February 16, Beijing time, the 12th match day of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Cross-country skiing continues today, this afternoon will be a cross-country skiing team short distance (traditional technology) competition, the women's team sent Chi Chunxue and Li Xin, the men's team by Wang Qiang, Shang Jincai to participate, Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation's men's and women's teams in this project won the 24th and 17th places respectively, looking forward to this breakthrough.
The first thing to be carried out is the semi-final of the women's cross-country skiing team short distance (traditional technology), there are two groups of players in the semi-final, each group of 13 teams, the top 4 of each group and the fifth place with the best results to advance to the final, the players need to glide a total of nine kilometers, each team of two alternate batons to take the baton for a single lap skating, the Chinese team starts in the first group, the opponents of the same group have a total of 12 teams. Chi Chunxue's seventh position first stick started, the starting speed was very good, with the third place to complete the first handover, Li Xin untied although the ranking has declined, but still insisted on following the first group.
The third handover of the baton, Chi Chunxue fell to the last place of the first group, the second half of the leading team began to accelerate, gradually throwing away the distance, the Chinese team is not far behind the fourth stick has chased to the fifth place, and maintained this position to the end, the time is 23 minutes 43 seconds 93, failed to surpass the second group of the fifth place France team results did not qualify for the final. The Chinese men's team is in the second group of the men's semifinals, there are 12 teams in this group, the top six of the group can advance to the final, the Chinese team starts in the seventh place, and Wang Qiang is stepped on by the American players on the snowboard at the beginning, causing a lot of impact.
However, Wang Qiang chose to sprint hard in the first stick, with the first place result and the second stick Shang Jincai to take over the baton, Shang Jincai did not take too aggressive strategy, the ranking fell to the seventh, but Wang Qiang, who took the baton again, was still full of vitality, ranked again into the top three, and bit the first group, and at the last moment, the German player Snowboard had a problem withdrawing from the game, and the Chinese team's physical strength dropped significantly, and finally fell on the threshold of promotion. It's a shame, but still a tribute to the men's and women's teams who tried their best!