China's Wang Shiyue (right) and Liu Xinyu compete in an ice dance free dance competition in the figure skating team competition on February 7. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Yibo
China's Akhnar Adak competes in the women's 1500m final of speed skating on February 7. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Fei
Chinese duo Peng Cheng (left) and Jin Yang compete in figure skating team pair skating free skating on February 7. Photo by Ju Huanzong, Xinhua News Agency
China's Ni Yueming competes in the women's giant slalom event on February 7. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Chenlin
Beijing, 7 Feb (Xinhua) -- On 7 February, the Beijing Winter Olympics entered its third day of competition after the opening ceremony, and a total of nine gold medals were awarded in each arena.
In the figure skating team competition, the Russian Olympic Committee team won the championship with a total of 74 points, and the silver and bronze medals were won by the United States and Japan respectively. The Chinese team, which qualified for the first time in the free skating team competition of the Winter Olympics, finally ranked fifth, setting a record for the team competition of the Winter Olympics. In the pairs skating free skating competition held on the same day, the Chinese team sent Peng Cheng/ Jin Yang to participate, and the two chose music from the movie "Night Banquet" and ranked third with 131.75 points; the Chinese team ice dance group Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu appeared in the Chinese style repertoire, ranking fourth; the women's singles player Zhu Yi ranked fifth.
The National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" gave birth to the third Olympic record since the opening of the competition. In the women's 1500m final of speed skating, Dutch veteran Irene Worcester, 35, won the championship with a time of 1:53.28 while setting a new Olympic record. It was also the sixth Winter Olympic gold medal of her individual career. The world record holder in the event, Miho Takagi of Japan, was runner-up. China's Han Mei, Yin Qi and Ahrnar Adak finished eleventh, fifteenth and seventeenth respectively.
The National Alpine Ski Centre produced the first two gold medals in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics. The men's downhill final, which was scheduled for February 6, was postponed to the 7th due to weather conditions, and after a fierce competition, Swiss player Beat Furtz won the championship with a time of 1:42.69. France's Johan Claret and Austria's Matthias Meier won silver and bronze medals respectively. The Chinese team's players made their debut in the men's downhill event of the Winter Olympics, Xu Mingfu finished 36th with a time of 1:56.93, and Zhang Yangming regretted that he could not finish the race smoothly.
In the women's big slalom event for alpine skiing, U.S. team star Mikaela Shifflin made a mistake in the first round of skating and failed to finish the race. In the end, Sweden's Sarah Hector won the championship with a time of 1:55.69, while Italy's Federica Brignone and Switzerland's Lara Gut-Behrami finished second and third respectively. China's Kong Fanying and Ni Yueming finished in the fortieth and forty-fourth places respectively.
In the women's 15 km individual event in biathlon, Germany's Dennis Hermann won the gold medal, France's Anai Chevalier Boucher and Norway's Matt Olseb Reseland won silver and bronze medals respectively. In the ski jump mixed team final, Slovenia, the Russian Olympic Committee and Canada finished in the top three.
People's Daily ( 2022-02-08 13th edition)