China’s steel-framed snowmobile project won the World Cup for the first time
2021-11-27 13:32:56Source: China News Network
China News Service, Beijing, November 27th. On the 26th local time in Innsbruck, Austria, the steel framed snowmobile World Cup men’s singles competition, Chinese player Geng Wenqiang won the championship with a time of 1:46.04. This is the first time that China’s steel-framed snowmobile project has won the World Cup championship.
There were two rounds of competition in the men’s single steel frame snowmobile competition. Geng Wenqiang’s first round of skiing time was 53.10 seconds, only 0.01 second slower than the first-ranked British player Weston; the second round of Geng Wenqiang’s starting score increased by 0.1 seconds , The finish was 52.94 seconds, still ranking second, Germany’s Grossel ranked first with 52.88 seconds, and Weston ranked fourth with 52.95 seconds.
The dramatic scene is that the two rounds of results are added together, Geng Wenqiang, Weston, and Grossel all scored 1:46.04, and finally the three tied for the championship. It is reported that in the history of the World Cup, it is the first time that three athletes have won the championship with accuracy to one hundredth of a second. The International Snowmobile and Steel Frame Snowmobile Federation said that it is “enough to be included in the annals of sports history.”
This is a historic moment for China’s steel-framed snowmobile project. This is Geng Wenqiang’s first World Cup champion and the first World Cup champion of China’s steel-framed snowmobile, creating the best result of the Chinese team in a world competition.
Geng Wenqiang used to be a long jumper, and then transferred to the steel-framed snowmobile project to become the captain of the Chinese steel-framed snowmobile team. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Geng Wenqiang completed the first Winter Olympics of the Chinese players in the event and finally won the 13th place. During the Beijing Winter Olympics, his performance rose steadily. He won third place in the World Cup and was the first Chinese player to stand on the World Cup podium. This time he won the World Cup for the first time, and Geng Wenqiang made a good start to the season.
The other two Chinese players performed well that day, Yan Wengang ranked 8th and Chen Wenhao ranked 12th. The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics champion and South Korean player Yoon Sung-bin won the 13th place.
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