The Chinese women's steel frame sleigh attacked the medal at 8:20 tonight
Zhao Dan can't believe his mentality has stabilized after two rounds of results
On February 11, the Beijing Winter Olympics women's bobsleigh event kicked off. Zhao Dan, the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation's opening ceremony, was temporarily ranked 4th after two rounds, and another Chinese player, Li Yuxi, ranked 10th.
After the game, Zhao Dan expressed his satisfaction with the two-wheel skating, "I ranked third after the first round of skating. I can't believe it." In the 3rd and 4th rounds, Zhao Dan and Li Yuxi will try their best to attack for better results and even medals.
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Turn 1 still needs improvement
In the first round of skating, Zhao Dan started in third place. She was relatively behind when she started, and with her familiarity with the track and very good control, she slid the fastest speed of 127 km/h , completed the skiing with a score of 1:02.26, ranking third in the group.
In the second round of skating, Zhao Dan started in 18th place and ranked 5th in the group with a time of 1:02.40.
Based on the two-wheel skating results, Zhao Dan temporarily ranked 4th with 2:04.66.
"Because of that position, I feel a little high, and I want to move up slowly from a low position, so that I won't put so much pressure on myself, and I won't have so many illusions." In Zhao Dan's opinion, the second After roller skating, her mentality has become more stable. "This project is all about mentality. If you stand in a good position, you will want more, so your mentality may be unstable, and mistakes are easy to make."
Of course, in the two-wheel skating, Zhao Dan did not play his best level.
She said: "Some small things that appeared in the game still need to be summed up and corrected in tomorrow's game." The small things that Zhao Dan said include: the angle of the corner entry, the distance on the start, and the out of the slot. After the adjustment at corner 1, etc.
She revealed that in the two-wheel skating, the first corner entered at a slight angle, which made the route and speed of the first few corners unsatisfactory. a small impact.
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Chance to hit medals
In the women's bobsleigh event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the appearances of Zhao Dan and Li Yuxi have already made history. This is the first time that a Chinese female athlete has appeared in the bobsleigh event at the Winter Olympics.
Zhao Dan was born in 2002, from triple jump to steel frame sled.
In December 2019, the first and second rounds of the North American Cup of Steel Frame Snowmobiles were held in Lake Placid, USA, and Zhao Danjun won the first place.
At the Youth Olympic Games in early 2020, Zhao Dan won the seventh place.
In the Intercontinental Cup last December, Zhao Dan won the championship.
On January 30, the flag-bearer of the opening ceremony of the Chinese sports delegation to the Beijing Winter Olympics announced that Zhao Dan and speed skater Gao Tingyu will serve as the flag-bearers. She is also the first steel-frame snowmobile athlete since China participated in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
After becoming the flag bearer, Zhao Dan said in an interview: "I feel very lucky to be able to participate in the Winter Olympics at home. Now that I have an identity, I feel a sense of responsibility and mission."
According to the rules of the women's steel frame snowmobile of the Winter Olympics, the competition is divided into 4 rounds. After the first 3 rounds, the top 20 athletes will enter the fourth round, and the results of all 4 rounds will be added to determine the contestants. final ranking.
If he plays well in the 3rd and 4th rounds tonight, Zhao Dan has a chance to hit the medal of this project.
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Both believe that it can be improved
After the first day of the game, both Zhao Dan and Li Yuxi believed that they were performing normally and could improve.
"The first time I participated in the Olympic Games, my mentality was generally stable, but I was still a little nervous. When I started the first slide, my foot almost stepped on the sleigh car. For a moment, I was very afraid of flying out with the sled, so I slowed down." Li Yuxi Said that the rear glide is very good, and the difficult corners in training are handled well in the competition.
In the second slide, Li Yuxi was 0.02 seconds faster than the first slide, which helped her improve her ranking from 14th to 10th.
After the skating, Zhao Dan walked into the mixed mining area with ease: "I personally feel that these two skating are quite good, but the stability and consistency are still a little bit worse. It was 11 am when the second round started, and the ice temperature has recovered. Yes, I actually need to use a lighter (skid) blade, but my blade is heavier and suitable for gliding in cold, icy conditions.”
Zhao Dan admitted that he was also a little nervous.
"This kind of tension is not on the surface, it's a tension that is hard to find deep inside." She said with a smile, (body) was very tight when she was skating on the first round until she exited the 11th turn, but before entering the 12th turn, she was very tense. On the straight, the slide is very good, and it relaxes at once, and the speed is chased back later.
After two rounds of skating, Australia's Jacqueline Naracott took the first place with a time of 2:04.34, while German stars Hannah Neiser and Tina Hermann took a slight gap of 0.21 seconds and 0.23 seconds respectively. Next.
The gap between Zhao Dan and Jacqueline is only 0.32 seconds, which is equivalent to a blink of an eye.
According to Xinhua
Beijing News reporter Wang Jisong Xu Bangyin