On the evening of February 11, Beijing time, the men's steel frame snowmobile of the Beijing Winter Olympics decided the final ranking in the "Snow Dragon". World champion and German Grote Herr won the gold medal in a total time of 4:01.01, and another German player, Jean-Claude Juncker, won the silver medal in 4:01.67.
China's Yan Wengang performed perfectly in the fourth round, sliding out of the maximum limit of 129.7km/h, and then surpassed the Russian Olympic Committee athletes with a total time of 4 minutes 01.77 seconds, rising to third place, winning a valuable bronze medal for the Chinese delegation and creating a historic breakthrough for China in this event.
Another Chinese player, Yin Zheng, was fifth in 4:02.13.
In tonight's final, Germany's Grote Herr played steadily after the first three rounds of skating, finishing first with a time of 3:0.49.
In the last round, he slid out of 4:01.01 with super strength and won the championship.
Grote Herr's teammate, Juncker, also from Germany, won the silver medal.
Yan Wengang was temporarily in fourth place after the first two rounds of the competition yesterday. In tonight's game, Yan Wengang launched a final attack on the medal.
After the third round, he ranked fourth with a time of 3:01.62, and in the last round, he stabilized his mentality and played perfectly, and the final result was 4:01.77, ranking third, winning a valuable bronze medal for the Chinese delegation.
With such results, Yan Wengang and teammate Yin Zheng have created a historic breakthrough for Chinese players in this event. This is also the first bronze medal won by the Chinese delegation at the Winter Olympics.
At present, the total number of medals of the Chinese delegation has reached 7.
In the overall medal table, the German delegation continued to dominate the medal table by relying on the gold medal of the steel frame bobsleigh won by Grote Hull.
On the evening of February 12, Zhao Dan and Li Yuxi of the Chinese women's steel frame snowmobile will launch a final attack on the medals, wishing them good results!