Chinese athletes competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing are setting their own new historical records every day. Gao Tingyu won China's first men's speed skating gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics, and the Chinese men's ice hockey team scored the first goal of the team in the history of the Winter Olympics, which is also of great significance. On the evening of February 13, in the Beijing Winter Olympics men's hockey group stage match between China and Germany at the National Gymnasium, although the Chinese team unfortunately lost 2-3, Fu Shuai and Wang Taylor scored two goals, writing a new chapter for the Chinese men's ice hockey team to compete in the Winter Olympics for the first time.
Germany, the runner-up winner of the men's ice hockey tournament at the last PyeongChang Winter Olympics, is now ranked fifth in the world, while the Chinese team is currently ranked 32nd in the world, and there is a significant gap between the strength of the two sides. However, since August last year, the young team of the Chinese team has gone to Russia for competition and training, and through the participation in the Mainland Ice Hockey League (KHL), the players have been improved in terms of technical tactics, physical fitness, and game literacy. In the first game, the Chinese team lost to the fierce opponent of the United States team, and in this game, the goal of the Chinese team is to play a further game, even if it cannot win the game, it must play its own style, level, spirit, and strive to score goals.
By the second half of the second quarter, Germany had taken a 3-0 lead, but the Chinese lads did not lose their morale, but patiently looked for any opportunity to score and achieve a breakthrough. Sure enough, the opportunity to score came inadvertently. At the end of the second quarter, the Chinese team attacked, Sprawl sent a wonderful pass, Kelios cushioned a shot, and Fu Shuai directly scored the goal, which was the first goal in the history of the Chinese men's ice winter Olympics and the beginning of creating history. In the 49th minute of the third quarter, Spruer again sent a wonderful pass, Ye Jinguang passed to Wang Taylor, who did not have any adjustments, directly hit the goal, and the Chinese team changed the score to 2-3. Since then, although the Chinese team has done its best, it still failed to tie the score and regrettably lost with a goal. However, the first time to enter the Winter Olympics and face a strong opponent, the Chinese men's ice can score goals, and score two goals at once, which is worth writing about.
According to the schedule, at 21:10 Beijing time on February 13, the Chinese men's ice hockey team will face the last opponent in the group stage, Canada.
Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin