With the completion of the mixed doubles event of curling at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the men's and women's team competitions are about to begin. With some regrets and reluctance in the mixed doubles competition, 10 teams of men and 10 women's teams have gathered in Beijing to witness the wonderful competition staged at the National Aquatics Center in the next 12 days.
Men's Team Competition:
Team Canada
Fourth base/S Brad Gushue
三垒/V Mark Nichols
Brett Gallant, second base
Geoff Walker at first base
First base Marc Kennedy
Canada is undoubtedly a recognized curling powerhouse. It has the highest curling penetration, the most complete education system, the most sound tour mechanism, and all levels of competition. Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia and Sasatowen produce a large number of outstanding curlers every year.
Since the inception of the Curling Championship, the Canadian men's team has won a total of 36 gold, 11 silver, 7 bronze, a total of 54 medals, ranking first in the medal table. Since curling entered the Olympic Games, in the 6 Olympic Games, the Canadian men's team has won 3 gold and 2 silver results, and also ranked first in the medal table. The overall strength of the Canadian men's team has always been very strong, although there are occasional fluctuations, but compared to the women's team, the men's team is more stable, and the Canadian team is currently ranked 3rd in the world.
Brad Gushue won the Olympic gold medal in 2006 at the age of 26, but his career hasn't been so smooth. After he won the Olympic gold medal, it continued to show a downward trend, until 2013, when it bottomed out and rebounded back to the top of Canada's ranks. This trip to Beijing is his return to the Winter Olympics after a gap of 16 years. In the past 16 years, he has experienced too much, 1 world championship, 12 Grand Slam championship trophies, and he has qualified for the Olympic Games for the second time. As long as you persist, there will be a day of realization.
Currently ranked No. 2 in the world by Team Gushue, Brad Gushue has a record of 60 wins and 24 losses with nine other captains, compared to 26 games, 24 wins and 2 losses this season.
Denmark
四垒/S Mikkel Krause
三垒/V Mads N rg rd
Second base Henrik Holtermann
First base Kasper Wiksten
Substitute Tobias Thune
With the retirement of Rasmus Stjerne, Mikkel Krause led his teammates to gradually enter the public eye, although he has been in the Relegation Zone of the European Championships, he has always been lucky, the World Championships, the Olympic places are the last minute, although late but there are.
Currently ranked 67th in the world, Mikkel Krause has a record of 4 wins and 10 losses with nine other captains, and has 18 games, 9 wins and 9 losses this season.
The British team
Fourth base/S Bruce Mouat
Third base/V Grant Hardie
Second baseboy Bobby Lammie
First base Hammy McMillan Jr.
Substitute Ross Whyte
In contrast to the women's team, which only welcomed their first world championship trophy in 2002, the men's team had already won the World Championship in 1967 and had already won the gold medal at the 1924 Chamonix Olympics. But after curling returned to the Olympics in 1998, it was only in 2014 that it won a silver medal. The British team is currently ranked No. 5 in the world.
Bruce Mouat first gained experience on the Tour as a junior, and after David Murdoch retired, he seized the opportunity to represent Scotland in international competitions, from quantitative to qualitative. This is their first time in the Olympic Games, but in the Tour and European Championships, they have played against potential opponents many times, winning and losing each other, and are always the team worth looking forward to in this Olympic Games. Bruce Mouat competed in a mixed duo.
Team Mouat is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, with Bruce Mouat with nine other captains, with a record of 53 wins and 43 losses, compared to 41 matches, 34 wins and 7 losses this season.
Italy
四垒/S I l Retornaz
Third base/V Amos Mosaner
Second baseman Sebastiano Arman
First base Simone Gonin
Substitute Mattia Giovanella
Curling is a little-known sport in Italy, the third Olympic trip of the Italian men's team, which relied on the host advantage in 2006 and the places won by jo l Retornaz's team in the previous year's qualifying tournament in 2018 and 2022. Italy is currently ranked 8th in the world.
Jo l Retornaz had a history at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where Italians learned about and recognized the sport of curling. In 2017, he lost the Olympic Games and advanced to Pyeongchang with the first pick. He lost the 2021 Olympic Games and advanced to Beijing with the second pick. This team is not stable enough, the technique is slightly rougher than the strong team, and only the hits when the downwind ball is still stable.
Team Retornaz is currently ranked 16th in the world, with Jo l Retornaz with nine other captains with a record of 62 wins and 23 losses, 57 games, 42 wins and 15 losses this season.
