The Chinese sports delegation won 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze at the Beijing Winter Olympics, creating the best results in the previous Winter Olympic Games. Through the Beijing Winter Olympics, we can feel the rapid development of ice and snow sports in the world, and also bring new enlightenment to China's ice and snow sports.
Basic major projects should speed up the pace of catching up
The winter Olympics basic events have great influence, many participants, fierce competition, and strong basic sports are important symbols of ice and snow power. Judging from the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's ice and snow sports have made progress in the basic sports, but the gap is also obvious, and it is necessary to speed up the pace to continue to catch up.
Known as "ice track and field", the speed skating event is a competition of absolute speed and hard power, and the speed skating event of the Beijing Winter Olympics has 14 gold medals, which is the most in all the events. In the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon", 13 of the 10 events/team set an Olympic record, and 1 event set a world record, of which the Dutch sports delegation won 6 gold medals.
Gao Tingyu broke the Winter Olympic record in the men's 500m final of the Beijing Winter Olympics speed skating and won the gold medal. Photo by Ni Minzhe
The Chinese team won the gold medal in the speed skating event, Ning Zhongyan won the fifth place in the men's 1000 meters, and the Chinese team composed of Han Mei, Li Qishi and Ahhnal Adak won the fifth place in the women's team pursuit. Women's middle and long distance is the short board of the Chinese team, Han Mei, Akhnar Adak joined hands in the women's 3000 meters, in this endurance competition, Ahnar won 17th, Han Mei won 15th, the Netherlands' Shaoteng broke the 20-year Olympic record with a time of 3 minutes 56.93 seconds and won the gold medal.
Among the three basic sports of snow, cross-country skiing produced 12 gold medals, and biathlon and alpine skiing produced 11 gold medals, a total of 34 gold medals, more than the ice events combined. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team won an unprecedented 33 sub-events in these events, but none of them ranked in the top 10, the best ranking was cross-country skiing 4×5 km women's relay won 10th place, the best biathlon was 4×6 km women's relay won 12th place. The Norwegian team, which ranks first in the gold medal table, received 16 gold medals, and biathlon and cross-country skiing contributed 11 gold.
In alpine skiing, there are 307 successful athletes registered at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which is the largest number of snow sports, and second only to the collective project ice hockey in the 15 sub-events. Athletes cover more than 80 countries and regions, which makes the alpine skiing field fiercely competitive, with the Swiss team winning 5 gold medals, and Sweden, Austria, Slovakia, France and other teams also having gold medals. The best place in the Alpine Skiing event of the Chinese team came from Kong Fanying, who finished 15th in the women's all-around competition.
"After this cycle of efforts, we began to connect with the world and participate in the world's high-level confrontation. We also have to see the gap, such as biathlon, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing and other projects are not niche projects, is a very popular in Europe and the United States, highly participatory projects, the competition is very fierce. Chinese biathlon leader Liu Hao said.
Snow skills projects should be developed in a balanced manner
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team ushered in a breakthrough in the snow event, winning 5 gold medals, surpassing the ice event for the first time. The five gold medals were all from the snow skill category, namely the snowboard men's big jump, the freestyle ski women's big jump, the freestyle ski men's aerial skills and women's aerial skills, and the freestyle ski women's U-shaped track skills. However, in the snowboarding event, which includes 13 small events and 11 small events, the level difference between the Chinese teams is obvious.
Among the 13 small events of freestyle skiing, the Chinese team won 4 gold and 2 silver, but the freestyle ski men's and women's snow skills, women's obstacle chase, men's slope obstacle courses, men's big jump, men's U-shaped tracks and other events have not entered the final, and there is a certain gap with the world level, and the highly ornamental men's obstacle chase is not participated by Chinese athletes.
Yang Shuorui in the slope obstacle course skills competition. Photo by Lu Lin
Yang Shuorui, a female athlete in freestyle ski jumping and slope slalom skills, said that after he really competed with the world's top masters, he saw the gap and understood why the same action, others scored higher, while their own scores were lower.
After four years of hard work, from the 20th place in the last Winter Olympics to the 14th place in the Beijing Winter Olympics, the men's U-shaped field athlete Mao Bingqiang still rubbed shoulders with the final. He said: "I have to develop better in the difficulty, height and diversity of the movements in order to reach the final. ”
In the snowboard event, Su Yiming won 1 gold and 1 silver in the big jumping and slope obstacle courses, and 3 women in the U-shaped field will enter the final, but the overall level of development in other projects is still relatively low.
A set of two 1440 followed by two 1260 and then 1440 action links are crisp and clean, Japan's Hirano Bumeng won the snowboard men's U-shaped field championship, and the four Chinese athletes who participated in the competition failed to reach the final. "There is a certain gap in the height, difficulty, landing stability and completion of small details of each of our jumps, as well as the angle of landing." Gu Ao said that through this competition, he saw the gap with the world's top players more clearly.
"The first half is actually similar, but as the physical fitness decreases in the second half, the gap will be quickly widened." Feng He, a 17-year-old who participated in the women's steeplechase for the first time in snowboarding, admitted that the Winter Olympics made her recognize the gap with the world's high-level athletes. On the men's side, no athletes from the Chinese team qualified for the competition.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, three players from the Chinese team participated in the snowboard parallel giant slalom competition, but they failed to advance to the quarterfinals. Judging from the course of the game, several players have made more or less mistakes, and Gong Naiying admitted after the game that there is a gap between herself and the world's top players.
