congratulate! Chinese men's curling won their first victory

On the morning of February 11, the third round of the men's curling round robin tournament of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held in the "Ice Cube" of the National Aquatics Center, after the two consecutive defeats of the Chinese team withstood the pressure and narrowly defeated the Danish team 5-4 with the stable play in the last set, winning the first victory of the Winter Olympics.

In the previous two rounds, the Chinese team lost to Sweden and the Russian Olympic Committee team, and Denmark lost to Canada in the first round and bye in the second round. Facing the match, the Chinese team sent Xu Jingtao, Wang Zhiyu, Zou Qiang and Ma Xiuyue (first base to fourth base). In the first four sets, the two sides alternated 1 point to draw 2-2. In the 5th set, the Chinese team took advantage of the backhand advantage to break through and scored 2 points. After 3 innings, the situation fell into a stalemate again, both sides made mistakes, there was no big score, and the 8 innings were over, and the Chinese team led 5-4. In the 9th set, the Chinese team originally played well, but made a mistake in the throwing of the penultimate pot, and could only draw the retained backhand. In the last inning, the young men of the Chinese team withstood the pressure, Ma Xiuyue completed the last pot of blows steadily, and the Chinese team finally won the first victory of the Winter Olympics.

According to the schedule, the Chinese team had a bye in the fourth round of the round robin. At 2:05 p.m. on February 12, the Chinese team will play against Italy in the fifth round of matches.

Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Zhao Xiaosong, Li Songlin, and Deng Wei

Editor Xie Yongli Intern Editor Zhao Siyao

Process Editor Liu Weili