Norwegian team
四垒/S Steffen Walstad
Third base/V Torger Nerg rd
Second base Markus H iberg
First base Magnus V gberg
Substitute Magnus Nedregotten
Most of Norway's athletes are hobby, and there are very few professional athletes. It was in this scene that they also ushered in their own highlight moments, the 1998 Olympic bronze medal, the 2022 Olympic gold medal, the 2010 Olympic silver medal, and the 4 world championship champions. And Norwegian athletes have maintained friendly relations with Chinese fans before. Among them, the 2014 World Championships champion was won in Beijing. Norway is currently ranked 7th in the world.
Team Walstad raised the Norwegian flag at the end of thomas Ulsrud's career and reached the final in the first Grand Slam tournament of their careers, the 2017 Challenge, losing to Team Gushue and finishing second, but their results this time attracted the attention of other teams and no longer regarded them as a youth army that had just entered the adult competition. At present, this team is still dominated by non-professionals, mainly on the European Tour.
Team Walstad is currently ranked 15th in the world, with Steffen Walstad with nine other captains with a record of 22 wins and 39 losses, 59 games, 41 wins and 18 losses this season
Representative team of the Russian Olympic Committee
Fourth base/Sergey Glukhov
Third base/V Dmitry Mironov
Second base Evgeny Klimov
First base Anton Kalalb
Substitute Daniel Goriachev
Compared with the brilliant results of the women of the Russian Olympic Committee, the men's results are a bit bleak. At the 2013 World Championships, the Russian men's team only entered the world stage, and it is basically in the relegation zone of the European Championships every year. The only time he participated in the Olympic Games was the Sochi Winter Olympics with the status of host. Until the 2021 World Championships, Russia became a dark horse, and the second place in the round robin directly reached the semi-finals, and finally won the fourth place. The Russian men's team is currently ranked 10th in the world.
Team Glukhov is not as strong as the other teams, but they always surprise other teams to give the other teams a blow. This team has a strange style of play and the captain's excellent hitting ability, which should bring unexpected surprises at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Team Glukhov is currently ranked 46th in the world, with Sergey Glukhov and nine other captains with a record of 6 wins and 17 losses, 35 games, 25 wins and 10 losses this season.
Sweden
Fourth base/S Niklas Edin
Third base/V Oskar Eriksson
Second base Rasmus Wran
First base Christoffer Sundgren
Substitute Daniel Magnusson
Since 2011, the world pot world has entered the Edin moment, Sweden is the only one, and other countries have seen the honor of sewing needles. Sweden currently has 10 World Championship titles, making it the most World Champion outside of Canada. At present, Sweden is also carrying out echelon training, as well as standardizing the curling system, and will sponsor some teams every year. Sweden is currently ranked No. 1 in the world.
After the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Niklas Edin's old teammates chose to retire, when Oskar Eriksson invited him to join the team as captain, and the team was assembled. The team has won one Olympic silver medal, four World Championships, four European Championships, and three Grand Slam titles. The team led by Niklas Edin has been participating in the Canadian and European tour all year round, and now has the technology, the punch, the experience of the competition, the ability to resist pressure, and the impromptu play, which is a big hit at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and only one Winter Olympic gold medal is only one winter Olympic gold medal away from the Grand Slam.
Team Edin is currently ranked No. 5 in the world, with Niklas Edin with nine other captains, with a record of 85 wins and 66 losses, and has 46 games, 35 wins and 11 losses this season.
Swiss team
四垒/V Beno t Schwarz
Third base Sven Michel
二垒/S Peter de Cruz
First base Valentin Tanner
Substitute Pablo Lachat
Before, some people always said that men have Cruz and women have Nielsen, which are all fateful arrangements. It refers to cruz's basic bronze medals in the intercontinental and world competitions, and Nielsen basically won the fourth place in the intercontinental and world competitions. Team de Cruz tactical arrangement, compact layout, hitting and spinning ball can also be, in addition to Beno t Schwarz also often has a wonderful play on the fourth base, hoping that they can break the previous old third team's imprisonment and fight for a higher position.
Currently ranked 8th in the world by Team de Cruz, Peter de Cruz has a record of 69 wins and 64 losses with nine other captains, compared to 47 games, 33 wins and 14 losses this season.
Team USA
Fourth base/S John Shuster
Third base/V Chris Plys
Second base matt Hamilton
First base John Landsteiner
Substitute Colin Hufman
Team USA is a team that is dominated by hobbies. Compared with the women's team, the men's team had 4 world championships before 2000, but after 2000, except for a bronze medal in 2016, the world championships did not gain anything. The U.S. men's team won bronze medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The U.S. team is currently ranked No. 4 in the world.
