On the evening of February 7, the women's single bobsleigh competition of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics began the first two rounds of competition at the National Bobsleigh Center "Snow Dragon", and China's 21-year-old Wang Peixuan temporarily ranked 27th with a total result of 2 minutes 01.377 seconds in two rounds. Germany's Natalie Geisenberger, Anna Beretell and Russian Olympic Committee team Tatyana Ivanova are provisionally in the top three.
A day ago, Fan Duoyao, the captain of the Chinese bobsleigh team, became the first athlete in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics to participate in the event. Tonight, Fan Duoyao's little sister Wang Peixuan debuted in the women's single bobsleigh event, as the only female player in the Chinese team to play in the project, Wang Peixuan's future every step will create a new record belonging to the Chinese bobsleigh team.
At the age of 13, Wang Peixuan entered the Shaanxi Provincial Youth Sports School to train in javelin projects. In September 2015, at the age of 15, she was selected to enter the first national bobsleigh training team in Chinese history through cross-border cross-disciplines, and gradually grew into a main player. In November 2021, in the International Bobsleigh Federation Bobsleigh World Cup in Sochi, Russia, Wang Peixuan played an outstanding role to break into the main event, achieving a breakthrough in the Chinese women's bobsleigh single event. Since then, she has worked hard through 7 Beijing Winter Olympics points races to win the women's bobsleigh olympic competition for the Chinese Winter Olympic Team.
In this Winter Olympics, Wang Peixuan played steadily in the first two days of trial skating, and his results were always in the top 20 ranges that could advance to the last round of skating. Tonight's first round of skating, Wang Peixuan was obviously a little nervous, her departure was a little slow, and the acceleration of her hands grasping the ground was not strong enough, which made her start reaction time of only 7 seconds 331. After several corners after departure, Wang Peixuan did not find a better entry point, and the sled had several bumps. In the end, she finished the race in 1:0.986, ranking 29th out of 35 players.
After a short break, Wang Peixuan adjusted her form in the second round of skating, this time shortening the starting reaction time and trying to keep the pry steady in the subsequent corners, and finally finished the race in 1 minute 0.391. The two rounds were ranked 27th overall.
On the evening of the 8th, Wang Peixuan will carry out the third round of scooting.