On March 11, the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games entered its seventh matchday competition, and the Chinese delegation reported successes frequently. After winning four gold medals today, the Chinese delegation is currently at the top of the overall medal table with 14 gold, 14 silver and 19 bronze.
In the curling arena, the defending champion Chinese wheelchair curling repeated a scene from four years ago, beating three-time Winter Paralympic gold medallist Canada 9-5 in the semi-finals to successfully reach the final.
Tomorrow afternoon, The Chinese team will face Sweden in the final.
At the last Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese team won the wheelchair curling gold medal, which was also the first gold medal of the Chinese delegation in all the events of the Winter Paralympic Games.
At this Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese wheelchair curling team sat at home, but the start was relatively slow and hot, losing to Canada and Sweden 3-7, 1-5 respectively.
At the beginning of the third game, the Chinese team adjusted its state in time and won 8 consecutive wins in the round-robin stage, accumulating experience for reaching the semi-finals.
"The first two defeats of the round robin allowed the Chinese team to find its own shortcomings and improvement direction." Captain Wang Haitao said: "Looking at it now, it is worth losing the game, we have found the shortcomings of the team and tactics. ”
In today's semi-finals, the Chinese team faced the same opponent Canada four years ago, playing steadily.
In the first two sets, each side scored 1 point. From the third inning, the Canadian team with an average age of about 60 years old made three consecutive mistakes, and the Chinese team scored three points in the second backhand in one fell swoop, surpassing the score at 4-1.
In the fifth set, captain Wang Haitao entered the camp steadily after knocking out the opponent's yellow pot. The Chinese team scored 3 points in another backhand to take a 7-3 lead and take the initiative in the game.
Canada scored two points at the back of the seventh inning, but it didn't help, and in the end, the Chinese team, which led 9-5, won the victory and successfully advanced to the final.
This is also the second time that the Chinese wheelchair curling team has advanced to the final since the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games.
After the game, Chinese coaches Yue Qingshuang and Li Jianrui held up a pair of "treasure shoes" to celebrate the victory.
It is reported that this pair of shoes is the "lucky shoes" of the Chinese wheelchair curling team. In recent years, whenever the semi-finals and final victories have been followed, the coaches of the Chinese team have held up the shoes to celebrate the victory.