(Beijing Winter Olympics) Bach presents a badge to the Chinese double sled team and promises to see you in Milan in four years
China News Agency, Beijing, February 9 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) International Olympic Committee President Bach appeared at the National Snowmobile Center on the evening of the 9th to watch the double sled race, and presented the Chinese combination Huang Yebo/Peng Junyue with an Olympic badge. See you at the Milan Winter Olympics.
In the double sled race that night, the legendary German combination Tobias Wendell/Tobias Alter won the championship with two rounds of 1:56.554, achieving the third consecutive championship of the project.
The "Double Tobias" combination is very dominant in this project, winning consecutive gold medals in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
The Chinese team Huang Yebo/Peng Junyue played and ranked 17th with a score of 2:01.572.
This is the first time that Chinese athletes have participated in the double sledding event at the Winter Olympics.
The Chinese sled project started late, and there is still a certain gap with foreign high-level players.
Participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics this time, it is more important to accumulate experience through competing with international players on the same stage.
After the game, Huang Yebo and Peng Junyue showed reporters the badges presented by Bach.
Peng Junyue told reporters that Bach kept them in good shape, increased practice to further improve themselves, and met at the Milan Winter Olympics four years later.
Regarding the Milan appointment in four years, Huang Yebo said that the two of them also have expectations, "I hope that I can do better, I hope that we can improve our performance even more, and the gap with the top players is getting smaller and smaller. Good results in one Winter Olympics."
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