Shaoxing, October 5 (Reporter Xiang Jing) On the evening of October 4, the men's and women's team speed relay finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games were held, and the Chinese team won two gold medals in the above events.
After the Chinese team won the championship, the audience cheered. Photo by Xiang Jing
The evening began with the men's team speed relay 1/4 final, and the 8 teams that stood out in the preliminary round appeared. Hong Kong came out on the first stage, but missed the semi-finals behind Indonesia, and then China narrowly beat Thailand in 19.144 seconds to advance to the semifinals.
Then, in the semifinals, Zhang Liang, Wu Peng, Wang Xinshang, Zhang Shaoqin, Niu Di and Teng Lijuan represented the men's and women's sub-groups of the Chinese team, and they beat Singapore and Kazakhstan in 16.152 seconds and 23.318 seconds respectively to successfully enter the championship match.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated the Indonesian team in both the men's and women's teams and won the first and second gold medals in the climbing competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games, winning lasting cheers from the scene.
The Chinese team won the gold medal in the men's team speed relay of rock climbing at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Photo by Xiang Jing
The Chinese team won the gold medal in the women's team speed relay of rock climbing at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Photo by Xiang Jing
"I'm proud to represent my country and I'm happy to win the title." As the second baseman in the men's group of the Chinese team, Wang Xinshang bluntly said in an interview after the game that "today's performance was very stable" and "the three people are quite stable, and they will not feel nervous".
The climbing team speed relay not only tests the skills and physical fitness of individual athletes, but also requires team cooperation. In Wang Xinshang's view, every stick is very important, "usually three people train together, believe in themselves, and believe in their own team."
For the "double gold" of the Chinese team that night, female athlete Niu Di described it as "hard-won" after the game. She said that the whole team put in a lot of effort and now it seems that everything is worth it, interpreting the Olympic motto "faster, higher, stronger – more together".
It is reported that rock climbing was included in the competition for the first time at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, and at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, rock climbing made its Olympic debut. "We need to train now and prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers." Niu Di said.
Next, rock climbers competing in the Hangzhou Asian Games will compete for two gold medals in the men's and women's individual biathlon (bouldering and difficulty). (End)
(China News Network)