Beijing, February 7 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) The Beijing Winter Olympic Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill Competition was launched at the National Alpine Ski Center on the 7th. Switzerland's Beat Fivuds skated a good time of 1:42.69 to beat France's John Claret with a slight advantage of 0.10 seconds to win the first gold medal in alpine skiing. China's Xu Mingfu successfully completed the race, ranking 36th, filling the Olympic results gap for the Chinese team. Another player, Zhang Yangming, regretted that he had not finished the match.
The scene of the competition. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
Alpine skiing is known as the "jewel in the crown of the Winter Olympics", and the rules of "whoever is faster wins" are simple and easy to understand, and it is a friendly event for novice audiences. In this year's event, alpine skiing for men and women is divided into 5 sub-events of downhill, super big slalom, big slalom, slalom and all-around, in addition to mixed team events. Compared with other events, the track of the downhill race has the largest altitude difference, the longest length, and the maximum speed of the runners when sliding can reach 140 kilometers per hour or more, and the ornamental and dangerous coexist.
![Alpine skier Zhang Yangming: I skated averagely and didn't let go[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)