Beijing, February 4 (Xinhua) -- On February 4, Cao Yaqi, deputy editor-in-chief of Sports Weekly, said in a large-scale global all-media broadcast jointly launched by China News Network and 100 Chinese-language media around the world that in the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, short track speed skating, speed skating, figure skating and freestyle skiing aerial skills and other traditional advantages of Chinese sports delegations deserve attention.
Cao Yaqi said: "The four events of short track speed skating, speed skating, figure skating and freestyle skiing aerial skills should be considered our strengths. Because only these four events have won gold medals in the Winter Olympics before, and this Winter Olympics also has great hopes for the Chinese delegation to win gold and silver. ”
The picture shows Chinese player Ren Ziwei in the competition.
When talking about the short track speed skating team known as the "ice sharp knife" of the Chinese Winter Olympic Legion, Cao Yaqi said: The Chinese short track speed skating men's team, led by wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei, the "twin stars", is expected to perform wonderfully in the capital gymnasium, in his view, Ren Ziwei's performance is particularly worthy of attention.
Ren Ziwei won two gold medals in the 1500m of the World Cup and is now ranked first in the world. In addition, he won gold medals in the 1000 meters and medals in the 500 meters. Ren Ziwei now has the strength to impact medals in his personal projects. In addition, he is now the main force of the mixed relay team, which can be said to be indispensable. He said.
On January 30, Wu Dajing (front left) and other Chinese short track speed skaters trained before the competition at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
Cao Yaqi talked about the short track speed skating mixed relay, which is also one of the gold points of the Chinese team, "In this season's World Cup, we have won two championships, and after this project became the official competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics, we have broken the world record many times, which is a very powerful project." ”
Four years ago in Pyeongchang, Wu Dajing won the championship in the men's short track speed skating 500 meters at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and in the Beijing Olympic cycle, the short track speed skater experienced fluctuations in the state, "At the beginning of the season, Wu Dajing's performance was not very good, but with the deepening of the season, until the last World Cup, he was the first from the preliminaries and semi-finals, and finally won the gold medal, showing the defending champion's very good competitive state." ”
When talking about the speed skating event, Cao Yaqi said that the Chinese speed skating team is somewhat similar to short track speed skating, also led by ning Zhongyan and Gao Tingyu, the "twin stars", and the two also have great strength to impact the gold medal. "Ning Zhongyan has won one championship and two Asian championships in the 1500m world cup this season, proving that he has an impact on this project."
Infographic: In the men's 500m final of speed skating at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Gao Tingyu, a youngster who participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, won a valuable bronze medal with 34.65. Olympic podium. China News Service reporter Song Jihe photographed
Cao Yaqi said: "Another focus athlete is Gao Tingyu. Gao Tingyu is the bronze medalist in the 500m event of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which is the first men's speed skating medal of the Chinese team, and he is also the athlete who skated the most times in the 500m this season, which is also worth looking forward to. ”
When it comes to figure skating, Cao Yaqi analyzed that the Chinese team is expected to win the gold medal in the pair skating event. "In the new season, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong performed very well. The National Skating Federation Figure Skating Grand Prix has already won two titles, proving that the two have now shaken off the impact of injuries and are in particularly good shape. ”
From the perspective of world rankings, Sui Wenjing and Han Cong ranked third, Peng Cheng and Jin Yang ranked fifth, the combinations of the first, second and fourth places were All Russian combinations, and figure skating pair skating was finally staged in the Winter Olympics. Our combination has the strength and plays at home, and with a meritorious coach like Zhao Hongbo, passing on his successful experience to his disciples, I believe the result will not be too bad. He analyzed.
Pictured is the Chinese duo Sui Wenjing (right) / Han Cong. Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
Talking about the freestyle skiing aerial skills project, Cao Yaqi said that he was most looking forward to the women's competition led by Xu Mengtao. Xu Mengtao is the elder of the Four Dynasties, she has had four relatively large injuries in her career, and each knee surgery almost makes her want to ruin her career, but she persevered. She has won two gold medals in her individual event at this season's World Cup, and is currently a testament to her ability in this event with the number of World Cup titles in 27 individual events, which is also a testament to her ability in this event. ”
In addition, in the new freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team event added at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the level of the Chinese team is also at the forefront of the world, "Xu Mengtao and his teammates won two mixed team championships, and the World Cup was more than twice, so we have a greater competitiveness in the team event." (End)