Team Shuster came to Beijing as the defending champion this time, and the other nine teams will definitely pay more attention to them, I don't know if Team Shuster will withstand the pressure and successfully defend the title.
Currently ranked 22nd in the world, John Shuster has a record of 38 wins and 35 losses with nine other captains, compared to 29 games, 22 wins and 7 losses this season.
Chinese men's curling team Ma Xiuyue
Zou Qiang
Xu Jingtao Wang Zhiyu
Jiang Dongxu
Chinese men's curling team:
Fourth base Ma Xiuyue
Third base Zou Qiang
Second base Wang Zhiyu
First base Xu Jingtao
Substitute Kang Dong Wook
The main achievements of the Chinese team:
1. Fourth place in the 2014 Winter Olympics
2. 4th place at the 2008 World Championships
3. The PyeongChang Winter Olympics are not eligible
Women's Team Competition
Fourth base/S Jennifer Jones
Third base/V Kaitlyn Lawes
Second baseman Jocelyn Peterman
First base Dawn McEwen
First base Lisa Weagle
Since the inception of the Curling Championship, the Canadian women's team has won a total of 17 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze, a total of 34 medals, ranking first in the medal table. Since curling entered the Olympic Games, the Canadian women's team has won 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze results in 6 Olympic Games, and is also at the top of the medal table. Although Canada's overall strength has always been very strong, in recent years, players are good at civil war, and the dominance of curling in the world has gradually been affected, and Canada is currently ranked 5th in the world.
Jennifer Jones is an evergreen in curling, and since entering the World Curling Championships in 2005, she has participated in 6 World Championships, 16 Hearts, and 2 Olympic Games (2014 Sochi, 2022 Beijing). In 2010, she decided not to work with Cathy Overton-Clapham anymore and Kaitlyn Lawes joined the team as a new third baseman. In 2018, Jill Officer decided to retire and absorbed Jocelyn Peterman, and in 2019, Homan decided not to work with Lisa Weagle, and Jones invited Lisa into the team, and the team was assembled. Team Jones has had his ups and downs this season, and the only time he won the championship was at the Olympic Trials, from Canada, which has many masters, and this year is still a big favorite to win the championship.
Team Jones is currently ranked No. 3 in the world, with Jennifer Jones and nine other captains with a record of 77 wins and 42 losses, compared to 45 games, 30 wins and 15 losses this season.
Fourth base/S Madeleine Dupont
Third base/V Mathilde Halse
Second base denise Dupont
First base My Larsen
Substitute Jasmin Lander
Denmark's curling heritage is also one of the best in Europe, and the Danish women's team reached the final and won the silver medal at the first tournament of curling in 1998. At the World Championships, he won a total of 1 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze medals for a total of 8 medals. In recent years, a number of outstanding female athletes such as Angelina Jensen, Lene Nielsen and Madeleine Dupont have emerged. Denmark is currently ranked 10th in the world.
Originally, dupont had announced his retirement at the end of the 2018-2019 season, but because Danish curling was in a state where no one was available, the sisters announced their comeback in the 2020-2021 season. At the 2021 World Championships, the Dupont sisters and teammates counterattacked all the way and won the 4th place in the round robin tournament, helping Denmark to obtain the ticket to the Beijing Winter Olympics for the first time. In the final of the Basel Masters in the second half of the season, he defeated the strong Anna Hasselborg to win the championship, which is also the second time that Team Dupont has won the tour championship in a decade.
Currently ranked 47th in the world by Team Dupont, Madeleine Dupont has a record of 13 wins and 32 losses with the other nine captains, playing 19 games this season, 10 wins and 9 losses.
Team United Kingdom (Scotland)
四垒/S Eve Muirhead
三垒/V Vicky Wright
Second baseman Jennifer Dodds
First base Hailey Duff
Substitute Mili Smith
Scotland, the home of curling, didn't erupt until 2002, when Rhona Martin won the gold medal at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, followed by Jackie Lockhart's first world title for Scotland at the World Championships. Eve Muirhead then entered the public eye, first won three consecutive titles at the World Youth Championships, then reached the final of the World Championships again in 2010, won the World Championships again in 2013, and reached the final four twice in Sochi in 2014 and Pyeongchang in 2018. Scotland is currently ranked 8th in the world.
