[Global Times Special Correspondent Chen Xiang in the United States, Global Times Special Correspondent Xu Yunfeng]Preparations for the Beijing Winter Olympics are in full swing, and the Chinese snow and ice athletes who chose to practice with competitions and launched an impact on the seats of the Winter Olympics recently took short-track speed skating and steel-framed snowmobiles. Achieve good results in two projects such as North Europe and North America: some continued to perform well and continued to win gold, some recovered in time, some became the first Chinese to win the World Cup championship, and some helped the Chinese team fill in Gaps in team history… The stable output of superior projects and breakthroughs in weak projects have made people look forward to the performance of the Chinese delegation in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
“The most beautiful victory”
On the 28th, the last stop of the Short Track Speed Skating World Cup this season, the Netherlands, ushered in the final day of the contest, and finally won a total of 2 gold and 1 bronze. In this race, the Chinese men’s team carried the banner. Ren Ziwei won the men’s 1500m championship in 2:20.352, achieving three consecutive World Cups in Japan, Hungary, and the Netherlands. Ranked top.
The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics champion Wu Dajing won his first individual championship of the season in the men’s 500m final, and the event rose to second place in the world ranking. In addition, the Chinese team also won the bronze medal in the 2000-meter mixed relay.
British media “Inside the Arena” stated that the Chinese team won two gold medals in the men’s 500m and 1500m competitions. This is the most beautiful victory for the Chinese team in preparation for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Wu Dajing’s performance has attracted attention. He has been promoted to the first place all the way, and his state has been significantly improved. According to the official website of the International Skating Federation, Ren Ziwei took the lead in the second half of the 1500m race. With this victory, Ren Ziwei, who won the relay silver medal with the team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, has become one of the hottest athletes in the Beijing Winter Olympics. In the 500m race, Wu Dajing maintained the lead throughout the game, which showed that he was ready to defend his title at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
China’s steel-framed snowmobile “triple jump”
The day before, Chinese athletes made a breakthrough in the steel-framed snowmobile project. In the men’s singles competition at the Steel Frame Snowmobile World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria, which ended on the 27th, Geng Wenqiang tied with British Weston and German Grossel to win the championship with a time of 1:46.04. This is China The first World Cup champion in the steel-framed snowmobile project.
The Russian Satellite News Agency said after the game that Geng Wenqiang created the best result of the Chinese team in the World Series. The official website of the International Federation of Snowmobiles and Steel Framed Snowmobiles stated that the three athletes won the championship together with a result accurate to 1/100 second. This is the first time in the history of the World Cup, “enough to be included in the annals of sports history.”
It is worth mentioning that the steel-framed snowmobile World Cup is an important points match for the Winter Olympics. As the first stop of the 8th World Cup of steel-framed snowmobile in the new season, Innsbruck is also the point match for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Geng Wenqiang, who has participated in the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, aims to make his second consecutive appearance in the Winter Olympics by playing in the World Cup, and strive to achieve good results at home.
It is understood that the steel-framed snowmobile project started late in China. The Chinese steel-framed snowmobile team was not formally formed until 2015, and the team members have been training abroad for a long time. However, in recent years, with the progress of players such as Geng Wenqiang, Yan Wengang and Chen Wenhao, coupled with the improvement of domestic training conditions, China’s steel-framed snowmobile has achieved its debut in the Winter Olympics to the World Cup podium, and then the first World Cup gold medal. The “triple jump”.
Northern Europe wins the first Winter Olympic tickets
The Chinese Nordic Biathlon team also performed well. In the FIS Nordic Biathlon Intercontinental Cup Men’s Individual Standard +10km cross-country skiing competition that ended in Nizhny Tagil, Russia on the 26th, Zhao Jiawen from Heilongjiang finished 53 players. Ranked 22nd in the middle. According to the rules, the top 30 will qualify for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which means that Zhao Jiawen won a Winter Olympics ticket for the Chinese team. This is also the first time that the Chinese team has won a ticket for the Nordic Winter Olympics.
It is reported that the Nordic two originated in Northern Europe and consist of two parts: ski jumping and cross-country skiing. In 1924, the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France were confirmed as official events. The Nordic events were developed late in our country. There is a big gap between Chinese players and foreign high-level players. The team insisted on combining “invite in” and “practice internal skills” during the Beijing Winter Olympics cycle. On the one hand, strengthen physical training. Ni Huizhong, director of the Winter Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, said a few days ago: “The Nordic two qualifications for the Winter Olympics have laid a solid foundation for the Chinese Ice and Snow Corps to achieve the Beijing Winter Olympics with 7 major events and 15 sub-items. “
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