(Beijing Winter Olympics) The Chinese women's curling team has won the championship and runner-up of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in a row.
China News Agency, Beijing, February 13 (Reporter Chen Hang) The evolution of the Chinese women's curling team has achieved miraculous results.
Following the 9-6 victory over the PyeongChang Winter Olympics champion Sweden on the 12th, the PyeongChang Winter Olympics runner-up South Korea won a two-game winning streak with a 6-5 victory on the 13th.
The fourth base of the Chinese team was originally the "post-00" captain Han Yu.
Because he has not experienced the world competition, Han Yu, who has good technical strength, failed to play his own level in the first three rounds of competition, and made many mistakes. The Chinese team suffered a three-game losing streak at the beginning.
In the fourth round, the Chinese team changed formations. Wang Rui, who had participated in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and Han Yu exchanged positions, and Wang Rui served as fourth base.
This change was immediate, and the Chinese team defeated the old-fashioned powerhouse Sweden 9:6.
On February 13, Chinese team players Wang Rui, Zhang Lijun, Han Yu, and Dong Ziqi (from left to right) were on the field.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
In the match against South Korea on the 13th, the Chinese team got off to a bad start, and the opponent stole two points in the back of the first game.
But the Chinese girls took the challenge calmly, dealt with their opponents patiently, and tied the score at 3 in the first half.
After ten innings, the two sides were tied at 5 levels.
In the extra game, the Chinese team firmly grasped the advantage of the backhand, and with Wang Rui's last accurate decision, won the winning point.
Han Yu, the captain of the Chinese women's curling team, said after the game that the South Korean team is a particularly strong offensive team in the central area. "Our tactical arrangement before the game is to seize the opponent's offensive position in advance and take the initiative to take them to play." We were a little passive in the two games, but in the third game we played more aggressively and turned the situation around.”
On February 13, Chinese team player Wang Rui was in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
Wang Rui said that they became more confident after winning these two games.
"No matter who the opponent is, we must be ourselves, fight every game and play every ball well."
On the morning of the 14th, the Chinese women's curling team will face the Japanese team.
The Chinese men's curling team lost to the British team 6:7 on the 13th, missing the three-game winning streak.
The current record is 2 wins and 3 losses, tied for sixth with Norway and the United States.
Ma Xiuyue, captain of the Chinese men's curling team, said after the game that the game was good as a whole, and some simple mistakes on the ball caused us to lose big points. "The British team is very high-level and handles the details very well. Take the opportunity. The ability is particularly strong.” (End)