As the members who won the 2013 World Championships continue to retire, Eve Muirhead is plagued by injuries, and after the end of the 2021 World Championships, Scotland has no direct access to the Beijing Winter Olympics, the British Olympic Organizing Committee decided to use the big national team model to select curlers, and has guaranteed to enter the Olympic Games. In the 9-man mode, the regroup was reshuffled, and the final list was determined with Eve Muirhead as the captain. At the 2021 European Championships, the team won the championship all the way, ensuring that it would not change again to participate in the Olympic games. In the end, the team won the opportunity to go to Beijing as the first place in the group stage.
Currently Ranked 4th in the world, Eve Muirhead and the other nine captains have a record of 78 wins and 89 losses, playing 37 games this season, 32 wins and 5 losses.
Japan team
Fourth base/S Satsuki Fujisawa
Third base/V Chinami Yoshida
Second base Yumi Suzuki
First base Yurika Yoshida
Substitute Kotomi Ishizaki
In history, the Japanese team has reached the world championship rematch four times in total. A number of curling pioneers such as Ogasawara, Meguro Moe, and Motohashi Mari have emerged, and a number of echelons have emerged to cultivate outstanding young athletes such as May Fujisawa, Hoshina Nakajima, Momori Kojima, and Sayaka Yoshimura. At the 2016 World Championships, Fujisawa broke the best result at the World Championships in Japan in May and won the silver medal, which was the first World Championship medal for the Japanese team. The Japanese team is currently ranked 7th in the world.
The 2013 World Championships were Fujisawa's first appearance at the World Championships in May, but in the next two seasons, the team was reorganized twice to fix the team.5 In 2016, the new team won the runner-up at the first World Championships, and then at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, they won the bronze medal, once again refreshing the height of Japanese curling. In the Beijing Olympic cycle, Fujisawa's team did not qualify for the World Championships, and it was also stumbling in the Olympic trials in Japan to get the quota, and the Olympic qualification was obtained with the second pick in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Currently ranked No. 5 in the world by Team Fujisawa, Satsuki Fujisawa and the other nine captains have a record of 42 wins and 59 losses, with a total of 40 matches this season, 28 wins and 12 losses.
The Korean team
四垒/S Kim Eun-jung
三垒/V Kim Kyeong-ae
二垒Kim Cho-hi
First base Kim Seon-yeong
Substitute Kim Yeong-mi
The South Korean women's team previously competed in the Sochi Winter Olympics with Kim Ji-sun in the fourth place at the 2012 World Championships, and then participated in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as the host to reach the final. The South Korean women's team has a number of outstanding athletes such as Kim Ji-sun, Kim Eun-jung, Kim Min-ji and Ji Yoon-chi, who have reached the rematch in the three World Championships in 2012, 2014 and 2019, and won the third place in 2019. In the 2021 Olympic games, Kim Eun-jing repelled latvia and won the last ticket to the Beijing Winter Olympics with the third pick. The Korean team is currently ranked No. 3 in the world.
This team has not made any personnel changes in the past ten years, but there have been adjustments between the bases, and the degree of team tacit understanding of this team is incomparable to other teams. 2017 was their first participation in the World Championships, and in 2018 they represented South Korea at the Olympic Games, soaring all the way to the final, winning the bronze medal, and creating the best results of Korean and Asian curling in the Olympic Games. But after the Pyeongchang Olympics, they experienced the scandal of the Korean Curling Association and were once refrigerated, but fortunately, all the gloom disappeared with the wind, and their ability was beyond doubt, and they returned to the field.
Team Kim is currently ranked 8th in the world, with Kim Eun-jung and the other nine captains with a record of 41 wins and 46 losses, and has played 59 games this season, with 43 wins and 16 losses.
Russian Olympic Committee team
Fourth base/S Alina Kovaleva
Third base/V Yulia Portunova
Second baseman Galina Arsenkina
First base Ekaterina Kuzmina
Substitute Maria Komarova
Russian curling began in 2000, led by Olga Jarkova to the world stage, and Liudmila Privivkova and Anna Sidorova struggled all the way to the podium of the European and World Championships. Russia participated in the other 5 Olympic Games except 1998, but in various Olympic cycles, the Russian women's team, no matter how bright it is, will be muted on the Olympic stage, which is also the pain of Russian curling. The Russian Olympic Committee team is currently ranked 4th in the world.
Alina Kovaleva was originally a substitute for Anna Sidorova, Maria Komarova broke up with the mixed doubles partner in 2019 and moved to the team stage, while Victoria Moiseeva decided to retire in 2018. In 2019, they participated in the World Championships for the first time, and although they broke through to the semi-finals, they lost to Japan in the promotion round. Fast forward to the 2021 World Championships, they rushed to the final, losing to Switzerland by one point and finishing runners-up.
