In this afternoon's curling mixed doubles match, the Chinese team lost 5-7 to the United States, and after winning two consecutive victories in the curling mixed doubles, China's Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan have lost three consecutive games, and the situation of breaking into the top four has become grim.
In the first four innings, the two sides performed smoothly, each taking the points in the back hand of the advantage, and the battle was 3-3 draw. But in the crucial fifth set, China Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan made mistakes and were caught by the American team, and they won 3 points at once, opening up the point difference. Although the Chinese team also won two points in the sixth set, in the next two sets, the game progress was relatively smooth, and neither side made any major mistakes, and the Chinese team finally lost the game 5-7.
In this way, after winning consecutive victories over Switzerland and Australia, the Chinese team lost consecutively to Sweden, Canada and the United States, and from the process of these three defeats, the main problem of the Chinese team was that there was a mistake in a certain set and was tightly grasped by the opponent. In addition to the difference in strength, the main reason for this phenomenon is that there is less experience in the competition.
According to the rules of the curling mixed doubles competition, a single round robin is played between 10 participating teams, and the final four teams with the top four points advance to the final four. After the Chinese team lost three consecutive sets, the situation with a good start has been reversed.
After the game, there was a warm scene, China's Ling Zhi and Fan Suyuan specially gave the United States Christopher Pulis and Vicki Pesinger a set of badge sets, and the American players expressed their gratitude. Christopher said he enjoys traveling and has visited many famous attractions in China and Beijing, such as the Temple of Heaven, the Forbidden City, and the Summer Palace, and is very fond of Chinese culture. This time when he came to Beijing to participate in the Winter Olympics, he felt that Chinese was very enthusiastic, helped them a lot, and made them adapt well to the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.