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On February 19, Beijing time, the Winter Olympics entered the competition for the penultimate matchday. In the evening, the figure skating pair skating free skating final began, and the Chinese duo Peng Cheng/Jin Yang, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong competed. Peng Cheng/Jin Yang, who debuted first, played well, with a free skating score of 138.74 points, and the total score was temporarily ranked first, and the top five were locked in advance.
In the previous day's short program competition, two Pairs of Chinese players played well, with Peng Cheng/Jin Yang scoring 76.10 points, ranking fifth among all the contestants. Sui Wenjing/ Han Cong scored 84.41 points to break the world record and top the list. However, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong's advantage is not large, they are only 0.16 points ahead of the second place, and the next two, three or four are all Russian and Austrian players. Sui Wenjing/Han Cong want to win the championship, and tonight they must amplify their moves and make zero mistakes. In contrast, the Russian-Austrian team has a three-pair combination and the fault tolerance rate is much lower.
In addition to Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang is also expected. Peng Cheng had partnered with Zhang Hao in the early years, and in 2016, he began to partner Jin Yang, and the two participated in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, but unfortunately only won the 17th place. This time, the duo improved quite significantly and played well in the preliminaries, with a gap of 6.66 points between the third and third. As long as there are mistakes in the top four, Peng Cheng/Jin Yang has every hope of hitting a medal, which is also the goal of the two people's trip. The order of appearances in the finals is the reverse order of the preliminary rankings, with Peng Cheng/Jin Yang appearing 12th and Sui Wenjing/Han Cong making the final appearance.
Different from the 7 movements of the short program, there are 11 free skating movements, including throwing jump, twisting, jumping, lifting, rotating, footwork, spiral, etc. Yesterday's short program scores, plus today's free skating scores, the highest score is the champion. Among the top 11 players, the Japanese duo of Riri Miura / Ryuichi Kihara had a free skating score of 141.04 points, setting a new career high. National champion Nereem/Fraser also set a career high, temporarily ranking first with a total score of 212.68 points.
Peng Cheng/Jin Yang appeared, and the repertoire was three paragraphs in the night feast. The first action Peng Cheng turned around for 2 weeks, and the referee turned on the yellow light. Then the lifting for three weeks, the throwing for three weeks, the spiral of the front wrist, and the reflexive lifting are all green lights. A curved bow shooting action, Axelto lifted even more to cheer the audience, the two all the way to the green light. With the last action, the hand is lifted in place, the performance ends successfully, and the audience is even more fascinated. After the end, Peng Cheng and Jin Yang hugged on their knees, and Shen Xue also applauded on the sidelines. CCTV commentary praised, they showed a fight against fate, too difficult!
In the end, their free skating score was 138.74 points, with a total score of 214.84 points, temporarily ranking first among the players who have appeared! In this way, they broke through themselves, from the 17th of the last edition, and now locked in the top five in advance!