On February 4, Beijing time, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating team competition kicked off, after fierce competition, the Chinese team scored a total of 21 points in men's singles, ice dance and pair skating, temporarily ranking third among all participating teams. Fighting at home, the Chinese figure skating team set the goal before the game to stand on the podium. From the comprehensive strength of each team, the Russian team is thriving, and has super strength in the doubles skating, women's singles, ice dance and men's singles events. As long as the play is stable, the gold medal has been pre-booked by Russia.
The Chinese team has a certain advantage in double skating, ice dance and other events, and after the team competition, the third place result has been satisfactory. The figure skating team event is the first time to appear on the field as an Olympic event, in order to be able to win a medal, the Chinese team has sent the strongest lineup in each individual event. Jin Boyang of men's singles, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of pair skating, Liu Xinyu and Wang Shiyue of ice dance will all strive to win the first team medal in the history of the Winter Olympics for the Chinese figure skating team.
In the figure skating team competition pair skating short program, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong played well, and the two ranked first among all the players with a record of 82.83 points in the season, and scored 10 points for the Chinese team. In the ice dance rhythm dance competition, Wang Shiyue and Liu Xinyu also played the highest level, and the two teamed up to get a score of 74.66 points, which is worth mentioning that this score also created the highest score of the season for the two. In the men's singles short program that took the lead in the game, China's Jin Boyang took the lead in debuting.
In the applause of the audience, Jin Boyang took out his famous work "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and after a season, Jin Boyang brought this short program to the Winter Olympics stage. As it was the debut of this Winter Olympics, Jin Boyang was slightly nervous in the game, made serious mistakes in the jumping action, and finally ended the game with a sixth place result, scoring 5 points for the Chinese team. In this Winter Olympic Games, the rules of the figure skating team competition are the sum of the points of the four events of men's singles, women's singles, double short program and ice dance rhythm dance, and the top 5 participating teams will be eligible for the long program.
After the first round, the United States, Russia and China were in the top three. The U.S. team has the upper hand in men's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, the Russian team is not the main team to play, and the Chinese team has made mistakes in the men's singles competition, affecting the team score. This Winter Olympics, the team competition is the first gold medal in figure skating, the Russian team and the United States team will directly stage a strong dialogue, if the Chinese team can win a medal, it is also a good result.
(Luo Treasurer)