Defeating defending champions Sweden, the Chinese women's curling team won their first winter Olympics victory

China's first base Zhang Lijun in the game. Photo: Xinhua News Agency

Beijing News (reporter Xu Bangyin) on the evening of February 12, the Beijing Winter Olympic Curling Women's Round Robin tournament continued to be carried out in the "Ice Cube" at the National Aquatics Center, facing the defending champion Sweden, the Chinese curling women's team performed very perfectly, after 10 rounds of competition, won the opponent 9-6, won the first victory of the Winter Olympics.

This afternoon's "Ice Cube", the Chinese curling men's team against italy, defeated the opponent 12-9, and won two consecutive round-robin matches. The Chinese curling women's team changed sides tonight, Wang Rui changed to fourth base, captain Han Yu changed to third base, and the girls played the most exciting game in this Winter Olympics.

The Swedish curling women's team is one of the most brilliant teams in the world women's curling world, participating in the Winter Olympics 8 times, standing on the podium 6 times, winning the 2006, 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympics championships, 25 times standing on the world championship podium, 8 times winning the world championships, their honor on the world competition stage is almost on par with the Canadian curling women's team.

In contrast, the Chinese curling women's team is a very young team, in the first three rounds of the winter Olympic round robin, it has lost to Denmark, Switzerland and the United States, suffering 3 consecutive defeats. In the face of such a strong defending champion, the outside world is basically not optimistic about the Chinese team, but the girls who play at home are not afraid of their opponents and let go.

In the second game of the game, the Chinese team with the backhand advantage took the lead in 3 points, took the initiative, and ended the half game to lead 6-2. In the second half of the competition, the Swedish team showed great tenacity, chasing 4 points in a row to equalize the score, but the Chinese team was not affected, the 8th inning got 2 points in the back hand, the 9th inning "stole" 1 point first, entered the final game with a 3-point advantage, and finally won the victory.

Beijing News reporter Xu Bangyin

Edited by Wang Chunqiu Proofreader Fu Chunyi