History and Origins
Wheelchair curling was included in the competition at the 9th Winter Paralympic Games in Turin.
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Competition venue
The Beijing Winter Paralympics set up a gold medal in wheelchair curling, which was held at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, with a total of 12 participating teams.
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Eligibility
Wheelchair curlers must be physically dependent on a wheelchair for daily living, unable to walk independently or only walking short distances to qualify for the competition.
Curling competitions have strict costume requirements, and all members of the same team must wear uniform clothing to enter the venue before the game and in the competition. Among them, the team assigned to the light handle curling, wears light clothing, unless specially approved, the light clothing must be mainly white or yellow. Assigned to a team of dark handle curlers, wear dark costumes.
According to the World Curling Federation Uniform Policy Guidelines, those who do not wear appropriate clothing will be barred from entering the venue and coaching bench.
Basic format
The wheelchair curling team consists of 5 athletes, including a substitute. Each match is played by 4 players, including female athletes.
In wheelchair curling competitions, there is no lifter on the field, curling needs to be placed between wheelchair lines, and athletes must throw curling with the wheelchair fixed. Athletes can use their arms or throwing rods to complete the throwing pot, which is composed of three parts: the rod head, the rod and the handle, and the maximum length from the rod head to the handle shall not exceed 2.45 meters. Before curling reaches the front throw line, the curler must be significantly out of hand or throwing rod, and curling that has not slid to the front throw line can be reshrew.
Ice sweeping is not allowed in competitions, and ice brushes are usually only used to indicate the prejudgment of the throwing point, and other similar instruments can also be used to indicate the point.
Wheelchair curling competitions throw 8 jugs per team in each round, each throwing 2 times, and the two teams alternate between pitching in the order of first, second, third and fourth bases. Each team has a 38-minute thinking time, with one timeout each. All 16 curlers were thrown and the round was over. At the end of each inning, curlers score points on the side closer to the center of the base camp, and one point is awarded for each pot that enters the base camp and is closer to the center of the circle than the other side. All rounds are over, and the one with the more points wins.
Wheelchair curling competitions are divided into round-robin, semi-final and final. The round-robin stage was played in a round-robin format, with the top four advancing to the semi-finals. The semi-finals are played out of place, with the round robin 1st place against the fourth place and the second place against the third place, with the winner advancing to the final and competing for the gold medal and the loser fighting for the bronze medal.
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In recent years, the Chinese wheelchair curling team has had outstanding performances in international competitions, and has won gold medals at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games, achieving a breakthrough of gold medals and medals in Chinese winter Paralympic events.
List of wheelchair curling members of the Chinese sports delegation at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games
Team leader: Guo Zhibin
Deputy team leader: Hu Junfu
Staff: Ren Fang
Coaches: Yue Qingshuang, Li Jianrui, Ru Xia
Assistant Coach: Ran Zhao
Psychologist: Xu Shousen
Team Doctor: Shen Gongxun
Translator: Zhang Liyuan
Female athlete: Yan Zhuo
Male athletes: Chen Jianxin, Sun Yulong, Zhang Mingliang, Wang Haitao
The Winter Olympics | Author Zhao Xuan Li Han
Edited by Xuan Zhao
Process Editor Wu Yue