The Chinese curling men's and women's teams suffered consecutive defeats, and the difficult situation did not make the players lose confidence

In the Feb. 10 match against the Men's Curling Team of the Russian Olympic Committee, the Chinese men's team was only a little bit away from victory. Because the overall strength gap between the two sides is not large, so the game has been in a stale situation, the first eight sets of the Chinese team led 4-3, but the ninth game suddenly changed, the opponent with the captain Sergei Glukhov a "god double fly" to hit the Chinese team in the base camp of the two pots, in one fell swoop to score 4 points. This shot changed the original balance of power, and in the last game, the Chinese team tried its best to recover the gap, so it swallowed the bitter fruit of the losing streak 4-7.

"In the early and middle stages we were in control of the situation and played according to the strategy we had set out in advance. In the ninth inning, our plan was to get the opponent to get a point, but it didn't do well, resulting in a serious mistake. Ma Xiuyue revealed that head coach Peja Lindholm encouraged the whole team after the game, "After all, we still have seven games to play, losing is a thing of the past, we need to show the best level in the rest of the games." Compared with the Russian Olympic Committee team, the Chinese men's team has the least experience in the competition, and the three players in the opponent squad are Sergei Glukhov, Yevgeny Klimov and Anton Karabu, all of whom have four World Championship experiences, and they have won the fourth place at the 2021 World Championships.

The previous night in the first round of the first round of the 4-6 defeat to the last Winter Olympics runner-up Sweden, and today lost to the Russian Olympic Committee team, the Chinese team suffered consecutive defeats in the opening round is struggling to move forward, fortunately the players have not lost confidence. Ma Xiuyue said that he could not predict how many games he would win next, but each team member would do his best to show everyone all the hard work of the past four years, "Winning or losing is actually not so important to us, the most important thing is the process, we will do our best in every game." The team set itself the goal of the top six, and when this goal is achieved, it will consider whether it can continue to move forward. Believe us, whether we're behind or ahead, we're going to give our all in every game. Another Chinese player, Wang Zhiyu, also said that losing the game because of mistakes is of course disappointing, and then everyone needs to sort out their mood and "seriously face every subsequent competition."

The Chinese women's curling team also completed the first two rounds on February 10. In the morning match, the girls and Denmark drew 6-6 in the first nine sets, and in the last set, Denmark used the last shot to score key points to win 7-6. In the evening, the Chinese women's team faced the powerful Swiss team, which has reached the top six times in the last nine World Championships. The Chinese women's team showed good form in the game, the first eight sets of the battle with the opponent to draw 5-5, but unfortunately in the last two games by the opponent to score two consecutive points, and finally lost the game 5-7 with a slight regret. Team member Han Yu said that the opponents of the Olympic Games are very strong and the pressure will be great, but everyone will not be afraid of this pressure, "Our goal is to convert this pressure into motivation." Next, the team will spare no effort to play every game, throw every pot, and go all out! (Photo/Xinhua News Agency)

Author: Chen Haixiang

Edit: Gu Miao