(Beijing Winter Olympics) Switzerland wins men's giant slalom gold medal Hong Kong's Weng Houquan regrets not finishing the match
Beijing, February 13 (China News Service) -- In the men's giant slalom competition of alpine skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics held on february 13, Switzerland's Marco Oudmatt won the championship with a good time of 2 minutes 09.35 seconds in two rounds. Two Chinese players Xu Mingfu and Zhang Yangming successfully completed the match, and Hong Kong, China's Weng Houquan regretted that he did not finish the match.
According to the rules of the event, the men's giant slalom competition is held in two rounds, and the results of the two rounds are added together, and the shortest time wins. The National Alpine Ski Center was snowing heavily that day and it was hazy. Due to heavy snowfall, the second round of matches, which was scheduled to start at 13:45 on the same day, was postponed to 15:00. Heavy snow also had a certain impact on the players' performance. In the first round, 35 of the 89 participants did not depart or finish, and 8 of the second round were not completed or disqualified.
Switzerland's Marco Oudmatt stood out in the first round, temporarily topping the list with a good time of 1:02.93; although the second round was second in 1:06.42, the two rounds took a combined time of 2:09.35 to successfully win the gold medal. Slovenia's Zahn Kranets and France's Mathieu Faivre won silver and bronze medals respectively.
Data chart: China's Xu Mingfu in the competition. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
Two Chinese players, Xu Mingfu and Zhang Yangming, were mainly stable in the day's competition, and the two rounds of the competition took 2 minutes 33 seconds 22 seconds and 2 minutes 35 seconds 17 seconds respectively, ranking 33rd and 36th respectively. Compared with European and American powers, there is still a big gap in China's alpine skiing, from the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics in the United States to date, China has only participated in the alpine skiing competition of the 6 Winter Olympics, and each time only 1 male and 1 female two people participated, and the Beijing Winter Olympics have won 2 male and female each place has set a record. If only from the perspective of qualifications, the Chinese team has completed a breakthrough in this Winter Olympic Games.
Infographic: China's Zhang Yangming in the competition. China News Service reporter He Penglei photographed
Hong Kong's Weng Houquan finished 62nd in the first round, but unfortunately failed to finish. Weng Houquan, 17, was the first male athlete in the Hong Kong delegation to participate in the alpine skiing event at the Winter Olympics, and last year he finished second in the Black Mountain Kolahin Cup slalom. Standing at the Winter Olympics this time, he has written a new history of alpine skiing in Hong Kong, China. (End)