On February 24, Beijing time, today is the 8-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. The following will popularize the relevant content of the Chinese Olympic team - wheelchair curling team.
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Project Description: Canada's third consecutive championship The Chinese team won the historic gold medal four years ago
Wheelchair curling is one of the official events of the Winter Paralympic Games and has a high degree of skill. At the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games in Turin, wheelchair curling was included in the official winter Paralympic games.
In the competition, the wheelchair curler must sit in a wheelchair to compete, the competition adopts the same rules as the able-bodied person, the difference is only that the wheelchair curling competition does not brush the ice, and the pot thrower must throw the pot in a fixed wheelchair, in addition to throwing the pot by hand, you can also use the throwing rod to hang on top of the pot to throw the pot.
Wheelchair curling is a mixed team curling competition with 8 innings per game and 1 female athlete per team. First, a round-robin tournament is used, with the top four teams entering the semi-finals, the semi-final winners entering the finals, the losers entering the bronze medal battle, and the final winner winning the championship.
In the curling final of the 2006 Winter Paralympic Winter Games in Turin, Canada defeated The United Kingdom 7-4, becoming the first Winter Paralympic champion in the event. Since then, the Canadian team has won three consecutive wheelchair curling championships in Vancouver in 2010 and Three Winter Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese team broke the monopoly of the Canadian team and won the championship in history, achieving a breakthrough of zero gold medals in the history of China's Winter Paralympic Games.
National Aquatics Center
The wheelchair curling competition will be held at the National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube", which is also the venue for the curling competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
China Team Profile: Former Chinese women's curling star took charge of the meritorious captain
The head coach of the Chinese wheelchair curling team is the former Chinese women's curling team famous Player Yue Qingshuang, four years ago at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games, Yue Qingshuang led the Chinese wheelchair curling team to win the championship against Canada and Norway, achieving a historic breakthrough for the Chinese team in the Winter Paralympic Games. Four years later, at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, Yue Qingshuang will continue to lead the Chinese wheelchair curling team to compete.
In terms of team members, the Chinese team retained Wang Haitao and Chen Jianxin when they won the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games, and the other three players were replaced. The female athlete is Yan Zhuo, and the male athlete adds Zhang Yulong and Zhang Mingming.
As the captain of the Chinese team, the 32-year-old veteran Wang Haitao is participating in the Winter Paralympic Games for the second time. As a veteran, his body has been in pain for many years. "I have injuries to my left shoulder and left elbow, and my right hip is protruding and can only be recovered by surgery. These injuries hurt me both in training and in my daily life. ”
Wang Haitao and his teammates have only one goal, to achieve good results at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
Situation analysis: The home battle is in good terms and place, and the original squad is striving to defend the title
As the defending champion, the Chinese wheelchair curling team shouldered the heavy responsibility of rushing gold for the Chinese delegation. Playing at home, the Chinese team occupies the time, location, and people, and whether it can achieve the defense of the title will depend on the on-site play.
After entering the Beijing Winter Paralympic cycle, the Chinese wheelchair curling team performed well at the World Championships, and on March 11, 2019, at the final of the 2019 World Wheelchair Curling Championships held in Scotland, the Chinese team defeated the host Scotland team to win the championship for the first time, and in just one year, the Chinese wheelchair curling team achieved a Grand Slam.
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At the 2020 Wheelchair Curling World Championships, in the semi-finals and bronze medal matches, the Chinese team lost to Russia and Sweden respectively, and finally ranked fourth.
The 2021 Wheelchair Curling World Championships were held in Beijing's Ice Cube, and the Chinese team defeated Sweden 5-3 in the final, winning the championship again after two years.
Now, in the "Ice Cube", a treasure of feng shui, the Chinese team will once again rush to gold at the Winter Paralympic Games. At the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese team will basically follow the main squad when they won the World Championships last year, namely Yan Zhuo, Sun Yulong, Chen Jianxin and Wang Haitao. With the strength of the Chinese team, as long as you calm down and play normally, it is very promising to win the wheelchair curling gold medal for the Chinese delegation. (Huang Kai)