On the evening of February 16, Beijing time, with the last magical shot of the overtime round, the Chinese women's curling team narrowly defeated the Canadian team 11-9, and the hope of entering the final four was continued. However, they have been unable to grasp the initiative of promotion, and with canada's victory over Denmark, the women's pot has all ended in this Winter Olympics.
But the girls who let go showed their own level, let people see the future hope of this team, captain Wang Rui said: "This competition is still a little regretful, because I think I can do better." "However, compared with the sisters who have won the bronze medal of the Winter Olympics, the current team is not world-class, and it is very telling that they have not been able to enter the semi-finals of the Winter Olympics for three consecutive years."
In the face of such a reality, many netizens have left messages on the forum, saying that they really miss the invincible Chinese team - the "Ice Jade Refreshing" combination composed of Wang Bingyu, Liu Yin, Yue Qingshuang and Zhou Yan. Under the leadership of captain Wang Bingyu, the Chinese women's team not only won the gold medal at the World Championships in just a few years from existence to nothing, but also successfully reached the podium of the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
As the dinghai god needle in the team at that time, Wang Bingyu was probably the most familiar female curler. Stable, smart, and strong pressure resistance, she can become the most reassuring "4th base" whenever she arrives at the big game. After getting married in 2013, Wang Bingyu also had a lovely daughter. Not long after choosing to retire in 2018, she made a brief comeback hoping to help the "green and yellow" Chinese team.
Today, Wang Bingyu is still the protagonist of the curling arena, but as the director of the curling project competition of the Sports Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, she is continuing her curling dream in another way.
Compared with Wang Bingyu, the oldest liu yin in the team became the first "mother" player, she married her boyfriend (a hockey coach) in 2011, and she welcomed qianjin in early 2012. But in the face of the Sochi cycle, Liu Yin weaned her daughter when she was just 5 months old and returned to the collective. Incredibly, she was training on ice at 5 months pregnant and returning to ice 5 months after giving birth.
The fourth left is willow shade
At the Beijing Winter Olympics this time, "Sister Yin" returned to the vision of ice fans as a TV commentator, and her professional and in-place live commentary allowed people to relive the glorious years of Chinese women's pots.
Among the champions of that team, many ice fans will be impressed by the high appearance of yue Qingshuang, who is as famous as the Harbin girl with a beautiful appearance and loves fashionable dresses, so he is also jokingly called "Jolin on Ice" by many people.
However, for a long time, everyone has rarely heard about Yue Qingshuang after retiring, and some people think that she has always been single. In fact, after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Yue Qingshuang returned to the Harbin Institute of Physical Education and became a university teacher. During that time, she got married and had children of her own.
And she has always had a keen pursuit of curling in her heart, and she has also put her years of accumulation into practice, and Yue Qingshuang is currently the head coach of the national wheelchair curling team. I believe that in the next Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, everyone can see her shadow at close range.
Similarly, Zhou Yan, one of the four main players of the women's curler, continued to make her own contribution to the cause of Curling in China after retiring, and she is now a curling coach at the Harbin Institute of Physical Education.
"Once you get together, it is a lifetime", Wang Bingyu has always been unable to give up the curling career, 4 curling goddesses have met after retiring, and then team up to compete when their children grow up, so that a new "little girls' pot team" can continue their dreams.
From the formation of the team in 2000, several girls from strangers to acquaintances, to acquaintances and cooperation, I have to say that it is curling that has created a legend. At the same time, Wang Bingyu has made continuous efforts and hard work through their own efforts, and has also repaid all those who support and love them with their achievements.
Of course, some people have said that the reason why Wang Bingyu was able to achieve good results in international competitions was because curling was not as popular as it is now, and many countries did not invest. Later, the results gradually began to decline, because other countries attached importance to it, which is similar to the women's football team. What do you think about that?