Chinese men's curling wins first winter Olympics The women's team suffered three consecutive defeats

(Beijing Winter Olympics) Chinese men's curling wins first victory in the Winter Olympics The women's team suffered three consecutive defeats

Beijing, February 11 (China News Service) -- At the Curling Round Robin Tournament of the Beijing Winter Olympics held on the 11th, the Chinese men's curling team defeated the Danish team 5:4 to win the first victory at the Beijing Winter Olympics; the Chinese women's team lost to the United States team 4:8, suffering three consecutive defeats.

In the morning match, the Chinese men's team led 4:2 in the first half. In the second half, the Chinese team played steadily, and finally won 5:4 against Denmark. At present, the Chinese team has one win and two losses, and is tied for seventh place with the Russian Olympic Committee team.

Ma Xiuyue, the captain of the Chinese men's team, said after the game that it was a pity to lose the first two games, "We summed up after we went back, we must not be in a hurry when leading, we must stabilize and play simple balls." This game will carry out the tactics to the end, "when we are in the front, we play little by little, there is no hurry, so the effect is not bad." ”

In the afternoon, the Chinese women's curling team played against the United States. The Chinese team had a bad start, and the First Set was stolen by the United States team with 2 points, and successive mistakes made the Chinese team trail 1:5 in the first half. After entering the tenth set at 4:8, the Chinese team had no choice but to admit defeat in advance after confirming that it could not turn the tide of the battle. This is the third defeat suffered by the Chinese women's team after losing 6:7 to Denmark in the first round and losing 5:7 to Switzerland in the second round.

Han Yu, the captain of the Chinese women's curling team, said after the game that the overall performance today was not very stable, and the changes in the venue were not found in time in the first two innings, resulting in mistakes.

On the afternoon of the 12th, the Chinese men's curling team will face the Italian team; on the evening of the 12th, the Chinese women's curling team will face the Swedish team. (End)

Source: China News Network