Winter Olympic Broadcast 丨Men's Curling Round Robin: China's Team Lick Italy won two consecutive wins

People's Daily Beijing, February 12 (Ou Xingrong) On the afternoon of February 12, in the fifth round of the men's curling round robin tournament at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team played well as a whole, defeating italy 12:9 and winning two consecutive victories.

Xu Jingtao (right) from the Chinese team communicates with Wang Zhiyu during the competition. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Lei

The Chinese team narrowly defeated Denmark 5:4 in the previous day's match, winning the first victory of the Winter Olympics. In this game against Italy, the Chinese team played for Xu Jingtao, Wang Zhiyu, Zou Qiang and Ma Xiuyue, and Jiang Dongxu was appointed as a substitute.

After the game began, the Chinese team showed good form, the captain Ma Xiuyue used the splitter to get 2 points in the first set, the Italian team recovered 1 point in the second set, and in the third and fourth sets, the Chinese team and the Italian team scored 3 points each. In the fifth set, Ma Xiuyue's last shot was firmly thrown into the center of the circle, and the Chinese team scored three more points to take an 8:4 lead.

Italy then showed great resilience, first using the backhand advantage to pull back 2 points in the sixth set, and taking advantage of the mistakes of the Chinese team to steal 1 point in the seventh set. In the eighth inning, Ma Xiuyue played a wonderful double fly to help the Chinese team get 3 points to stabilize the situation. In the ninth game, the Chinese team made a mistake, and the Italian team scored 2 points with the backhand. In the crucial tenth inning, Ma Xiuyue successfully hit the game, and the Chinese team scored a thrilling point to beat italy 12:9 and win two consecutive round-robin matches.