Currently Ranked 10th in the world by Team Alina Kovaleva, Alina Kovaleva and the other nine captains have a record of 34 wins and 23 losses, playing 31 games this season, 21 wins and 10 losses.
Sweden team
Fourth base/S Anna Hasselborg
三垒/V Sara McManus
Second base Agnes Knochenhauer
First base Sofia Mabergs
Substitute Johanna Heldin
The Swedish women's curling team won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze at the Olympic Games, ranking first in the Olympic medal table. He has won 7 World Championships at the World Championships. Anette Norberg also won five consecutive European Championships and in 2006 became the first person to win the Double Olympic and World Championships. In addition to Anette Norberg, Sweden has its own representative figures in various periods, such as Elisabeth H gstr m, Elisabet Johansson, Margaretha Sigfridsson, Cecilia stlund and Anna Hasselborg. Sweden is currently ranked No. 1 in the world.
Anna Hasselborg disbanded the group in the 214-2015 season and retired briefly for a while. But then the team was reorganized and returned, and the lineup remained unchanged. At present, this team holds 6 Grand Slam championship trophies, 2 European Championship trophies, and is still the defending champion of the Olympic Games, but it cannot reach the top of the world championship podium. Anna Hasselborg led the team to the World Championships four times, won two runners-up, two fourth-place results, good things and many grinds, this team still has difficulties to face and solve on the way to becoming a world champion.
Currently Ranked No. 2 in the world, Anna Hasselborg has a record of 80 wins and 74 losses with the other nine captains, with a total of 41 games this season, 26 wins and 15 losses.
202垒/V Alina P tz
Third base/S Silvana Tirinzoni
Second base Esther Neuenschwander
First base Melanie Barbezat
Substitute Carole Howald
In the first women's curling championships founded in 1979, Switzerland won the World Championship. Switzerland is currently the world in addition to Canada, has a relatively complete echelon training and a sound tour system. Switzerland has won two silver medals and two fourth-place results at the Olympic Games, which is not as impressive as Canada and Sweden, but it is also a stability and height that other countries cannot achieve. The Swiss team is currently ranked No. 2 in the world.
After missing out on the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in 2018, two members of the Team P tz team decided to retire and the team dispersed, with Alina P tz joining Team Tirinzoni as a second-in-law at fourth base. In the first season of the team's existence, it won the 2019 World Championship and won the Grand Slam Champions Cup that year. He successfully defended his title at the 2021 World Championships and became the favorite to win the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Currently Ranked 7th in the world, Silvana Tirinzoni and other nine captains have a record of 89 wins and 71 losses, playing 32 games this season, 23 wins and 9 losses.
四垒/S Tabitha Peterson
三垒/V Nina Roth
Second base becca Hamilton
First base Tara Peterson
Substitute Aileen Geving
Debbie McCormick won the first World Championship for the United States in 2003 and after finishing runners-up in 2006, the United States has not been on the podium at the World Championships in 15 years. From 1999 to 2016, U.S. women's curling was sustained by Patti Lank, Debbie McCormick, Cassandra Johnson, Erika Brown and Allison Pottinger. It wasn't until Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, and Jamie Sinclair began to emerge in 2017 that the older generation's mission came to an end. At the 2021 World Championships, after fifteen years, the United States once again reached the podium of the World Championships. The U.S. team is currently ranked No. 6 in the world.
At the beginning of the 2017 World Championships, this team entered the public eye. The team was less noticed, but it was steady, like their style of play, and unknowingly, they won the game. In the 2019 season, Nina Roth became pregnant and gave birth to a child, and the original third baseTabitha Peterson played the role of fourth base, and after Nina Roth returned, he played the third base vice team. After the position exchange, it also played a new chemistry, and at the 2021 World Championships, it defeated Sweden to get the third place, and it was also the team's first World Series medal.
Currently ranked 9th in the world, Tabitha Peterson has a record of 11 wins and 14 losses with the other nine captains, playing 31 games this season, with 25 wins and 6 losses.
China
Fourth Base/S Han Yu Photo/Beiti Media
Third Base/V Wang Rui Photo/Beiti Media
Second Base Dong Ziqi Photo/Beiti Media
First base Zhang Lijun Photo/Beiti Media
Substitute Jiang Xindi Photo/Beiti Media
1. 2009 World Championship Champion
2. Bronze medal at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
3. Runner-up at the 2008 World Championships
4. Fifth place at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics
The main achievements of this year's team:
Winner of the 2019 Asia Pacific Championship