Alpine skiing roundup: "Snow Flying Swallow" debuts China refreshes history, and European hegemony is solid

Live bar February 20 news On the 20th, the alpine skiing project of the Beijing Winter Olympics was completed. In "Snow Flying Swallow", the high-level showdown and dramatic scenes of this snow-based event were repeated, and the Chinese players repeatedly set the best results in history. The visual shock and good participation experience brought by the new venue also bring more imagination space to the future of the project.

Switzerland dominates high-level showdowns

In this competition, Switzerland finally gained the upper hand in the showdown with their old rival Austria, they won 5 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze, and the number of gold medals and medals pressed against Austria, which won 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. In the individual event, Switzerland took half of the gold medal. Still, Austria had the last laugh in the final event mix, while defending champions Switzerland were out early. Overall, the top duel for alpine skiing is still the traditional European team competition, with the United States only winning 1 silver and Canada only 1 bronze.

"Snow Flying Swallow" bears witness to history. French veteran John Claret, 41, became the oldest Winter Olympic medalist in alpine skiing by winning silver in the men's downhill descent known as the "Snow Trapeze War". Austria's Matthias Meier has won gold medals in three consecutive Winter Olympics. Swiss actress Michel Gissing successfully defended the women's all-around title, becoming the sixth person in the history of the Alpine Skiing Winter Olympics to achieve this achievement.

Slovakia's 26-year-old world silver medalist Petra Flova won Slovakia's first ever Winter Olympic alpine skiing gold medal in the women's slalom. Before the game, her "Queen of The Turn" dispute with American Mikaela Shifflin attracted much attention. Fellow 26-year-old Shifflin set his worst personal Winter Olympics record. The Winter Olympics winner failed to finish in the main events of women's slalom, big slalom and all-around slalom rounds, and the best result of this year was only the fourth place with his teammates in the mixed team.

Dramatic accidents are the "standard" in almost every alpine skiing competition. In addition to Shivlin's "Waterloo", another accident can be called a surprise. Italy's Sofia Gogia, the defending champion of women's downhilling, staged an "impossible comeback". She appeared at the Beijing Winter Olympics more than 20 days after a knee ligament injury and a slight fibula fracture, and won a silver medal in the women's downhill.

Alpine skiing in China makes history

The Chinese team created the best record in history in alpine skiing this time. In this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team won the most 4 places in history, achieving full-event participation for the first time. Kong Fanying, Zhang Yangming and Xu Mingfu each participated in 6 projects. Among them, the men's and women's downhill, the men's super big slalom, the men's and women's all-around and mixed team events, the Chinese team is the first time to participate. Kong Fanying finished in all 6 events.

On February 7, Xu Mingfu finished the men's downhill race to achieve a breakthrough for the men's speed event. The project is known as the "top sport" of alpine skiing because of the largest track gap, the longest track and the fastest sliding speed of the runners. After Xu Mingfu successfully finished the game, IOC President Bach also presented him with a signed watch as a signed watch as a signed encouragement.

On February 10, Zhang Yangming finished 16th in the men's all-around, setting a new record for the Best Ranking of the Chinese team in the Alpine Skiing Competition at the Winter Olympics. The previous record was wang Guizhen's 18th place in 1980.

Zhang Yangming's record was soon refreshed by Kong Fanying again, and she won the 15th place in the women's all-around on the 17th.

In addition, Kong Fanying finished in the women's downhill event, which also created the history of the women's speed event.

Although there is still a big gap with the world's top athletes, the Beijing Winter Olympics has become a milestone in China's alpine skiing. Liu Zhen, the leader of the Chinese alpine ski team, said: "We have made a good start at the Beijing Winter Olympics and strengthened our confidence in moving forward. We want to do one place at a time, and fight one place at a time. For the sake of national honor, we go all out! ”

"Snow Flying Swallow" is tested and looks forward to the future

The Beijing Winter Olympics is the first time that "Xue Feiyan" has held a world-class competition. The organization and support of the event has withstood the test of unexpected conditions such as weather changes and athlete injuries, and the athletes of each team and the International Snow Federation have repeatedly expressed their expectations for the future of the venue.

Due to the long slopes and high altitude differences, the alpine skiing schedule is highly susceptible to weather influences. The first men's downhill event and the last mixed team event of the tournament were postponed by one day due to high winds. Seven of the 11 competitions have been adjusted from the schedule established before the opening.

The China Meteorological Service team withstood the test. In the core area of the Winter Olympic Mountain Arena, the "Beijing Ruitu" numerical forecasting model system with a resolution of 100 meters and rapid updates of 10 minutes has been put into practice. After years of field forecast training, the meteorological service team of the Yanqing Competition Area of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games successfully coped with two strong winds and one snowfall in the competition. Especially in the case that the mixed team event had to be postponed to the closing day due to high winds, the meteorological department accurately predicted the weather window and determined the start of the competition at 9 a.m. on the 20th to ensure the smooth completion of the project.

In addition, rescue, medical, track, technology, snowmaking and other departments also handed over eye-catching answers in the "big test" of the Winter Olympics. China conquered the production technology of ice-like snow, developed professional monitoring equipment and efficient snow storage technology of the ice-like snow track; China's first alpine snow sports air rescue team appeared in the Winter Olympics, and the Yanqing Hospital of the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University successfully operated on injured athletes; the track staff was not afraid of the wind and snow, and insisted on the ice-like snow track with great slopes day by day...

John Eliasch, president of the International Snow Federation, said that the construction method of the "Snow Flying Swallow" is innovative and looks forward to bringing the World Cup sub-station to China again in December this year.

(Xinhua News Agency)