(Beijing Winter Olympics) The 100-day countdown to the Chinese Legion is ready to go
China News Service, Beijing, October 26 (Reporter Wang Zumin) The Beijing Winter Olympics are approaching, and the Chinese Legion is ready to go.
Information from different competitions and some Chinese ice and snow event training teams shows that in the Beijing Winter Olympics a hundred days later, the Chinese Army is expected to create its best record in the history of the Winter Olympics.
Data map: Wu Dajing (first from left).
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
——Short track speed skating: the master of the ace will dominate the relay, and strive for the full participation in the individual events.
The Chinese short track speed skating team is undoubtedly the trump card of China's winter events.
Of the 13 Winter Olympic gold medals won by the Chinese team so far, 10 come from this "ice knife."
In the just-concluded ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Beijing, the Chinese team won two gold medals in the women's 3000-meter relay and 2000-meter mixed relay, demonstrating a strong overall strength.
The men's 5,000-meter relay is the silver medal event of the Chinese team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team has aspirations in these three relay events.
As the host, the Chinese team has automatically qualified for the 3 short-track speed skating relay events in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Next, the Chinese short-track speed skating team will participate in the three World Cups in Japan, Hungary, and the Netherlands. They will practice in the sprint stage and strive to obtain the full number of seats in the individual events.
Data map: Chinese pair skating group Sui Wenjing (right)/Han Cong.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
-Figure skating: digging out the details and looking for problems, pair skating strives to make up for the regret of losing gold in the previous session.
At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo won the Chinese team's first Olympic gold medal in figure skating.
In Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018, the Sui Wenjing/Han Cong combination was injured by Sui Wenjing and finished runner-up with a difference of 0.43 points.
Jin Boyang won fourth place in the men's singles skating event, achieving a historic breakthrough.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the biggest gold medal in Chinese figure skating is still in double skating.
Sui Wenjing and Han Cong, who have just won the 2021 Asian Figure Skating Championships, both said that they must make up for the regret of losing gold at the door of their homes.
Zhao Hongbo, who has been promoted to the head coach of the Chinese figure skating team, said that the next task of the Chinese figure skating team is to dig out details and find problems. The main lineup may also go to Europe and the United States to participate in multiple Grand Prix competitions.
In addition, it is necessary to control injuries and maintain the best physical condition.
——Freestyle skiing: Gu Ailing is more for gold.
There is no doubt that freestyle skiing has become the most anticipated event for Chinese audiences at the Beijing Winter Olympics-18-year-old mixed-race teenager Gu Ailing will make more money.
Gu Ailing was born in the United States in 2003.
In 2019, she had won the World Cup champion at the age of 16 and announced that she would renounce her American citizenship and become a Chinese citizen.
So far, she has won 11 gold medals in international competitions on behalf of the Chinese team.
Among them, in March of this year, she participated in the World Championships with injuries for the first time. She won the women's U-shaped field, slope obstacle skills, and 2 gold and 1 bronze in the big jumping platform, which rewritten the history of the Chinese team.
After recovering from the hand injury, Gu Ailing went to Europe this summer for intensive training.
In an interview with the International Olympic Committee this year, she made it clear: "To participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, my goal is to win the championship."
——Speed skating: Gemini stars complement each other.
At the 1992 Winter Olympics, Ye Qiaobo won two silver medals in women's 1,000 meters and 500 meters speed skating, rewriting China's history of no medals in the Winter Olympics.
In the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Zhang Hong won the women's 1000m championship, which was also China's first gold medal in speed skating at the Winter Olympics.
In this Olympic cycle, the outstanding performances of Chinese speed skating "Gemini" Gao Tingyu and Ning Zhongyan have attracted attention.
In the 2021-2022 China Cup Speed Skating Elite League, the bronze medalist Gao Tingyu of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics won the men's 500m championship with a time of 33.83.
This result is not only the best result of this season in the world, but also 0.58 seconds ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics champion.
The 22-year-old Ning Zhongyan is the biggest surprise for the Chinese speed skating team in this Olympic cycle. In the World Cup race at the end of 2019, he won the men's 1500m speed skating gold medal, becoming the first Chinese male athlete in the event in 56 years. world champion.
Its season total points ranked second in the world, and also refreshed the best results of Chinese male players in the World Cup standings for this event.
Data map: Xu Mengtao.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
——Freestyle skiing aerials: "Four Dynasties veteran" old man.
At the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, Han Xiaopeng won the men's freestyle skiing aerials championship, and achieved a double breakthrough for the Chinese team in snow and men's winter Olympic gold medals.
In fact, since the end of the last century, freestyle skiing aerials has always been the dominant project of the Chinese team, winning 6 silvers and 4 bronzes in the Winter Olympics.
As the "first sister" of Chinese aerials, the runner-up of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao, is preparing for her fourth Olympics. Its goal is to achieve a zero breakthrough for the women's aerials team in the Winter Olympics.
Qi Guangpu, who is also the "Four Dynasties veteran", is known as the "world's most difficult person" in aerials.
He has just passed his 31st birthday and has won the World Championships, the World Cup and other international competitions. This time he is striving to achieve the Grand Slam with a Winter Olympics gold medal.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, a mixed team competition was added to the aerials event, and the Chinese team with a balanced strength of men and women became one of the favorites to win the championship.
Data map: Chinese player Liu Jiayu in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
——Snowboarding: new and old players join forces.
U-shaped venues have become a small advantage for Chinese snowboarding, largely due to the hard work and perseverance of the two famous players Liu Jiayu and Cai Xuetong.
Liu Jiayu is the silver medalist at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Cai Xuetong has won the World Cup championship 6 times, and both have participated in the Winter Olympics for the fourth time.
Facing the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, both of them said they were ready.
Liu Jiayu said that he has won the silver medal in the Winter Olympics and will fight for the gold medal next.
Cai Xuetong said that as he grows older, his body functions tend to be closer to the best state.
A few days ago, Chinese snowboarding spread joy again.
In the just-concluded World Cup women's snowboarding grand preliminaries, Jung became the first Chinese athlete to enter the World Cup finals in this event.
Su Yiming, a young player born in 2004, practiced the first high-difficulty movement of 1800° in the history of Chinese singles with a reverse foot in five weeks in early January this year, declaring that he has reached the level of the world's top players.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, two veterans who think they are "still on the rise" will fight with the new generation of athletes to compete for China's first Winter Olympic gold medal in snowboarding.
-Women's curling: Strive for medals.
If talking about the fastest growing event in China's ice and snow sports, women's curling should have a place.
The Chinese Women's Curling Team was established in 2003 and has been among the best teams in the world in just five or six years. In 2008, it won the runner-up of the Women's Curling World Championships. In 2009, it won the World Championships in history and won the championship in 2010. Won the bronze medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
In recent years, due to lack of reserve talents, Chinese women's curling performance has declined.
But in this Olympic cycle, the Chinese curling team has a brand-new selection mechanism and a large national team has been formed, allowing more outstanding young players to obtain opportunities for exercise and competition.
In the 2019 World Championships, although the Chinese team missed the semi-finals, they defeated the PyeongChang Winter Olympic champion Sweden team in the group stage and defeated the world overlord for the first time in nearly 10 years.
In the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese women's curling team will hit medals and even gold medals.
The best performance of the Chinese delegation in the Winter Olympics was in the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010, with 11 medals totaling 5 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes.
In the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team with the right time and place will be able to surpass and erect a new milestone in the history of its Winter Olympics.
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