Beijing, 11 Feb (Xinhua) -- The Beijing Winter Olympics on 11 February continued to witness history and set two world records. Yan Wengang won the bronze medal in the men's steel frame snowmobile, and the Chinese athletes reached the Winter Olympic podium for the first time in the event. Three female short-track speed skaters from the Chinese team folded in the 1000m and missed the semifinals.
China's Yan Wengang at a medal presentation ceremony on February 11. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter He Changshan
Resist the pressure and give it a go. In Yanqing's "Snow Dragon", Yan Wengang finished fourth after the first three rounds of skating, and in the last skate, he performed almost perfectly, creating the best result of his four slides and winning a bronze medal that made history. Another Chinese player, Yin Zheng, came in fifth. Germany's Christopher Grotecher and Axel Juncker won the first and second places respectively.
In the short track speed skating competition, The Chinese team's Ren Ziwei, Wu Dajing and Sun Long joined hands to advance to the men's 500 meters quarterfinals; in the men's 5000 meters relay semifinals, the Chinese team encountered an accident of ice knife collision, but there was no danger to advance to the final. In the women's 1000m competition, the Chinese team 'Three Golden Flowers' Qu Chunyu, Han Yutong and Zhang Chutong all folded in the quarterfinals. The gold medal went to defending champion Dutchman Schultin, who also broke the world record for the event in the quarter-finals.
China's Wu Dajing competes on Feb. 11. Photo by Ju Huanzong, Xinhua News Agency
In contrast, the Avenue World Record in "Ice Ribbon" has more weight. In the men's 10,000 meters of speed skating, Sweden's Van der Poul added to the "fastest ice" with a victory of 12 minutes 30.74 seconds. It is also the first world record produced by the Beijing Winter Olympics.
At the snowboarding arena, Japanese skater Hirano's dream finally came true. In the U-shaped field skills event, he won two consecutive runners-up at the Sochi and Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Moving to Beijing, he completed the rebound in the final and finally changed the medal to gold. Hirano's 19-year-old younger brother Hirano Kaiju also competed in the competition, finishing ninth. Hirano said he had been waiting for his brother to stand out.
On February 11, the winner of Japan, Hirano Bumon, was awarded the medal at the ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xue Yubin
The scene of the family playing together can also be seen in the Finnish team. Ivo Niskanen won the men's 15 km (traditional technique) in cross-country skiing on the same day, winning his third Winter Olympic gold medal. The day before, his sister Keltu Niskanen had just won a silver medal in the women's 10 km (traditional technique) competition in cross-country skiing.
In Yanqing Xiaohaituo Mountain, the miracle could not be performed again. Four years ago, Czech Esther Ledetzka "combined" in single and double boards, and won both snowboard parallel slalom and alpine skiing super slalom. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, she successfully defended her title in snowboarding, but ranked fifth in the alpine skiing super slalom on the 11th. The winner goes to Swiss girl Lara Gutt-Behrami. Switzerland also became the first delegation in history to win gold medals in all six minor events in alpine skiing.
On February 8, the winner Czech Republic, Esther Ledečka, presented the medal at the snowboard parallel giant slalom medal ceremony. Photo by Zhu Zheng, Xinhua News Agency
In addition, the "Ice Cube" sent good news, in the men's curling round robin, the Chinese team defeated the Danish team 5:4, ushering in the first victory of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
On the 11th, the Beijing Winter Olympics produced a total of 7 gold medals, and Germany, Japan, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands each won one gold medal. At present, the German team continues to lead the medal table with 7 gold and 4 silver, and the Chinese team ranks seventh with 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze.
Editors: ShuWen, Yu Sihui, Wu Junkuan, Qiu Xinyi (Intern)