The winter Olympics | the Chinese team's "debut" to lose and win the championship

On the evening of February 9, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Men's Curling Round Robin tournament kicked off at the National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube", and 10 participating teams will compete fiercely in the next 12 days. The Chinese men's curling team returned to the Winter Olympics after 8 years, stubbornly chased after falling behind, and finally lost 4-6 to the Swedish team with the highest demand for the championship.

The game received a lot of attention, and the "Ice Cube" atmosphere before the game was hot. The Swedish team is one of the world's most powerful teams, and captain Edin has been in the world pot world 10 years ago. After the Sochi Winter Olympics, his old partners retired, and Edin was invited by third baseman Eriksson to join the current team and captain. The four won four World Championships in the next two Winter Olympic cycles, missing one Olympic gold medal. Four years ago, they inadvertently lost jingzhou in the final, and were scored five points by the United States team in a single set, losing 7-10 to win the silver. In the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle, sweden is still one of the strongest teams in the men's pot world. The team members not only have a high level of technical and tactical skills, rich experience in the competition, but also have excellent psychological quality, and their on-the-spot performance is very stable, and the goal of this battle in the Beijing Winter Olympics is only gold medal.

The Chinese team's lineup for the Winter Olympics is fourth baseMan Ma Xiuyue, third baseman Zou Qiang, second baseman Wang Zhiyu, first base Xu Jingtao and substitute Jiang Dongxu. This team was selected through the selection competition before the Winter Olympics, and the five athletes are all "post-90s" and have not yet had any foreign combat experience. The Chinese men's pot was once in the world's "second group", winning the fourth place in the 2008 World Championships and the 2014 Winter Olympics, of which the semi-final of the Winter Olympics was lost to the Swedish team led by Edin in extra time, and the medal passed. However, after entering the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic cycle, the Strength of the Chinese team declined and failed to qualify. This time, it is a new lineup with the host 'pass card' to play.

In the other three matches played at the same time, Canada beat Denmark 10-5, the United States defeated ROC 6-5 and Norway beat Switzerland 7-4.

Photo by Deng Wei, reporter of the Winter Olympics

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Source Client The Winter Olympics | Reporter Li Ge Li Songlin

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