In the Winter Olympics| China's new best ranking in team history

Ma Qinghua crossed the finish line! 57:49:07! The Chinese team won the 10th place, on the afternoon of February 12, in the gold medal competition of the women's 4×5 km relay of cross-country skiing in the Zhangjiakou Area of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team won the place, refreshing their best position in the women's 4×5 km relay event of cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics, Ma Qinghua and her former three teammates Chi Chunxue, Li Xin and Bayani Garin wrote a new chapter in China's cross-country skiing.

The last time the Chinese team competed in the women's 4×5 km relay in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics dates back to 2006, and the best result was the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, where Dou Aixia, Tang Yuqin, Chen Yufeng and Song Shiji jointly finished 12th. After 16 years, the Chinese team once again stood in front of the starting point of the Winter Olympics project, and the girls held their breath to refresh the best ranking in team history at their doorstep.

However, due to the small number of participants during the new crown epidemic and the low national ranking of the Chinese team, the starting position was relatively low, which brought some impact to the first stick Chi Chunxue. "Today I tried my best, and I worked very hard during the taxiing process, but because the starting position was not ideal, I was very passive when I slid on the first lap, and there was no way to implement the overtaking." She said, "In the second lap, the athletes were some distance between each other, and I could instead slide out of my rhythm and skate more comfortably to catch up with the opponent in front of me." ”

From 16th at departure, to 15th after gliding 1 km, to 13th place at 2.5 km, 11th at 3.5 km, to 9th place when handing over the baton, Chi Chunxue played his own level and laid a very good foundation for his teammates. The three teammates who competed behind her also basically saved the position she snatched back, and finally finished the race in 10th place. "The first lap still didn't feel like I was skating out of my best shape, because there were too many people, all piled up, and there was really no way to play at my normal level." Chi Chunxue said, "At the time of the handover, we were the ninth place, and the gap with the eighth place was not large at that time, and at that time I felt that we could take a relatively good place today." ”

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Source Client The Winter Olympics | Reporters Li Yuanfei, Chen Jiakun, and Deng Fangjia

Edited by Kang Dian

Process Editor Liu Weili