At 14:05 Beijing time on February 10th, the second round of the men’s curling round robin competition of the Winter Olympics began, in which the Chinese team played against the Russian Olympic Committee. After a regular ten-game contest, the Chinese team finally lost to the Russian Olympic Committee 4-7 and suffered two consecutive losses.
In the first round of the competition, the Chinese team lost to Sweden 4-6, and the Russian Olympic Committee team lost to the United States 5-6. The Russian Olympic Committee team has 4 post-90s players and 1 post-80s player. The 29-year-old fourth base Gruhov has participated in many world championships and European Championships. He has also been invited to China many times to participate in events such as the China Open and the Qinghai International Elite Competition. He is more familiar with Chinese players. Zou Qiang’s team has defeated the Grukhov team many times. As long as they play at a normal level in this game, they are very promising to defeat the Russian Olympic Committee.
Chinese team lineup: first base Xu Jingtao, second base Wang Zhiyu, third base Zou Qiang, fourth base Ma Xiuyue, substitute Jiang Dongxu; Russian Olympic Committee team lineup: first base Anton Karab, second base Dmitri Mironov, third base Yevgeny Klimov, fourth base Sergey Glukhov, substitute Daniel Goryachev.
In the first game, the Chinese team played the backhand. The first pot of the Chinese team stopped on the left side of the base camp. The second pot of the Chinese team knocked the yellow pot on the left side of the base camp of the Russian Olympic Committee. With the last shot from both sides, the Russian Olympic Committee slowly slid below the left side of the base camp. Ma Xiuyue of the Chinese team knocked open the opponent’s pot with the last shot, and his red pot stopped in the blue zone on the far left of the base camp. The Chinese team got 1 point and led the Russian Olympic team 1-0. In the second game, the Chinese team took the lead. The first shot chose to stop in front of the center line, and the second shot stopped directly behind the center of the base camp. The two sides were relatively fierce. Glukhov’s last shot hit the pot in front of the Chinese team and bounced crooked. The Chinese team stole 1 point in the second game and is currently leading 2-0. In the third game, the Chinese team took the lead. The Chinese team’s pot was still stopped in the blue zone. The opponent’s penultimate shot went directly to the center. The Chinese team’s last shot hit the opponent’s center pot. The Russian Olympic Committee team hit the Chinese team’s center pot. The Russian Olympic Team scored 1 point in the third game, 1-2 behind the Chinese team! In the fourth game, the Chinese team made the backhand and the Chinese team made the penultimate shot. The Chinese team made a mistake in choosing to split the ball. The opponent’s last shot passed the pot in front of his base camp and stopped in the center. The Chinese team’s last shot stopped firmly in a more central position. The Chinese team got 1 point after the backhand and led the Russian Olympic Team 3-1. In the fifth game, the Chinese team took the lead, the Chinese team’s second shot, spun into the base camp, the Chinese team’s third shot, hit the opponent’s base camp pot, and stopped in the center of the red circle, the Chinese team’s penultimate shot directly hit the fly, the Chinese team’s last shot hit the opponent’s center pot vigorously, and the opponent’s last shot stopped in the center to get a point. The Chinese team led the Russian Olympic team 3-2!
In the sixth inning of the game, the Chinese team took the backhand, the Chinese team took the first shot to the left, and the Chinese team took the fourth shot. It was a beautiful set. The Russian Olympic team’s last shot was rotated to the center line to continue standing. The Chinese team’s last shot did not complete the double fly. The Russian Olympic team took the lead and stole 1 point. Currently, the Chinese team is tied 3-3. In the seventh inning of the game, the Chinese team’s first shot stopped directly in the blue zone on the left side of the base camp. The Chinese team’s second shot directly hit the opponent’s two pots. The Chinese team stopped in the center with the penultimate shot. The opponent’s last shot hit our center pot and stopped behind the standing pot. Then the Chinese team directly hit the fly. There was no score in this game, and the Chinese team tied the Russian Olympic Team 3-3. In the eighth inning of the game, the opponent’s penultimate pitch spun directly into the center. The Chinese team’s penultimate pitch was hidden a little behind the opponent’s pot. With the last pitch, the Chinese team stopped directly in the center of the circle. The Chinese team scored a point in the eighth inning and led the Russian Olympic Team 4-3. In the ninth inning of the game, in the final four-base duel, the Chinese team passed one of the opponents to the center with a center-line shot, keeping it to only give the opponent 1 point. The opponent’s penultimate shot flew us a pot. The Chinese team’s last shot was too thin. The Russian Olympic team hit hard and got 4 points, and the Russian Olympic Team overtook 7-4. In the tenth inning of the game, the Chinese team threw a double-position on the left for the second time. The opponent made another mistake. In the last four bases, the opponent chose to throw, and his ball stopped at the base camp. The Chinese team chose to give up. In the end, the Chinese team lost 4-7 to the Russian Olympic Committee.
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