5-3 reverse Sweden team, wheelchair curling world championship Chinese team won the championship

Wang Haitao, a player from the Chinese team, watched carefully during the match. Photo: Xinhua News Agency

Beijing News (chief reporter Sun Haiguang) The 2021 Wheelchair Curling World Championships ended on October 30 in the "Ice Cube", and the Chinese team defeated sweden 5-3 after extra time.

At this World Championship, the Chinese team sent a combination of new and old lineups, with fourth baseman Wang Haitao and third baseman Chen Jianxin being the main players when the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics won the championship. Yan Zhuo and Zhang Mingming sat in first and second base, and the replacement was Sun Yulong. A total of 12 teams participated in this World Championship, and the Chinese team ranked first in the round robin with 9 wins and 2 losses. In the semifinals, China eliminated the United States 8-5. In the final against the veteran team Sweden, the Chinese team sent the same lineup as the semi-finals, with captain Wang Haitao sitting on fourth base, vice captain Chen Jianxin sitting on third base, Sun Yulong and Yan Zhuo sitting on second base and first base respectively, and Zhang Liangming as a substitute.

After the first three innings, the Chinese team had a 2-0 advantage, but Sweden then took a point 3-2 in the 5th, 6th and 7th innings. Before the final, captain Wang Haitao bluntly said that there will indeed be some pressure in the home game, but they will definitely do their best. In this game, Wang Haitao showed his absolute strength in the fourth base, which can be called the "strongest fourth base".

In the 8th set, Wang Haitao scored a point in the final shot of the Chinese team to tie the score. In the crucial 9th inning extra time, it was Wang Haitao who played a perfect blow in the last throw to help China beat Sweden 5-3. At the award ceremony, Kate Kesnis, president of the World Curling Federation, said that both the Chinese and Swedish teams played at an excellent level, and the final was one of the most exciting matches she had ever seen.

Yue Qingshuang, head coach of the Chinese team, said that the Chinese captain did not participate in international competitions in time, and hoped to find more players like Wang Haitao through the world championships, "In fact, everyone has the same idea, they are all training the lineup for the 2022 Winter Olympics and practicing the real level." Yue Qingshuang admitted that every game will explain to the players to practice their own things in the game, "not only to play their own level normally, but also to try what we want to practice when playing against different opponents." ”

Sun Haiguang, chief reporter of the Beijing News

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