Zhao Dan, | of the Winter Olympics: There is still room for improvement in the last two rounds

On February 11, the Women's Steel Frame Bobsleigh Event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was contested in two rounds before the end of the National Bobsleigh Center "Snow Dragon", and Zhao Dan, a 19-year-old from China, played normally, ranking fourth in the two rounds with a total of 2:04.66. Australian veteran Jacqueline Narakot temporarily finished first in 2:04:34, while two German players Hannah Neizer and Tina Herman were second and third. Li Yuxi, another player on the Chinese team, was ranked 10th.

Zhao Dan performed well in the trial pulley before the main game, scoring twice to get the first place in 6 trials, and only 1 time fell out of the top 10. Her lap best time was 1:01.96, the second best of any player in the trial skate.

In the first round of the main competition on the 11th, Zhao Dan, who served as the standard-bearer of the Chinese delegation at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, played well, taking the initiative with a starting time of 5.25 seconds, and sliding out of the perfect tangent in the last few corners, reaching a speed of 127km/h. In the end, she finished third out of 25 players with a time of 1:02.26.

China's Zhao Dan is in the game.

In the second round of gliding, Zhao Dan improved in the departure stage, taking 5.22 seconds. In the second corner, her body position was not good, which also affected the speed of the next few corners. Fortunately, the curves from 13 to 16 are all lines that Zhao Dan is more familiar with, and in the end, she finished the race with a total of 1 minute 02 seconds and 40 seconds, with a total of 2 minutes 04 seconds 66 seconds in the two rounds, ranking fourth.

The three German players who performed poorly in the first round showed the German team's championship background in the slide event, and Naizer and Herman showed a high level, and the total results of the two surpassed Zhao Dan and the Canadian player who ranked first in the first round, and squeezed Zhao Dan to the fourth position.

Zhao Dan said after the game that his first two slides were good overall, but some details need to be improved in the starting distance, angle of entry and before entering Turn 1. "The Winter Olympics, for me there is a lot of pressure, more nervous, and it is the kind of tension in the depths of the heart. It wasn't until after the 11th corner of the first round that it was completely released. Today I adjusted my body a lot on the track, which also allowed me to lose some speed when I was at the wrong angle when I entered the corner at the back. ”

Zhao Dan said frankly, "I didn't feel good after the first round of skating, and when I looked at the results, I actually couldn't believe that I was the third place." Fourth after two rounds, I have a bottom in my heart, and I believe that there is still room for improvement in the last two rounds. ”

According to the schedule, the next two rounds of the women's steel frame snowmobile will be staged in the "Snow Dragon" on the evening of the 12th.

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Photo courtesy of Xinhua News Agency

Source Client The Winter Olympics | Reporter Wang Yang

Edited by: Kandian

Process Editor Tai Shaofeng