Austria's defending men's super big slalom Zhang Yangming ranked 33rd

(Beijing Winter Olympics) Austria's defending men's super big slalom Zhang Yangming ranked 33rd

Beijing, February 8 (China News Service) -- The Beijing Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing Men's Super Slalom Competition was launched at the National Alpine Ski Center on the 8th, and The Austrian star and Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Men's Super Giant Slalom Champion Matthias Meier successfully defended his title with a good time of 1 minute 19.94 seconds. China's Zhang Yangming successfully completed the competition, ranking 33rd, filling the gap in the Chinese Winter Olympic Team in the project.

In the game. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed

In the 11 sub-events of alpine skiing, downhill and super slalom are racing events, and large slaloms and slaloms are competitive sports. Among them, the track of the downhill has the largest drop, the distance is also the longest, and the speed of the sliding is generally more than 100 kilometers; the super large slalom is due to the number of flag gates crossing more than the slide, the drop is smaller than the downhill, and the speed is relatively slow.

The race started at 11:00 on the same day, and 47 runners set off from the starting point at an altitude of 1930 meters and slid down the super large slalom track with a drop of 645 meters. Norway's Alexander Hield, who has returned from injury this season, is in 7th place, and this season he has won three downhill titles and three super big slalom titles, and leads the standings in both events. In the glide, his speed and corner control were just right, surpassing the first 6 runners in 1 minute 20.36 and temporarily finishing first.

Another big favorite to win the championship, Austria's Meier, naturally did not want to let the gold medal fall into the hands of others. In the 13th place, he performed bravely, gliding through the clouds and flowing waters, and every link was perfect. Amid the cheers, he overtook Hield to top the table with a good time of 1:19.94.

American Ryan Cochrane Siegel, who followed Meier, "drove Hilde" to third place with a slight advantage of 0.38 seconds. None of the players who came out later could shake the top three positions, and the three maintained their advantage to the end.

It is worth mentioning that the 33-year-old legendary Meier is the men's downhill champion at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and the men's super slalom champion at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The successful defending men's super slalom marks that he has won gold in three consecutive Winter Olympics.

China's Zhang Yangming successfully completed the competition, ranking 33rd, filling the gap in the Chinese Winter Olympic Team in the project. Another runner, Xu Mingfu, fell off the track while sliding, regretting that he did not finish the race. In this Winter Olympics, Chinese athletes qualified for all 11 sub-events of alpine skiing, including men's and women's downhill, super giant slalom, all-around and mixed teams, all of which were participating for the first time. The race is a breakthrough, and the finish is a victory.

After successfully completing the game, Zhang Yangming was in a good mood, and when interviewed by the media after the game, he directly called "cool, really enjoyable". Although he failed to finish the men's downhill match on the 7th, Zhang Yangming's mentality was not affected by this, and he will participate in 4 competitions such as men's big slalom, slalom, all-around and mixed team. In this regard, he said: "The next step is to look forward to a better self and play the training level." (End)