The first gold for alpine skiing will be postponed to 12 o'clock due to natural conditions

On the morning of February 6, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill Competition began in the racing area of the National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing, and the men's downhill is equivalent to the men's 100-meter trapeze in the athletics competition, which is the king of speed in alpine skiing, so alpine skiing is the peak. However, due to natural conditions such as strong winds, the peak battle was postponed from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. on the 6th.

If alpine skiing is the "crown jewel" of the Winter Olympics, then alpine downhill is the "diamond in the pearl", the fastest speed of the men's alpine downhill project is close to about 140 kilometers per hour, the competition flag gate is very small, the players are basically flying on the snow, this single item also belongs to the alpine skiing competition.

The Fidesz International Snow Federation has carefully designed the alpine skiing competition schedule, placing the fastest men's alpine downhill in the first event, with the aim of catching people's attention at the first time. Since alpine downhill requires a very high level of overall athletes, it is not possible for athletes who are qualified for alpine skiing.

In order to be able to complete the race smoothly and safely, the organizing committee prepared a three-day official training day from February 3 to February 5. On the first day of the official training day on February 3, Switzerland's Logantine ranked first, Norway's Kilde ranked seventh, and 56 people completed the competition, China's Zhang Yangming ranked 53rd, and his teammate Xu Mingfu ranked 55th. On the official training day on the second day of February 4, Kielder ranked first, with 53 athletes finishing, 3 athletes failing to finish, China's Xu Mingfu ranked 52nd, and Zhang Yangming ranked 53rd. February 5 is the official third official training day, but due to high winds, the training day was cancelled.

Due to high winds, the alpine skiing men's alpine downhill downhill race, which was scheduled to start at 11 a.m. on February 6, will be postponed until 12:00 a.m. Due to the great influence of natural conditions, the difficulty of the competition is not small, and each player has only one chance, and this opportunity is the final. This gold medal is also the first gold medal in the Yanqing Division of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, and the world's top alpine skiers are fiercely fighting.

Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Kong Ning and Guan Xin

Edited by Li Tuo

Process Editor Liu Weili