The freestyle ski men's big jump produced the first gold short track speed skater in history to set olympic records in two events

On February 9, the men's double bobsleigh race took place at the National Bobsleigh Center. The picture shows the Chinese team duo Huang Yebo (right) / Peng Junyue in the match. Photo by Yi Xiao, a reporter of this newspaper

Beijing, 9 Feb (Xinhua) -- On 9 February, the Beijing Winter Olympics entered its fifth competition day after the opening, with a total of six gold medals in each arena.

At the Shougang Ski Jump, the freestyle ski men's big jump produced the first gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics, which is a new event in the Winter Olympics, and the male athletes have brought new highlights to the field. Norwegian youngster Burke Ruud locked up the title early with his excellent first two jumps, and his third jump with the Norwegian flag in his hand will become a classic moment of the Winter Olympics. U.S. Team Colby Stevenson and Sweden's Henrik Harout finished second and third, respectively.

The short track speed skating event is competing at the Capital Gymnasium. In the men's 1500m final, South Korea's Hwang Dae-hyun won gold, Canada's Dubois won silver, and Russian Olympic Committee's Yelistratov won bronze. Fierce competition in this event began in the quarterfinals, with Hungary's Liu Shaolin breaking the Olympic record with a time of 2:09.213. In the face of various strong players, sun long and Zhang Tianyi, two Young Players of the Chinese Team who participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, regrettably missed the semi-finals, and Ren Ziwei of the Chinese team also failed to reach the final due to fouls. "For the next game, I hope to adjust as soon as possible and not make the same mistake again." Ren Ziwei concluded after the game.

In the women's 1000m preliminaries for short track speed skating that night, Dutch player Schultin set a new Olympic record with a time of 1:27.292. The three players of the Chinese team, Han Yutong, Qu Chunyu and Zhang Chutong, all advanced to the quarterfinals. In the semi-finals of the women's 3000m relay, the Chinese team composed of Han Yutong, Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin and Zhang Yuting played well, ranking second in the group with a time of 4:04.383 and successfully advancing to the final of Group A.

In the women's steeplechase on snowboard, U.S. team Lindsey Jacobellis won the championship, france's Chloe Tresperche and Canada's Meljeta Odin finished second and third respectively. China's Feng He finished in the quarterfinals with a fourth place in the group. This is the first time that a Chinese team player has participated in the event at the Winter Olympics. The 17-year-old Feng He previously practiced track and field sprinting, and the cross-discipline selection practice snowboarding project was only more than 3 years. Commenting on her performance, she said: "I have no regrets and hope to accumulate more experience in the future." ”

Alpine skiing awarded a medal in the women's slalom event. After two rounds of skating, Slovakian star Petra Flova won the championship with a total time of 1:44.98, becoming the first Slovak team to win the gold medal in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics. Austria's Katarina Linsberg and Switzerland's Wendy Holdner finished second and third respectively. China's Kong Fanying finished 47th with a total time of 2:11.95, while another Chinese player, Ni Yueming, regretted not being able to finish the race.

In the double bobsleigh event, after two rounds of sliding, the four Winter Olympic gold medalists and the German team combination Wendel/Alter won the championship with a time of 1 minute 56.554 seconds, achieving the three consecutive Winter Olympic championships in the event and also winning their fifth Winter Olympic gold medal. The Chinese team of Huang Yebo and Peng Junyue became the first Chinese team to compete in the Winter Olympics, and finally finished seventeenth with a time of 2:01.572.

People's Daily ( 2022-02-10 09 edition)