On February 4, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics are underway. In the figure skating competition that ended first today, in the figure skating team ice dance rhythm dance event, China's Wang Shiyue Liu Xinyu scored 74.66 points, creating the highest score of the season and ranking fifth. In the men's singles short program of the figure skating team, China's Jin Boyang scored 82.87 points, ranking sixth. At present, the Chinese team ranks fifth in total scores.
Next, the curling mixed doubles competition continues. The Chinese team faces the defending champion, the Olympic champion of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Canadian team. In the previous competition, The Chinese team's Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi defeated Switzerland, Australia and Sweden consecutively, achieving a good result of 2 wins and 1 loss, and ranked second in the group round robin competition.
Today, facing the strong Canadian team, the first game, the opening two sides quickly entered the state, the Canadian team pot pot tight, making the Chinese team's last goal more difficult, and finally the Chinese team won 1 point. Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi led the defending champion Canada 1:0. In the second set, Canada scored a score of 2 points, and the big score was 2:1 to surpass the Chinese team.
In the third set, China's Ling Zhi made a mistake, and the Chinese team missed the opportunity ball and did not occupy a favorable position in the base camp. No suitable offensive position was found at the end of the inning, and Canada again scored two points to give a 4-1 lead. In the fourth set, the defending champion Canada began to make frequent mistakes, and China's Ling Zhi seized the opportunity to take advantage of the chase and simplify the situation with two consecutive powerful passes. In the end, the Chinese player scored two points in the backhand, chasing 3:4.
At the end of the first half, the Chinese team fell behind 3:4. In the fifth set, both sides played very cautiously and conservatively, and the Canadian players were experienced and steady after all, and the backhand scored 2 points again, leading 6:3. In the sixth set, the competition between the two sides was very fierce, both sides played a wonderful double fly, and in the end, the Chinese player seized the opportunity and scored with his backhand to chase 4:6.
In the seventh set, the Chinese team made another mistake in the last shot, and Canada scored two points to lead 8:4. In the eighth set, China's Ling Zhifan Suyuan recovered two points, and in the end, the defending champion Canada defeated China 8:6 on aggregate to win three consecutive wins in the group stage, and the Chinese team suffered two consecutive losses in curling mixed doubles, and the group currently has 2 wins and 2 losses.