Beijing, February 11 (Xinhua) -- The Curling Event at the Beijing Winter Olympics played 11 round-robin stage matches on the 11th, with the Chinese men's team winning 5:4 against Denmark for the first time, and the women's team losing 4:8 to the United States.
On the morning of the same day, the Chinese men's curling team played against the Danish team, and the two sides were tightly matched in the game. In the first four innings of the match, both teams scored a point with backhands. In the fifth set, the Chinese team scored the last shot and scored 2 points in the backhand. In the next three sets, both sides scored 1 point in the backhand. In the ninth inning, both sides made low-level mistakes, and the Chinese team chose the "flow game" (neither side had a pot in the base camp) to retain the right to play the tenth set. In the tenth set, the 5:4 lead of the Chinese team simplified the situation and finally "flowed" again to preserve the victory.
China's second baseman Wang Zhiyu said after the game: "The team summed up yesterday's game, adjusted its tactics today, played simpler, and won this game will be more confident." ”
In the afternoon, the Chinese women's team played in the United States team. The Chinese women's team continued the poor handling of the key pot in the previous two games, and was stolen 2 points in the first set, and was at a disadvantage for most of the time thereafter, and finally lost 4:8. "Post-00" captain Han Yu said after the game that the first two innings did not grasp the law of field changes in time, resulting in a low success rate of key ball handling, hoping that the young team would continue to summarize experience and learn lessons through the game.
On the same day, the Japanese and Korean women's teams defeated European and American teams respectively and won their first victories in the Winter Olympics. Among them, Japan defeated Canada 8:5, and Pyeongchang Winter Olympic runner-up South Korea defeated Britain 9:7. South Korea's Canadian head coach Garante said that the team participating in this competition is strong, and the goal of the Korean team is to reach the final four, and if there is an opportunity, it will try to hit the medal.
Jones, the 47-year-old captain of the Canadian women's team, spoke highly of the Japanese women's team after the game: "They did a great job and didn't let us have a moment of rest. Whenever we had a chance, they would quickly throw a good pot. ”
In the late match, the Danish men's team, which had just lost to China, conceded defeat after 6 innings and lost to the Russian Olympic Committee 2:10. In the fifth inning, there was an extremely rare scene in which the Danish team at the back made a mistake in the last shot and was stolen by 6 points.
On the 11th, Sweden won all three games and ranked first in the men's group; Switzerland won three consecutive games, ranking first in the women's team. In addition, the Chinese women's team lost three games, and the Danish men's team lost three consecutive games. (End)
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