2021 World Championship third place.
Although they have not been able to continue the victory, the calm performance and excellent performance of Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan in the game have been countless fans, and the two of them have also become a hot topic on the Internet. Ling Zhi, born in 1994, and Fan Suyuan in 1996 are both "post-90s". Although the competition field seemed to be full of tacit understanding, Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan had only been together for three months. According to the principle of free matching of the national team and trying to combine, the two of them were paired only in the third week after the start of the Curling Olympic Trials.
Although the pairing time is short, in the past 3 years, the two of them have belonged to two groups of the same coach, have been training together, are familiar with each other, and have a more unified playing style and technical and tactical thinking. Interestingly, Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan are both from the northeast, and the Northeast dialect exchange between the two of them in the competition was also transmitted to the audience through television broadcasting. Because of the tacit performance on the field, many people thought that Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi were lovers. In fact, Fan Suyuan already has a lover, before the start of the mixed doubles competition, Fan Suyuan's husband publicly showed love by recording a video, saying that the two of them did not see each other for more than 200 days due to the Olympic preparations, and after the game, they would hold a grand wedding.
After eating the "dog food" sprinkled by Fan Suyuan and her husband, many netizens found that Ling Zhi was also a "treasure boy". In addition to his daily training, Ling Zhi is also a fitness expert. He lost nearly 30 pounds in a physical competition and finished sixth in bench press among all winter athletes.
Ling Zhi, who is 1 meter 86 tall, and curling is an accident, due to the postponement of the study abroad plan, he plans to practice sports for two years before going abroad. In 2016, Ling Zhi joined the Beijing curling team and began to focus on the mixed doubles project in 2019, during which time he also adhered to the hobby of fitness. After defeating the Australian team, a reporter asked about the problems that Ling Zhi fitness videos caused netizens to pay attention to. Ling Zhi said that because he was recently fully engaged in the game, he did not pay attention to the netizens who were discussing their body. Physical fitness is a regular training for curling teams, and both male and female players undergo various trainings, including strength.
It is precisely because of the excellent physical fitness and physical fitness as a guarantee, the coach of the Chinese team has said that he is not worried that the two matches in one day will have too much impact on the players' performance. This may also be the reason why Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan have been full of confidence in the game. Although it was unable to maintain a total victory after two days of matches, the Chinese team still had a lot of games to complete in the mixed doubles match that required nine round-robin round-robin matches to produce the final four. I believe that after a good start, this Chinese pair that has attracted attention will definitely bring us more surprises in this Winter Olympics!