The Chinese women's curling team suffered two consecutive defeats on the first day

Beijing, February 10 (Workers Daily - China Gongwang reporter Qu Xinyue) The women's curling event of the Beijing Winter Olympics officially opened today. The Chinese women's curling team welcomed two opponents on the first day, and after losing to Denmark in 1 minute in the morning and losing to the veteran swiss team 5-7 in the evening, they suffered two consecutive defeats.

The girls, who fought twice a day, were obviously eager for victory.

In the morning match, the two sides drew 6-6 in the first nine sets. In the 10th set, the Danish team had the backhand advantage and scored a point with the last shot, and finally the Chinese team lost to the Danish team 6-7.

"In the decider, we did have a little bit of tension. The opponent did a good job on the last pot. After the game, Han Yu, the captain of the post-00s, said that for the young Chinese women's curling team, the goal is to fight every game and every pot.

In the evening against the Swiss team, the game process was ups and downs, and the Chinese team repeatedly bit the score, but still lost to the swiss team 5-7.

At the Winter Olympics, the Chinese women's curling team consisted of five people: Han Yu, Wang Rui, Dong Ziqi, Zhang Lijun and Jiang Xindi. Among them, only Jiang Xindi and Wang Rui participated in the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. All the team members are young players after 95. Han Yu, who is the captain and plays the role of fourth baseman, is only 21 years old.

The Chinese women's curling team had moments of brilliance. At the 2008 Women's Curling World Championships, Chinese girls were runners-up in a blockbuster title, and in 2009, they won the world championship in a historic way and won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

In the following years, the Chinese women's curling team faced a lack of talent and failed to continue to write the legend. At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese team was eliminated in the round robin stage.

In recent years, the strength of the Chinese women's curling team has gradually improved. At the 2019 Asia-Pacific Curling Championships, the Chinese women's curling team defeated the Japanese team and won the championship again after five years.

Due to the epidemic, this young team, which has just been formed for two years, still lacks the opportunity to compete with high-level teams, this time at the "doorstep", expecting them to get out of the shadow of two consecutive defeats as soon as possible and recreate the glory of the golden generation of women's curling.