On February 19, Beijing time, the four-person snowmobile project of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics kicked off in the "Snow Dragon", which was the last appearance of the host Chinese team in the snowmobile project of the Winter Olympics. The Chinese team sent two-on-four snowmobile combinations to compete, namely Sun Kaizhi, Wu Qingze, Wu Zhitao, zhen heng team and Li Chunjian, Ding Song, Ye Jielong and Shi Hao team. In terms of strength, there is a clear gap between the Chinese team and the super-first-class German team, Italy team, etc., with the advantage of the host, the Chinese four-person snowmobile can debut in the Winter Olympic Games.
Although there was no chance to stand on the podium, the performance of the 8 young men still gave everyone a thumbs up. The snowmobile project originated late in the Chinese sports world, and it is also very unfamiliar to domestic audiences. Also known as a luge, the bobsleigh is a collective snowmobile in which athletes can control the direction of progress in the race, and the snowmobile itself is expensive, which is considered to be the most "money-burning" Winter Olympics. In order to let everyone feel the charm of this sport, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics deliberately used unique materials and ingenious design to create a high-quality, ice-quality track, which is known as "Snow Dragon".
At the Winter Olympics, the track hosts four events in men's doubles, women's singles and doubles, as well as four-person snowmobiles. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the number and scale of the Chinese snow team is the highest in history. Previously, Yan Wengang of the Steel Frame Snow Team won a valuable bronze medal in the men's singles event, which was also the first medal of the Chinese Steel Frame SnowMobile at the Winter Olympics, creating a new history for the Chinese Snow Team. Achieved a breakthrough of zero medals at the Winter Olympics, which encouraged the entire Chinese snow team team. Sun Kaizhi and Wu Qingze finished 14th in the men's double snowmobile event, which is also the best result in the history of the Chinese team at the Winter Olympics.
In the women's singles snowmobile, Huai Mingming and Ying Qing won the sixth and ninth places respectively, once again refreshing the Olympic best in the women's event. Four-person snowmobiling is the last single event of the Beijing Winter Olympics snowmobile event, according to the rules of the competition, each country and region can apply for up to two teams to participate, the race is divided into 4 rounds, based on the cumulative time of 4 rounds of sliding to calculate the results, while the shortest is the champion. In the men's four-man snowmobile event, the German team is the well-deserved number one hegemon. In previous Winter Olympics, they have won almost all the gold medals in this event.
Judging from the performance of the Beijing Winter Olympics, in the first round, the German team led the way with a score of 58.13, and its two participating teams have been in the top two. The Chinese team of Li Chunjian, Ding Song, Ye Jielong and Shi Hao ranked 16th with 59.31, and the other Team of Chinese teams Sun Kaizhi, Wu Qingze, Wu Zhitao and Zhen Heng ranked 18th with a score of 59.38. Even if it is impossible to help the team win the Olympic medal, this has become a new starting point for China's snowmobile to become world-class, and its historical significance is self-evident!
(Luo Treasurer)