The picture shows the men's round robin of curling on the evening of the 9th: China vs. Sweden. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
Beijing, February 10 (China News Network) -- In the first round of the men's curling round robin tournament at the Beijing Winter Olympics on the evening of the 9th, the Chinese team composed of Xu Jingtao, Wang Zhiyu, Zou Qiang and Ma Xiuyue lost to the Swedish combination 4:6 and had no chance to start well.
In the match of the day, the first and second sets of the two sides scored 0:0, the third set of Sweden scored a point, 1:0 temporarily led the Chinese team, the fourth set of Sweden stole two points, the fifth set of Ma Xiuyue's last throw into the center of the circle to get a point, the sixth set of the Chinese team stole a point first, the seventh set of the Swedish team of the last spin into the two points, the eighth set of the Chinese team got two points, the tenth set of Sweden won a point, won 6:4.
The picture shows the men's round robin of curling on the evening of the 9th: China vs. Sweden. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
There are 10 teams in the men's curling team at the Beijing Winter Olympics, including China, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden and so on. The Chinese team competed for the first time at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and finished fourth at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. At this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team returned to the Winter Olympics after 8 years.
In an interview after the game, Xu Jingtao said that the whole team played out the state of training and did its best to win, although there were mistakes and did not win, but it will do a good job in the next game to help the team win the game.
Talking about the adjustment of mentality after the game, Ma Xiuyue said that first of all, it is normal to put yourself in the right position, losing the game, "Winning or losing is actually not so important to us, the most important thing is the process, every game must be done to the best of our ability."
On the 10th, the Chinese men's curling team will face the Russian Olympic Committee team. Ma Xiuyue said, "The goal we set for ourselves is the top six, with this goal as the mainstay, and we will fight hard every time to see if we can go any further." (End)