Steel frame snowmobile - slippery on the stomach.
Snowmobile – sit and slide.
Sleigh – lying down and sliding.
□ Zhu Wenxiu, a reporter for the Yangtze River Daily
On the morning of the 10th, in the first two rounds of the steel frame bobsleigh event of the Beijing Winter Olympics unveiled at the National Bobsleigh Center, German star Christopher Grotelher temporarily ranked first with a time of 2:00.33 in two rounds. Two Chinese players, Yan Wengang and Yin Zheng, ranked 3rd and 7th respectively. At 8:20 p.m. on the 11th, the steel frame snowmobile will decide the gold medal in the men's event, and 2 Chinese players will attack the medal.
■ Steel frame snowmobile, is the F1 of the ice world
The speed of the steel frame snowmobile in the track is as high as 120-135 kilometers per hour, the vertical drop is more than 110 meters, the sense of weightlessness, suffocation, fear... Athletes need to overcome various physical and psychological discomforts, so it is known as the "F1 of the Ice World". Because the sport was too thrilling and because of the severity of the disability attached to the injury rate, it was twice disqualified from the Winter Olympics until 2002, when it stabilized in the Winter Olympics.
■ Steel frame snowmobiles, snowmobiles, sleds, can you tell the difference?
This Winter Olympics has already been competed in the bobsleigh event, and the steel frame snowmobile will be followed by the snowmobile event competition, so what are the similarities and differences between the bobsleigh, the bobsleigh and the steel frame snowmobile? All three events were held at the National Bobsleigh Center in Yanqing, using the same track. The rules of the race are similar, with each runner completing four coasters over a two-day schedule, ranking in the total time of the four runs, with the least amount of time winning.
The difference between the three is simply that the sled and the steel frame snowmobile have only a base and no shell, while the snowmobile has a shell, which is more like a car. Sleds and steel frame snowmobiles do not have steering and braking devices, while the bobsleigh body is equipped with steering and braking devices, the bobsleigh is obtained by swinging forward and backward and rake ice, while the snowmobile and steel frame snowmobile obtain the initial speed by running to push the body; the sled is lying down to slide, the snowmobile is sitting and sliding, and the steel frame snowmobile is lying on the ground.
■ Chinese steel frame snowmobile launched a challenge to the medal
The steel frame snowmobile project has a history of more than 100 years abroad, but China only formed its first professional sports team in 2015. In the face of a series of unfavorable factors such as the lack of professional training and competition venues in China, the members of the China Steel Frame Snow Racing Team represented by Geng Wenqiang have struggled to catch up and have continuously written new records and best results in the past few years. In 2018, Geng Wenqiang made his debut at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on behalf of the Chinese Steel Frame Snow Team, and won the 13th place.
In the first two rounds of the men's steel frame snowmobile competition on the morning of the 10th, the Chinese team Yan Wengang and Yin Zheng performed well, ranking 3rd and 7th respectively, and the next two rounds of the competition will decide the gold medal, and Yan Wengang and Yin Zheng will launch an attack on the medal.
Source: Yangtze River Daily