What to watch today in the Winter Olympics: the two opening ceremony flag bearers each seek a breakthrough

The Winter Olympics are expected to produce 6 gold medals on the 12th, and the flag bearers Gao Tingyu and Zhao Dan at the opening ceremony of the Chinese delegation will strive for breakthroughs on the field and impact good results.

Gao Tingyu, 24, is already a meritorious figure in the Chinese Winter Olympics delegation. He was selected for the national team in 2016 and won the gold medal in the men's 500m in speed skating at the Sapporo Asian Winter Games in 2017. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, he won the bronze medal with a time of 34.65 seconds, becoming the first Chinese male athlete to win a medal in speed skating at the Winter Olympics. This season's World Cup, Gao Tingyu won the championship in Poland, and the United States and Canada also slid within 34 seconds. At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4, he and Zhao Dan, a female athlete on a steel-framed snowmobile, served as the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation. In the speed skating men's 500 meters event, Gao Tingyu is undoubtedly the top soldier of the Chinese team, and the current national record is also held by him, hoping that he can play stably, strive for a breakthrough in the 12th competition, and change his Olympic medal for a color.

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In the first round of the women's steel frame snowmobile competition, 19-year-old Zhao Dan was in excellent shape, ranking third with a time of 1:02.26. In the second round, she spent 1:02.40 and finished fourth in both rounds. Another player on the Chinese team, Li Yuxi, was tenth after two rounds. On the evening of the 12th, the third and fourth rounds of the competition will be held, resulting in the gold medal in the project. After the third round, the top 20 of the 25 contestants advanced to the fourth round. Judging from the current situation, the two players of the Chinese team advanced to the fourth round without worry. Zhao Dan said after the first two rounds of competition that he had a bottom in his heart, and there was still room for improvement in the last two rounds. Since this is the first time that a Chinese athlete has competed in the Winter Olympics, Zhao Dan and Li Yuxi will make history no matter what, and look forward to their greater surprises.

On the 12th, the figure skating arena will compete for ice dance rhythm dance, and the only pair of players in the Chinese team to qualify for the event is Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu. The duo began pairing in 2005 and are the ice dance champion at the 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games and the ice dance champion at the 2020 China Cup World Figure Skating Grand Prix. At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, they ranked 22nd in the Ice Dance Rhythm Dance and failed to qualify for the Free Dance Competition. At this Winter Olympics, the two scored 74.66 points in the team ice dance rhythm dance competition, ranking fifth, refreshing the best result of the season for the two. Hopefully, they can continue to be in good shape in the 12th game and strive to break through.