On February 5, Beijing time, the competition for the 8th round of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin tournament continued, and Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi of the Chinese team ushered in the challenge of the American team. In the previous rounds of competitions, the Chinese team had a record of two wins and two losses, and the overall performance was relatively stable. Facing the old rivals of the United States team in this battle, Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi played steadily, but they had no choice but to feel bad, and there were many mistakes, and finally lost to the opponent by a large score of 5:7, suffering three consecutive defeats. In the next round, the Chinese team will stage a strong dialogue with the Norwegian team!
The importance of this game for Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi is self-evident, and victory will directly affect whether the two can successfully get tickets to the quarterfinals. Judging from the previous competition, Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi were in good shape, although they fluctuated greatly in the matches with Switzerland and Canada, and even were forced to a desperate situation at one time, but in the end they still won the game without any danger. After that, the opponents are the two major champions Canada and Sweden, Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi still have a certain gap in the experience of the game, and it is reasonable to lose the game.
In this battle, the American team, Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi said in an interview before the game that this round of competition is crucial, no matter what, it will definitely fight with the opponent to the end. The Chinese team and the United States have played each other many times in international competitions before, but the combination of Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi is the first time they have met with their opponents. In order to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese curling mixed doubles passed the Olympic selection competition, and it was finally determined that Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi would represent the Chinese team.
In this game, both sides played at a very high level. In the first game, Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi felt tight and were used by the American team to get two points. In the second set, the Chinese team made a small mistake in the hitting session, and finally relied on the rotary pot to enter the division and successfully scored a point. In the following games, the Chinese team and the American team fought wits and courage, and neither of them wanted to hand over the fruits of victory in advance. Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi combined perfectly with the last goal in the fourth set, especially Ling Zhi, who used his excellent ice-wiping ability to wipe the pot steadily into the division, and the Chinese team stubbornly equalized.
This time, the beautiful score also set off a wave of small climaxes, and the audience continued to applaud Fan Suyuan and Ling Zhi. Some netizens said, "Ling Zhi's tendon meat is not practiced in vain, good steel is used on the blade, and the ability to wipe ice is absolute." Some people also ridiculed, "Fan Suyuan's shouting is really deep wang bingyu's true biography, and the whole arena is her crisp and loud voice." After 5 innings, the Chinese team fell behind 3:6. In the second half of the game, although Fan Suyuan was very accurate in the tactical prediction of the American team, he made a big mistake in the blow, and Ling Zhi did everything in his power to make up for it and help the Chinese team pull back 2 points. In the last two sets, the Chinese team failed to achieve a reversal and lost the opponent with two points!
(Luo Treasurer)