Yanqing, 10 Feb (Xinhua) -- The first two-wheeled ski ride of the men's steel-frame snowmobile at the Beijing Winter Olympics ended on February 10, with China's Yan Wengang and Yin Zheng temporarily ranking 3rd and 7th. In the last two rounds of the night of the 11th, the two will attack the medals.
On February 10, China's Yan Wengang competed in the men's steel frame snowmobile event at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter He Changshan
In the first two rounds of the slide, Yan Wengang and Yin Zheng were in a remarkable state.
First, the starting speed of Yanqing Circuit has entered the world's top ranks. Yanqing Circuit is a starting-oriented track, and it is difficult to turn over after a poor start. As a good starter in the Chinese team, Yin Zheng ranked First in both rounds of departures, with a record of 4.60 seconds in the first round and a stable start time of 4.62 seconds in the second round. Yan Wengang took 4.75 seconds and 4.74 seconds to start, ranking 9th and 11th respectively, which was in the middle of the top of all 25 players.
Second, the key bend control is relatively mature and has the ability to adjust. Yanqing Circuit has 16 corners, of which Turn 6, Turn 11 and Turn 13 are difficult points. When entering Turn 6, the slope of the track changes significantly; Turn 11 is a unique 360-degree swing bend, which is easy to cause mistakes; Turn 13 contains the lowest point of the track, if the corner is too fast here, when the player encounters a partial straight section composed of Turn 14 (including a rise and fall), Turn 15 (rising), it is easy to lose control of the steel frame due to the drastic change of the center of gravity, and a large number of players crash into the side wall of the high point of Turn 14 to slow down. From the perspective of the two rounds of skating, the two Chinese players have relatively mature control of key corners, although there were obvious mistakes in the first round of skating, but they have the ability to adjust and save, so the total score is still in the forefront. After the game, the two said that they would make adjustments as soon as possible and discuss with the coach to improve ways to reduce mistakes.
Since the weight of the two Chinese athletes is not dominant, and there is a gap between the ability to find speed in the skating and the top foreign players, it is the best choice to keep the advantage and improve the results by starting well and reducing the error rate as much as possible.
Chinese Player Yin competes in the men's steel frame bobsleigh event at the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 10. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter He Changshan
After two rounds of slicing, Yan Wengang and Yin Zheng's main competitors also surfaced.
Germany's Christopher Grotecher and Axel Juncker were provisionally ranked 1st and 2nd in the total time of 2:00.33 and 2:01.03 respectively, the Russian Olympic Committee team Alexander Tretyakov and Yevgeny Rukossouev tied for 4th with a time of 2:01.20, latvian martins Dukurs and brother Thomas Ducurs were 6th and 8th respectively, and Yin Zheng, who will be ranked 7th, will be tightly packed.
Judging from the above-mentioned athletes' results, except for Christopher GroteCher, who broke the track record in 1 minute 00 seconds in the first round of skating to establish a clear advantage for himself, the total results of other players are relatively close. After them, Germany's Alexander Gasner and South Korea's Jeong Seung-ki are also fully equipped to challenge. Therefore, the last two rounds of skating that will be carried out on the evening of the 11th will be very fierce, and each slide will not be lost.
The rankings of the steel frame snowmobile events at the Winter Olympics are sorted by the total time spent on four-wheeled skating, and the one with the fewest time wins the gold medal. Previously, the best result of the Chinese men's steel frame snowmobile Winter Olympics was geng Wenqiang's 13th place at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which was the first time China participated, and Geng Wenqiang was the only player qualified to participate. In this Winter Olympics, two Chinese men's steel frame snowmobiles have participated, indicating that the overall strength has improved. In the last two rounds of slides, whether Yan Wengang and Yin Zheng can further push the ranking higher, the outside world waits and sees.
Source: Xinhua News Agency