February 12, Beijing time, the eighth competition day of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Figure skating project continues today, tonight will produce gold medals in the project is the ice dance rhythm dance competition, the mainland combination Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu will debut, ice dance rhythm dance is not the traditional advantage of the Chinese delegation, the two young players do not have to bear the pressure, in addition, this project is quite beautiful, the two Chinese players are also very good looks, worthy of attention.
Ice dance, referred to as ice dance, is divided into two sports, rhythm dance and free dance, which is a performance of men and women teaming up to perform some dance footwork and dance postures on the ice accompanied by the rhythm of music. Unlike the pair skating that netizens are more familiar with, ice dance is not allowed to use lifting movements, nor is there frequent jumping action, and the choreography of the rhythm dance sub-item is not arbitrary, and the prescribed dances must be completed according to the music of the appearance.
This competition has a total of 25 teams to participate, divided into 5 groups, each group of 5 pairs of combinations, Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu in the third group debuted, the overall performance is ideal, the sense of rhythm is outstanding, there is no obvious mistake, the referee gave 73.41 points, in the 13 pairs that have appeared in the score ranked 2nd, all the combinations at the end of the appearance, Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu's ranking came to 12th place, successfully advanced to the free dance stage of the competition.
Congratulations to Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu for achieving the 12th place rhythm dance ranking, compared to the 22nd place in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics without the free dance stage of the competition, this time has been a very big improvement, there is no doubt a windfall! Although the pre-match expectations are not high, they can stand at the doorstep of the game, they are enough to leave their own mark in China's ice and snow project. Next, at 9:15 a.m. Beijing time on February 14, the free dance stage competition of Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu will be launched, and it is expected that they can have a better performance.