China News Service, Beijing, February 11 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) At 9:30 on February 11, the first round of the Beijing Winter Olympics women's steel frame bobsleigh started. She once served as the female flag bearer of the Chinese delegation at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics. "Post-00" teenager Zhao Dan made an excellent debut and temporarily ranked third with a good score of 1:02.26.
Zhao Dan is in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter He Penglei
Zhao Dan, who appeared in the third place in the first round, showed a good competitive state. Although there were some minor flaws in the starting stage, with the strength of the later journey, Zhao Dan slipped out of 1:02.26 and temporarily ranked first on the list, and refreshed the "snow". The track record of the "Yulong" women's steel frame snowmobile.
However, this record did not last for too long. The 11th Canadian player Mirela Ranieva slipped a good score of 1:02.03, beating Zhao Dan by 0.23 seconds and temporarily ranked first , and set the track record again.
Australia's Jacqueline Naracotte, who then played, surpassed Zhao Dan with a time of 1:02.05.
Another Chinese player, Li Yuxi, is temporarily ranked 14th.
Zhao Dan is in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter He Penglei
The 19-year-old Zhao Dan is the youngest player of the Chinese steel frame snow team, but she has quite the "general demeanor" on the field.
In 2020, Zhao Dan represented the Chinese team in the Winter Youth Olympic Games and won 7th place; in the 2021/2022 season, she won the Intercontinental Cup in Innsbruck.
In this Winter Olympics, Zhao Dan and teammate Li Yuxi played on behalf of China. This is the first time that Chinese women's bobsleigh athletes have participated in the Winter Olympics, and China has achieved a breakthrough in this event.
Since being officially announced as the female flag bearer of the Chinese delegation, Zhao Dan has attracted much attention from the outside world.
Knowing that he is the flag bearer, Zhao Dan posted on social media on January 30 that this will "stimulate the huge potential in his heart and strive to show his best self on the field".
Screenshot of results.
In the 6 rounds of official training organized by the National Snowmobile and Sleigh Center from February 7th to 9th, Zhao Dan performed well. She was in hot condition and ranked first in the 2nd and 3rd rounds of training.
The women's bobsleigh competition lasts for 2 days, with 2 rounds of skating every day, and the person with the shortest total 4-wheel skating time wins.
The second round of the first day will start at 11:00 that day.