Finally won! The Chinese men's curling team defeated Nordic powerhouse Denmark 5-4, and after two consecutive defeats in the opening round,000, they won the first victory in the men's curling round robin tournament at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Curling is not China's strength, and can even be said to be a weakness, turning over the history of the World Championships and the Winter Olympics, curling projects produced 131 championships, 130 champions have been won by European and American countries, but it is worth all the Chinese proud of the only championship is due to the Chinese women's curling team.
At the 2009 World Championships, the Chinese women's curling team led by Wang Bingyu won the championship in one fell swoop, breaking the monopoly of European and American countries on the project; at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the Chinese women's curling team also had a good record and won the third place; in the 2011 Danish Women's Curling World Championships, the Chinese team won the third place.
Compared with the Chinese women's curling team, the performance of the Chinese men's curling team is inferior, but in recent years, it is also booming, and in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the Chinese men's curling team dared to fight and finally won the fourth place, just one step away from standing on the podium.
Although they have not been able to realize their dreams, the Chinese men's curling team has never given up on their dreams, and what is important is that they have not missed every opportunity to learn from the strong teams in Europe and the United States to catch up.
In 2022, at the Beijing Winter Olympics held at the doorstep, the Chinese men's curling team regrouped, with Xu Jingtao at first base, Wang Zhiyu at second base, Zou Qiang at third base, Ma Xiuyue at fourth base and Jiang Dongxu at fourth base.
In the first two games, the Chinese team played the first game, facing the runner-up Sweden team last season, although it lost, but the basic tactical ideas were played out, but the details were still slightly lacking in the heat; the second game of the Russian Olympic Committee representative team, the Chinese team in the first 8 rounds of 4-3 leading the situation, in the 9th game there was a serious mistake, resulting in the Russian Olympic Committee representative team to play 4 points in a single set to reverse success.
The Chinese team still showed its immature and inexperienced side, after all, this brand-new Chinese men's team has only been formed for half a year.
Growing up in the experience, although the Chinese team has inked both battles, but it has not lost confidence, originally we came with the attitude of learning and challenging ourselves, we have no baggage in our hearts, and we dare to show ourselves.
Facing Denmark, another world-class strong team, the Chinese team finally seized the opportunity, and even in the 7th game, the Chinese team had the possibility of playing 2 to 3 points, the tactical design was very successful, the hitting effect was also good, but the luck was slightly worse, forming a correlation, taking away a curling box in its own outer circle, and the position of the mother pot was slightly less than ideal, only 1 point was obtained.
However, the Chinese team controlled the points well behind the back, only letting the opponent get 1 point in the backhand, and at the critical moment, the Chinese team withstood the pressure and finally won 5-4 against the opponent.
Curling is a very test of patience and tactical execution of the delicate work, in the game, need to be based on the complex situation, the need to develop each pot of pot throwing and hitting strategy, but also to consider the accuracy of the pot and the effect of the shot, if the effect is not ideal, how to control the trend of mistakes.
This project takes a little longer and the rules are slightly more complicated, but if you look at it more, you will find that this project has a lot of fun, because in the ice and snow project based on extreme sports, this is a rare gentleman's sport, which is a very test of the team's ability to cooperate.
Therefore, the Chinese team can stand on this field and show itself, can not be measured by whether it can win a gold medal, is not the purpose of the Winter Olympics? The courage to challenge ourselves, continue to forge ahead, weak projects, in fact, also deserve our applause!