(Beijing Winter Olympics) Event Preview: Double Flag Bearers Interpret Chinese Speed China's men's curling strives for two consecutive victories
Beijing, February 11 (China News Service) -- Speed skating and steel-framed snowmobiles are the kings of speed in ice and snow sports, respectively. At the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 12th, Gao Tingyu and Zhao Dan, who served as the flag bearers of the opening ceremony of the Chinese delegation's Winter Olympic Games, will interpret China's speed in these two venues.
Speed Skating: Gao Tingyu is looking forward to another breakthrough
On the 12th, the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" will play the men's 500-meter final of speed skating, and the Chinese speed skating team, which has not received any results so far in the Winter Olympics, is expected to hit the medal in this project.
At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, 20-year-old Gao Tingyu won the bronze medal in the men's 500m final, achieving a breakthrough for China to zero medals in the men's speed skating Winter Olympics. In this Olympic cycle, Gao Tingyu's strength has further improved, ranking among the world's strongest people in speed skating short distances, and winning the World Cup sub-station championship this season.
After becoming the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation to the Winter Olympics, Gao Tingyu once said that the identity of the flag bearer made him full of strength and more responsible for showing his best side on the field. Whether the "best side" of Gao Tingyu can once again achieve a breakthrough in Chinese men's speed skating and bring another color medal is worth looking forward to.
The "Ice Ribbon" of the day will also play the quarterfinals of the women's team pursuit. The Chinese team finished fifth in the event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and took the podium in this season's World Cup race. If the Chinese team, which is striving for the medal, wants to achieve its goal, it must first advance to the semi-finals.
Steel frame snowmobile: Zhao Dan strives for medals
At the steel frame snowmobile race, Zhao Dan, another flag bearer of the Chinese delegation, will appear again.
In the first two rounds of the women's steel frame snowmobile race held on the 11th, 19-year-old Zhao Dan performed well and temporarily ranked fourth, and another Chinese player, Li Yuxi, was in tenth.
On February 11, the Women's Steel Frame Bobsleigh Event Competition of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the National Bobsleigh Center. The picture shows Chinese player Zhao Dan in the competition. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
This is the first time that a Chinese women's steel frame snowmobile has participated in the Winter Olympics, and in this event where speed and danger coexist, Zhao Dan hopes to raise the starting point of the Chinese team in the Winter Olympics in this event with a medal.
In 2018, Zhao Dan, who specializes in long jump and triple jump, was selected in the cross-border selection of the Chinese steel frame snow team, becoming the youngest player in the team. Just two years later, she represented China at the Winter Youth Olympics and finished 7th. This season, she won the Intercontinental Cup in Innsbruck.
At this Winter Olympics, China's cross-country skiing achieved 12 sub-events for the first time, of which it is considered that the most likely breakthrough is the women's 4×5 km relay.
In the 2020 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup in Finland, the Chinese team led by Chi Chunxue and Li Xin won the eighth place in the women's 4×5 km relay race, creating the best result in the history of the Chinese cross-country skiing team in the World Cup relay competition. On the 12th, Chi Chunxue and Li Xin will lead the young players to attack higher goals.
Men's curling strives for two consecutive wins Women's curling is afraid of four consecutive defeats
Figure skating will compete in an ice dance rhythm dance, and the Chinese duo Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu strives to create a good result at the doorstep.
At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu finished 22nd in rhythm dance and failed to qualify for the free dance competition. In this Olympic cycle, this has greatly improved the performance of the Chinese group, ranking fifth in the ice dance rhythm dance competition of the figure skating team competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics recently, and this time the previous 20 ranks have no major obstacles to qualify for free dance.
On Feb. 11, the U.S. players played the game. On the same day, in the Women's Curling Round Robin Competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube", the Chinese team lost 4:8 to the United States. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
The curling arena continues with a round-robin tournament. The Chinese men's team, which won 1 and lost 2 in the first three rounds, will strive for two consecutive wins in the competition with Italy; the Chinese women's team, which suffered three consecutive defeats, will face the world champion Sweden on the 12th, and it is still difficult to seek the first victory of the Winter Olympics.
After losing 0:8 to the United States in its Debut of the Winter Olympics, the Chinese men's ice hockey team will usher in another opportunity to learn and accumulate experience in the confrontation with another fierce opponent, the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic runner-up Germany team, on the 12th.
At the ice hockey arena on the same day, there will also be two women's ice hockey quarterfinals, and the Russian Olympic Committee and Switzerland, Japan and Finland will compete for the last two semi-final tickets to women's ice hockey. (End)
Source: China News Network