The Winter Paralympic wheelchair curling round-robin competition ends, the Chinese team ranks first and enters the semi-finals
2022-03-10 23:36:15Source: China News Network
China News Service, Beijing, March 10 (Reporter Chen Hang) The wheelchair curling round-robin competition of the Beijing Winter Paralympics ended on the 10th. The Chinese team with a record of 8 wins and 2 losses ranked first and advanced to the semi-finals.
The other three teams that entered the semi-finals are: Slovakia, Sweden, and Canada, with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses. In the semi-finals on the 11th, the Chinese team will face Canada and the Slovakia will face Sweden.
In this Winter Paralympics, the Chinese team got off to a bad start, losing to Canada and Sweden successively. Since then, the state of the Chinese team has gradually recovered. On the 6th, the Chinese team defeated the Estonia team 9:3 and won the first round-robin match. On the 7th, they defeated the South Korean team at 9:4 in the afternoon and the Swiss team at 7:4 in the evening. On the 8th, 10:2 defeated the US team. On the 9th, they defeated Slovakia at 7:5 in the morning and Norway at 7:4 in the afternoon, winning six consecutive victories in a round-robin match.
On the morning of the 10th, the Chinese team and the British team were in a fierce battle. The Chinese team scored 1 point in the first game, and the two sides fought to a 2:2 tie in the third game. The British team temporarily led by 3:2 in the first four games. In the fifth game, the Chinese team scored 2 points, and in the seventh game, the Chinese team pulled the score to 6:3, and finally defeated the British team, won seven consecutive victories in the round-robin game, and locked the semi-final seat in advance.
That night, the Chinese team maintained their lead on the field. In the first four innings, the Chinese team pulled the big score to 6:1, the Latvia team scored 1 point in the fifth inning, and the Chinese team scored 3 points in the sixth inning, leading 9:2, and the two sides shook hands in advance to end the game. The Chinese team ended the round robin with an eight-game winning streak and advanced to the semi-finals.
The coach of the Chinese team, Yue Qingqing, said that at the beginning of the round robin, the players were a little nervous and unstable, which is normal. In the follow-up games, everyone put down their burdens, and both their personal status and team cooperation are getting better and better, and I want to give everyone a thumbs up.
In the face of the next game, fourth base Wang Haitao said that he hopes to play his own level with his teammates and play better on the field. (over)