Women's steel frame snowmobile test skating Zhao Dan, the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation, ranked first

Live bar February 8 news On February 7, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Women's Steel Frame Bobsleigh Project opened the pre-race trial pulley at the National Bobsleigh Center "Snow Tour Dragon", and two Chinese athletes Zhao Dan and Li Yuxi played well in the first two trial skates, especially Zhao Dan, who served as the standard-bearer of the Chinese delegation at the Winter Olympics, won the first place in the second trial with a score of 1:02.18, showing a fiery state.

At this Winter Olympics, there are two gold medals for men and women in the steel frame snowmobile event, and the official competition will start from February 10 to 12, and the athletes will use three days to practice the trial skating to adapt to the venue.

Two Chinese female competitors, Zhao Dan and Li Yuxi, performed well in the first two trials. Among them, Zhao Dan ranked seventh and first among the 25 participants, and Li Yuxi ranked fourteenth and fifth. Zhao Dan skated 1:02.18 in the second trial skate, which was the fastest lap of all the participants in the two-wheel pulley. This achievement also allows the outside world to see the hope of the Chinese steel frame snow team to impact the Winter Olympic medals.

Born on December 14, 2002, Zhao Dan is currently the youngest athlete in the Chinese steel frame snow team, and she joined the China steel frame snowmobile national training team in 2018 after cross-border cross-sports selection. After switching from a triple jumper to a steel-framed snowmobile, Zhao Dan quickly overcame his psychological fears about the project with the help of the coaching team. Thanks to the foundation laid by the previous practice of athletics, Zhao Dan after the transfer was quite outstanding in terms of physical fitness and explosiveness, and his performance improved rapidly, and after the external training competition, Zhao Dan grew rapidly in the process of competing with international masters.

Although he is young, Zhao Dan's composure and bravery on the field have been quite a general. In the 2019-2020 season, Zhao Dan represented the Chinese team in the Youth Olympic Games held in Switzerland for the first time and achieved a seventh place result, which was the first time that a Chinese women's steel frame snowmobile had boarded the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

In this year's Olympic Trials for the Steel Frame Snowmobile Project, Zhao Dan won the first place in China in two races and four taxis, and finally entered the Beijing Winter Olympics with the first overall score, and she will attack the medal with her teammate Li Yuxi.

In fact, Zhao Dan did not perform well in the two IBSF International Snowmobile and Steel Frame Snowmobile Federation World Cup sub-stations at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, and did not get the right to participate in the last round, ranking 23 and 20 respectively. Her best result came from the Intercontinental Cup in Innsbruck last year, when she won the championship in two skates with a total time of 1:48.25.

It is worth mentioning that at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhao Dan and gao Tingyu, a male speed skater, served as the standard-bearer of the Chinese Winter Olympic team, and this huge honor also inspired her to show her best state in the training of these two days and enhance the confidence of the competition.

Zhao Dan said: "Participating in the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics as a flag bearer is a moment that I will never forget in my life. When I walked into the stadium holding the national flag in my hand, I had a feeling of tears in my eyes, and I deeply felt the beauty and strength of our motherland. Talking about the upcoming race, Zhao Dan said that he would go all out to strive for the best result and live up to the expectations of the outside world for her and the steel frame snow team.

(Beijing Daily)