Advantageous projects should be bigger and stronger
Opening the Beijing Winter Olympics gold medal list, Norway, Germany, the United States, the Netherlands, Switzerland and other teams have their own advantages, and they all have very strong on-field performances. Modern biathlon originated in Norway, and after the feathers of the last Winter Olympics, the Norwegian team re-established its supremacy in the biathlon field of the Beijing Winter Olympics, winning 6 out of all 11 golds. In cross-country skiing, the Norwegian team also won five gold medals, laying a solid foundation for winning the first place in the gold medal table.
The German team, which ranked second in the gold medal table, won 12 gold medals and won a total of 9 gold medals in the bobsleigh, bobsleigh and steel frame snowmobile events, showing great strength.
Freestyle skiing and snowboarding in North America are the strengths of the U.S. team, and three of the 8 gold medals they won at the Beijing Winter Olympics came from snowboarding, 2 from freestyle skiing, and 5 of the 10 silver medals from freestyle skiing and snowboarding.
The Dutch team, which ranks sixth in the gold medal table, won 8 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze at the Winter Olympics, of which they led the speed skating medal table with 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze, especially in the women's event, winning 4 gold medals, and emerging a star athlete like Irini Showten who won 3 gold. The Swiss team, which finished eighth in the seven gold medals table, is undoubtedly the biggest winner of alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, with five gold medals won by alpine skiers.
The Chinese team won China's first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in the short track speed skating mixed team event. Photo by Ni Minzhe
Since participating in the Winter Olympics in 1980, after continuous development, the mainland also has its own advantages, of which short track speed skating is the sport that has won the most gold medals and medals since the Chinese sports delegation participated in the Winter Olympics. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team won 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze in this project. Another strength is freestyle skiing aerial skills, which Han Xiaopeng won at the 2006 Winter Olympics before the Beijing Winter Olympics, but contributed several medals. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the "elders of the four dynasties" represented by Xu Mengtao, Qi Guangpu and Jia Zongyang broke out en masse, winning 2 gold and 1 silver, creating the best record record in the Winter Olympics.
Despite this, the Chinese team has not yet been able to achieve "hegemony" status in these two events. The short track speed skating event of the Beijing Winter Olympics produced a total of 9 gold medals, the South Korean team reached the top with 2 gold and 3 silver, the Chinese team and the Netherlands team tied for second place with 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and the other 3 gold medals belonged to Italy, Canada and Hungary. If the Chinese team wants to continue to maintain its dominant position, it needs to be further improved.
The serendipity is a characteristic of the freestyle skiing aerial skills project, and the success of a Winter Olympics does not allow the Chinese team to sit back and relax in this project. Judging from the fact that the mixed team event that aspired to win the championship before the competition finally won the silver medal, the strength of each team should not be underestimated. "Our project is greatly affected by the outdoors, and the opponents are also very strong, and it is very important to play on the spot." Xu Mengtao said frankly.
In addition, the Chinese team also has certain collective advantages in figure skating pair skating, snowboarding women's U-shaped venues and other projects, but it is necessary to tap more advantages, such as the new small items in this Winter Olympics are opportunities for development. For example, the freestyle ski women's U-shaped venue, the women's event three people entered the final, Gu Ailing won the championship, Li Fanghui and Zhang Kexin ranked 5th and 7th respectively, showing a high collective level.
The overall level of competition should be further improved
The Chinese sports delegation Beijing Winter Olympics 9 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze results have created history, ranking third in the gold medal list, but the results of a total of 15 medals can not enter the top 10 of the total medal table, which shows that the development of ice and snow sports in the mainland still needs to improve the overall level of competition.
In the gold medal table and medal table, Norway firmly occupies the first place, with 16 gold medals and 37 medals, proving Norway's position as the number one ice and snow sports power. Although the Russian Olympic Committee team only had 6 gold medals on the account, the total number of medals reached 32. Although the number of gold medals in the United States, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Canada and other teams is less than that of the mainland, the total number of medals is higher, and the Canadian team has reached 26 and the United States has 25. The Japanese team also led with 18 medals. The Chinese team's winning points are still concentrated in individual small items, and the coverage of the winning events needs to be broadened.
The Beijing Winter Olympics will have 7 major events, 15 sub-events and 109 minor events, including 33 ice events and 76 snow events. The final number of gold medals of the Chinese team is 4 on ice and 5 on snow, which has made great progress compared with the previous snow sports, but in order to become an ice and snow sports power, the snow sports need greater development.
Gu Ailing in the big jumping competition. Photo by Ni Minzhe
Among the 9 gold medalists of the Chinese team, only Gu Ailing and Su Yiming participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, and Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Xu Mengtao, Qi Guangpu, Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, and Gao Tingyu did not participate for the first time. Through the Beijing Winter Olympic cycle, our talent pool for ice and snow projects has been enriched, but it is still relatively weak compared to summer projects. "I hope that The Chinese women's ice will continue to move forward in the future, and I hope that more young Chinese people will be encouraged after the Winter Olympics and want to participate in the Winter Olympics." Chinese women's ice hockey team coach Brian Idalski said.
With the help of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the development of China's ice and snow sports has stepped onto a new level, how to continue to maintain in the future, so that China can develop into an ice and snow sports power, there is still a long way to go, but also need to continue to form a synergy in all aspects, deep ploughing.