On the evening of February 8, the women's single bobsleigh competition of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics decided the championship at the National Bobsleigh Center "Snow Dragon", Germany's Natalie Geisenberger won the gold medal with a total of 3 minutes 53.454 seconds, her teammate Anna Beraitel won the silver medal with a slight disadvantage of 0.493 seconds, and Tatyana Ivanova of the Russian Olympic Committee team won the bronze medal.
The women's singles competition in the sleigh showed a fierce competition from the first two rounds of skating on the evening of the 7th. Germany's Geisenberger and Yulia Taubitz, the three most favored players before the match, and the season's best record holder, Austria's Madeleine Aegler, all made some mistakes. In particular, in the 13th bend, both Taubitz and Aegler had serious skid accidents.
Geisenberger, who had a tipping at the Islamic Sleigh Federation Yanqing competition last year, was lucky enough to dodge the danger at the 13th corner this time, and with her super control and experience, she ranked first after the first two rounds.
German athletes finished second in the women's singles bobsleigh championship.
On the third round of skating on the evening of the 8th, Geisenberger was the first to appear, and her calm expression before departure seemed to indicate that the gold medal was already in the bag. In the many corners behind, Geisenberger easily crossed the corners in an almost "silky" way, and finally slid the best time on the track of 58.226 seconds, continuing to extend his lead.
Germany's Bereter played steadily in this round, finishing in 58.348 seconds, 0.330 seconds behind teammate Geisenberger in total. Ivanova of the Russian Olympic Committee team is in third place.
In the fourth round, Geisenberger, Bereter and Ivanova all opted for relatively conservative tactics, striving for stability in the corners and not for extreme speed. In the end, the three maintained the lead accumulated in the first three rounds and won the gold, silver and bronze medals.
China's 21-year-old Wang Peixuan was too nervous and underperformed in the first two rounds. In the third round of skating, she skated out of the personal best of the Winter Olympics, and finally ranked 29th with a total of 3 minutes 01.402 seconds in three rounds, and missed the fourth round of skating.
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