(Beijing Winter Paralympic Games) China Wheelchair Curling Team's six consecutive wins in the round robin tournament are temporarily tied for first place
Beijing, March 9 (China News Service) -- In the wheelchair curling round robin tournament of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games held on the 9th, the Chinese team defeated Norway 7:4 in the afternoon after defeating the Slovakia team at 7:5 a.m., and won six consecutive wins in the round robin tournament, with a current record of 6 wins and 2 losses, tied for the first place with the Swedish team.
On March 9, the thirteenth round of the wheelchair curling round robin tournament at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games was held at the National Aquatics Center, and the Chinese team defeated Norway 7:4. The picture shows Chinese player Yan Zhuo (front) in the competition. Photo by Yang Huafeng, a reporter of China News Service
At this Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese team had a bad start, losing to Canada and Sweden successively. Since then, the Chinese wheelchair curling team has gradually regained its form, defeating Estonia 9:3 on the 6th to win the first win in the round robin tournament. After defeating South Korea 9:4 on the 7th, he defeated Switzerland 7:4. On the 8th, he defeated the United States team 10:2 and won four consecutive round-robin games.
On the morning of the 9th, slovakia seized the opportunity in the first four innings to take a 3-2 lead. In the fifth and sixth sets, the Chinese team scored 5 consecutive points by taking advantage of the opponent's mistakes, the Slovak team scored 2 points in the backhand in the seventh set, and the Slovak team had no choice but to concede defeat in the last throw of the eighth set.
On the afternoon of the 9th, the Chinese team and the Norwegian team were in a stalemate, the first four innings were tied to 2:2, the fifth and sixth innings each got 1 point, and the norwegian team stole 1 point by taking advantage of the mistakes of the Chinese team in the seventh inning, rewriting the score to 4:3. In the eighth set, China controlled the situation on the field and reversed it with four points with the last shot to win Norway 7-4.
On March 9, the thirteenth round of the wheelchair curling round robin tournament at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games was held at the National Aquatics Center, and the Chinese team defeated Norway 7:4. The picture shows The Chinese team's Zhang Mingming (left), Wang Haitao (middle) and Yan Zhuo (right) in the game. Photo by Yang Huafeng, a reporter of China News Service
'Norway had a very high success rate, we hadn't been able to take our chances in the first few sets and had a point stolen by our opponents in the seventh inning. Fourth baseman Wang Haitao said after the game that he was particularly excited after playing the last goal, because he resisted the pressure to win the game. "Through these years of competition, it has been found that you can't think wildly on the key pot, and you must take a decisive shot after looking at the point and grasping the strength."
In the face of the applause from the Norwegian team, Wang Haitao admitted that curling is a gentleman's sport, and we will applaud opponents when they play a good ball.
"The Norwegian team as a whole did not have too many mistakes, it can shoot, it can play, it can hang, and the strength is very well controlled." Yue Qingshuang, coach of the Chinese team, said that after the game, she hugged every member of the team, which was a good exercise for them. 'The opponent didn't give us many chances, and the score was particularly tight to see who could make it to the end."
On the 10th, the Chinese team will face the last two opponents in the round robin - The United Kingdom and Latvia. Yue Qingshuang said that the players' state is better than one, and he hopes that they can continue to stabilize their mentality and play every game well. (End)