On February 15, Beijing time, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics men's curling round robin tournament continued at the National Aquatics Center, and the host Chinese team faced the biggest favorite Canadian team that won the championship. In the end, due to a certain gap between the overall strength and the opponent, the Chinese team lost to Canada 8:10 with a large score, and the current record is 2 wins and 5 losses. In terms of points ranking, the hope of the Chinese team to advance to the final four of this Winter Olympic Games has become a theoretical possibility. After the game, fourth baseman Ma Xiuyue said in an interview that no matter what the final outcome is, the whole team will still do its best to play the next few games.
This year's Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese men's curling team is particularly eye-catching, even if they are not as good as the Chinese curling women's team in the competition results, but every time the competition, "Ice Cube" will have many spectators rush to the scene to cheer for them. In the previous games, the Chinese men's curling team has exposed problems such as mental instability and technical insimulation. Especially in favorable circumstances, several players have repeatedly given up their chances to score and win.
Facing the Vancouver Winter Olympic champion Canadian team, the goal set by the Chinese men's curling team before the game is to win better, and if it is difficult to compete with the opponent, learn from the opponent to use the game tactics and accumulate experience. As soon as the game began, the individual abilities of the Canadian team members began to show, and the accuracy of the first and second base throws reached a staggering 100 percent. China's fourth baseman Ma Xiuyue tried to use the central standing pot to contain his opponent, but due to Zou Qiang's slight mistake, the Chinese team only scored one point. In the second inning, Canada relied on four bases to turn the tide in an unfavorable situation and successfully scored 2 points.
In the following games, the Chinese team and the Canadian team staged an offensive and defensive battle, and the double flying techniques such as passing, throwing, spinning pot, and double flying were vividly and exquisitely displayed. In the sixth game, Canada scored 2 points, and the Chinese team trailed Canada 5:6. In the eighth game, the Chinese team once again made a hitting mistake, and after being used by the opponent, the mobile phone would spin the pot into the camp to get 3 points. In the last two sets, the Chinese team failed to achieve a reversal, and finally suffered the fifth defeat of the Winter Olympics.
Losing the match against Canada, the Chinese team's total points ranking has fallen out of the top eight, and with 3 games left, their hopes of advancing to the semi-finals are very slim.
Xu Jingtao said that regardless of whether he wins or loses, the Beijing Winter Olympics has become a new starting point for Chinese men's curling to become the world's top. At the Sochi Winter Olympics eight years ago, the Chinese men's curling team, composed of Zang Jialiang, Badexin, Xu Xiaoming and Liu Rui, reached the semifinals in history and created the best Olympic record in team history. This Winter Olympics, Zou Qiang, Ma Xiuyue, Xu Jingtao, Jiang Dongxu and Wang Zhiyu are all debuting in the Olympic Arena for the first time, although they have not surpassed the achievements of their predecessors, but four years later, perhaps they can bring surprises to everyone.
(Luo Treasurer)