Directly hit the Winter Olympics 丨 China's curling men's team suffered two consecutive defeats Captain Ma Xiuyue: Treat every game with full force

People's Daily Beijing, February 10 (Ou Xingrong) In the men's curling round robin tournament of the Beijing Winter Olympics held on the afternoon of the 10th, the Chinese team lost to the Russian Olympic team 4:7, suffering two consecutive defeats. Captain Ma Xiuyue said after the game that there was a problem in the connection of the ninth set, resulting in the loss of the game, and the subsequent game did not abandon, did not give up, and treated every game with full force.

Chinese curling men's zou qiang (left) and Xu Jingtao punch and beat against the Russian Olympic team on Feb. 10. Xinhua News Agency reporter carefully photographed

In this game, the Chinese team continued to be teamed by Ma Xiuyue, Zou Qiang, Wang Zhiyu, Xu Jingtao and Jiang Dongxu (substitute), and the five players were all "post-90s" and had no foreign combat experience. In the previous night's match, they faced sweden, the world number one, and fought ten sets, and finally lost 4:6. This is also the return of the Chinese men's curling team to the Winter Olympics after eight years.

The match was played in the "Ice Cube", and the Chinese team entered the state early, leading 3:1 after four sets. In the next two sets, the Russian Olympic team stabilized and equalized. In the seventh set, the two sides ended in a draw. In the eighth inning, the Chinese team scored a point in the back hand and led 4-3. In the crucial ninth inning, the Chinese team made a mistake and was scored four points by the Russian Olympic team to achieve a 7-4 victory.

After the game, Ma Xiuyue said that the whole team was in a good state in the game, and had been playing according to the tactics formulated in the early stage, but the overall connection in the ninth inning did not keep up, resulting in a more passive back, and finally lost a big score. Speaking of the next game, Ma Xiuyue said that to show the energy of four years of preparation, "do not abandon, do not give up, whether the score is behind or leading, we must treat every game with all our strength." ”