(Beijing Winter Olympics) Event Preview: Wu Dajing looks forward to defending the title Gu Ailing appears again
Beijing, February 12 (China News Service) -- The Beijing Winter Olympics will produce seven gold medals on the 13th, and the three famous players of the Chinese delegation will attack separately - Wu Dajing will fight to defend his title on the ice, and Gu Ailing and Xu Mengtao will start the journey to win gold on the snow.
Wu Dajing (center) of the Chinese team competes in the match on February 11. Photo by Cui Nan, a reporter from China News Service
Short Track Speed Skating: Wu Dajing Pan Defends The Chinese women's team competes for medals
The short track speed skating field on the same day will produce two gold medals in the men's 500 meters and the women's 3000 meters relay, and the Chinese team has a good strength in both of these events.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Wu Dajing won the championship with a record-breaking performance, becoming the only gold medalist in the Chinese delegation to the current Winter Olympics. Subsequently, he continued to work hard to collect the world record of the project.
As a defending champion and a world record and Olympic record holder, Wu Dajing has long been regarded as the favorite to win the event at the Winter Olympics. In the men's 500m preliminary round on the 11th, Wu Dajing's performance ranked first among all the participating athletes, creating a good start for him to defend his title.
The "double champion" Ren Ziwei and the "post-00s" young player Sun Long also successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Winter Olympics, escorting the Chinese team in the project.
The women's 3000m relay final will be played between China, the Netherlands, South Korea and Canada. In the final of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese team, which broke the Olympic record in the semifinals, crossed the finish line in second place but was found to be fouled and missed the medal.
In this Olympic cycle, the strength of China's short track speed skating women's team has declined. This time facing the defending champion South Korea, the Dutch team led by Shultin, who just broke the women's 1000m world record, the Chinese team will face greater difficulties in attacking the gold medal.
In the previous events of short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics, there have been many accidents, which have made the competition between players more uncertain and the results of the competition more suspenseful.
The speed skating arena will feature the women's 500m final and the men's team chase quarterfinals on the 13th.
Women's short distance was once the dominant event for Chinese speed skating, but in recent years, with the retirement of famous players such as Winter Olympic champion Zhang Hong, the Chinese women's team has been in a situation of lack of success, and the results are difficult to meet. This time, it is expected that Jin Jingzhu and Tian Ruining can achieve a short-distance recovery for Chinese women's speed skating at their doorstep.
On February 8, In the final of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle Ski Women's Big Jump at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, China's Gu Ailing won the championship. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
Freestyle Skiing: Gu Ailing Debuts Slope Obstacle Course Skills Xu Mengtao leads aerial skills
On the 13th, the freestyle ski race, two qualifying matches attracted the attention of Chinese audiences. Gu Ailing, a young player who won the gold medal in the freestyle ski jump, will appear in the women's slope obstacle course qualification competition, and Xu Mengtao, the "elder of the four dynasties" who won the silver medal in the air skill mixed team competition, will compete in the women's aerial skills qualification competition.
In the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle, this small and old two famous players have achieved brilliant results. 18-year-old Gu Ailing is the world championship and World Cup champion of women's slope obstacle skills, while Xu Mengtao, 31, set a new record with 26 World Cup races. The qualifying round can only be regarded as a warm-up match before the final for both of them, and the biggest attraction is the difficulty and completion of their movements.
In addition, 18-year-old Yang Shuorui, who was injured in the big jump training, will participate in the slope obstacle course competition, and Pyeongchang Winter Olympics bronze medalist Kong Fanyu and "post-00" youngster Shao Qi will participate in the aerial skills competition, expecting all Chinese players to advance to the final on the 14th.
The curling arena continues with a round-robin tournament. The Chinese men's curling team, which won 2-2 in the first four rounds, will have a one-day double match against the United Kingdom and the United States, while the Chinese women's curling team will face South Korea.
Men's ice hockey will play the final round of the group stage, with China facing Canada. According to the rules, the four teams with the highest number of points in the group round will directly advance to the quarter-finals, the remaining 8 teams will play a cross-elimination round, and the winning 4 teams will receive another 4 1/4 final places. (End)
Source: China News Network