Germany's Ludwig won the Beijing Winter Olympic bobsleigh first gold Fan Duoyao 24th to stop the third round

Beijing, February 6 (Reporter Guo Chaokai He Penglei) The first gold medal was born in the bobsleigh event of the Beijing Winter Olympics on the evening of the 6th, and The German star Johannes Ludwig won the gold medal in the men's single sled with a time of 3 minutes 48.735 seconds on four-wheeled skating. China's Fan Duoyao regrettably stopped in the third round.

As the bronze medalist in men's single bobsleigh at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Ludwig was pinned high hopes at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the veteran who will turn 36 during the Winter Olympics has won several consecutive championships in this season's Bobsleigh World Cup.

Pictured here is German athlete Johannes Ludwig winning the gold medal. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed

In the third and fourth rounds of the men's single bobsleigh held on the evening of the 6th, Ludwig maintained excellent competitive form, and in the third round of skating he skated a time of 57.043 seconds, breaking the track record of the National Bobsleigh Center "Snow Dragon". After three rounds, Ludwig took 2:51.544 to finish first, while Austria's Wolfgang Kindle and Italy's Dominique Fischner finished second and third with a time of 2:51.657 and 2:52.266.

The fourth round of the tiebreaker was played in reverse order of the first three rounds, and the appearance of the last ten players made the competition more intense. Ludwig made his last appearance, spending a total of 3:48.735 in four rounds, and finally beat Kindle to win the title with a slight advantage of 0.160 seconds. Fischner finished third with a time of 3:48.895.

That night, Fan Duoyao, the captain of the men's team of the Chinese Sleigh National Team, ranked 24th in the third round with 2 minutes 56 seconds and 626 seconds, and unfortunately stopped in the third round. When passing through the mixed picking area after the game, he said with a little regret: "Before the game, I still hope to rush it, but I really didn't expect to stop the third slide." For his Winter Olympic debut, Fan Duoyao said he gave himself a 7.

Although the 24th place is still a long way from standing on the podium to "climb", for Fan Duoyao, who participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, being able to stand on the track is a breakthrough. At the end of the interview, Fan Duoyao said, "I hope that chinese bobsleigh is getting better and better, and I also hope that everyone can know more about sledding and understand bobsleigh", although this project is not popular, there are still very few bobsleigh athletes, "but China still has a group of us who are making unremitting efforts for it." (End)