On February 19, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating pair skating free skating competition was staged, the Chinese combination Han Cong / Sui Wenjing hit the gold medal, the two played almost perfectly, with 239.88 points to win the gold medal, this is the Chinese delegation in the 9th gold medal in this Winter Olympics, surpassing the United States, the Netherlands and Sweden, rising to the 3rd place in the gold medal list, in the case of only the last day of the Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation to create the best ranking has no suspense.
Han Cong/Sui Wenjing are the big favourites to win the championship, and the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics they won the runner-up with a slight disadvantage, and the two of them were gold medals in this Winter Olympics. In the short program, Han Cong/Sui Wenjing was in excellent condition, scoring 84.41 points, which broke the world record.
Han Cong/Sui Wenjing faced a strong rival, followed by three pairs of Russian players, forming a situation of three British vs Lü Bu, in which the morozov/Tarasova combination was only 0.16 points behind Han Cong/Sui Wenjing in the short program. Another Chinese duo, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang, ranked No. 5 in the short program and is expected to hit the medal.
Tonight's free skating unit was played, the two units scored together to determine the final ranking, and the order of appearances in the game was flashbacks in the short program score. Among the 8 pairs of players who appeared first, they basically played normally and posed little threat to the Chinese combination. Peng Cheng/Jin Yang played in the 12th place, and the performance of the two was very good, scoring 138.74 points, and the total score came to 214.84 points, rising to the first place.
The 4 pairs of players who appeared in the last group were all favorites to win the championship, the performance of the three pairs of Russian combinations was very good, the pressure came to Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, who came out in the finale, and the performance of the two was almost perfect, with 239.88 points, a total score of 239.88, ranking first, winning the championship, and the onion barrel combination finally realized the dream.
After winning this gold medal, the number of gold medals of the Chinese delegation reached 9, surpassing Sweden, the Netherlands and the United States in one fell swoop, rising to the third place in the gold medal list, continuing to break the record. In addition, the Chinese delegation also received 4 silver and 2 bronze. With only the last five gold medals left on the last day of the Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation's gold medal ranking is likely to be the best in history, after the Chinese team's best ranking was the 7th place at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.