Although at the bottom of the 17 pairs, Chinese men's double bobsleigh players Huang Yebo and Peng Junyue were confident in their future in the post-race news mixing zone.
"We have agreed to participate in many, many Winter Olympics together, and our goal is to stand on the highest podium of the Winter Olympics!" Huang Yebo said.
Chinese players Huang Yebo and Peng Junyue compete in the double bobsleigh event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on February 9.
Neither of them turned out to be professional athletes in the bobsleigh project, Huang Yebo is a heilongjiang native and was a sprinter, while Peng Junyue is from Guangdong Province, once a basketball player, in 2015, the mainland set up a bobsleigh team, the two through the selection, transferred to the project, because the sleigh came together.
"The bobsleigh team started the selection first, if the selection time is a little later, we may go to the steel frame snowmobile or the snow team, at that time there was no understanding of the difference between the three projects," Huang Yebo said, "When I first started practicing, every time I skidded, the sled would overturn, sometimes a trip can be overturned two or three times, fall down and then get up, this is how we started." ”
Peng Junyue admitted that when he began to receive calls from the coach, telling him to participate in the audition, he also thought that he was going to participate in the selection test of the basketball national team. "Later, when I was training, I thought about it myself, found this project very interesting, and stayed."
On February 9, China's Huang Yebo (front) and Peng Junyue prepared to set off in the double bobsleigh event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Huang Yebo and Peng Junyue said that the double bobsleigh event is more difficult to control than the single sled. "If you compare a single sleigh to a car, then a double sled is driving a big truck. Heavy weight, high center of gravity, easy to flip over. Two people should think in one place and work hard together. If the pace is not consistent, the grades will be bad. Huang Yebo said.
"This project is not the same as the ball doubles that everyone knows, this project can not easily change partners, it must be honed by the two players for a long time, and then after hundreds of thousands of taxis, it is considered to be the beginning, it is a foundation," Peng Junyue said, "When we glide at a speed of more than 130 kilometers per hour, there is actually no way to communicate through language, we can only use subtle body postures, and the experience of long-term gliding, and then tell each other that some places need to make some adjustments." ”
On the 9th, the duo set their best time on the "Snow Dragon" track this season, sliding into 61 seconds each time. For today's performance, Huang Yebo gave the two 7 points, he believes that the departure is still the next step for the two to focus on strengthening the technical links, in addition to the body posture control in the game also needs to be improved and improved.
After the game, IOC President Bach, who was watching the game, walked to the side of the track and "touched fists" with Huang and Peng to greet them. "He wants us to keep it going and see you again next Time at the Winter Olympics." President Bach also hopes that we will get a good night's sleep tonight for tomorrow's relay race. Huang Yebo said.
On the 10th, the bobsleigh event of the Beijing Winter Olympics will usher in the final competition, and the gold medal in the team relay event will be decided. Speaking of this game, Huang Yebo said that we don't have any pressure, that is, to fully enjoy the game and enjoy the Winter Olympics.