6 to 9! The Chinese curling mixed doubles duo Ling Zhi/ Fan Suyuan lost to the Norwegian combination Ofus / Christine, and after two consecutive wins in the opening round, they suffered four consecutive defeats, and the hope of advancing to the top 4 was very slim.
Perhaps the psychological pressure is too great, perhaps the venue conditions are not ideal, this game, the Chinese male player Ling Zhi, who has been playing a stable game before, is not in a good state, and the success rate of throwing pots is very low, once only more than 40% of the success rate, far lower than ling zhi's previous success rate of more than 80%.
Therefore, the Chinese team has been successfully stolen by the opponent in the backhand game, and after the first 4 innings, it has fallen behind the opponent 1-4, the situation is already very unfavorable for the Chinese team, and the Chinese team needs to adjust its mentality as soon as possible.
The key 5th innings, the Chinese team posed the border area occupation tactics with the backhand, such tactics can only be used once by a team in the whole game, and it must be a backhand game, the purpose is to make the central area open and get as many big points as possible, unfortunately, the Norwegian team did not give the Chinese team such an opportunity, the Chinese team only got 2 points, not successful, but the result is not too bad.
In the 6th inning, the Norwegian team also used the other way to apply the other body, also using the border area occupation tactics, the Chinese team was a bit big, did not adopt a more conventional scoring tactic, but wanted to complicate the situation, forming a stealing point, but the Norwegian team's every pot was very successful, the hitting effect was very good, and finally got 5 points of the big point, which announced in advance that the Chinese team has basically returned to the sky.
Although the Chinese team next pulled back 2 points, but the 8th innings to steal the first hand to steal 3 points is too difficult, the Chinese team played half of the 8th innings, it had to concede defeat in advance, it should be noted that this is different from other competitive projects, in the case of defeat has been determined, it is a wise choice to admit defeat in advance to retain physical strength.
For example, Ling Zhi's abnormal performance in this game is probably because the physical exertion of the game with the United States team earlier in the day was too large, because Ling Zhi is a good ice wiper, and ice rubbing is actually very physically demanding.
After 4 consecutive defeats, if the Chinese team wants to stand out in the back game, it is already very difficult, because the opponents behind it are also the British team and the Italian team, both of which are very strong opponents, and the Italian team has been breaking all the way since the beginning of the tournament, winning all 6 games.
After all, the Chinese combination is still young, the pair has only been together for 3 months, and Fan Suyuan basically has no experience in the competition, some sports are not only by daring to fight to achieve results, curling is a very test of brain power and technical stability of the sport, the Chinese combination needs to learn the experience of masters in dealing with pots in complex situations and unfavorable situations.
The temporary defeat is not terrible, the Chinese team has repeatedly made some small mistakes at key moments in recent games, which also shows that in many projects, the gap between the Chinese team and the international high-level team is still not small, and the promotion of the sport of curling itself is difficult, and the hardware conditions required are relatively high.
But we are still very fortunate that in the history of curling, the only Asian team to win the championship is the Chinese women's team led by Wang Bingyu in 2009 to win the world championship, and to this day, the Chinese curling project is still followed by people, the author tirelessly reports a sport that is not the strength of the Chinese team, but also hopes that the idea of national fitness can be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone can find more happiness from the ice and snow project.
As for the champion? The road to the dream of Chinese curling is heavy and the road is long!