China News Service, Beijing, February 15 (Reporter Guo Chaokai) In the women's downhill competition of alpine skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics held on the 15th, Kong Fanying successfully completed the competition with a time of 1:44.53, becoming China's first in the Winter Olympics. Athletes finishing in the women's downhill competition in alpine skiing.
Chinese player Kong Fanying compares her heart to the audience after the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter He Penglei
Alpine skiing is known as "the crown jewel of the Winter Olympics", and downhill is the fastest single event in alpine skiing, which can be called the "100-meter trapeze competition" of alpine skiing.
Compared with other alpine skiing events, the downhill race track has the largest altitude difference and the longest length. The maximum speed of the skater can exceed 140 kilometers per hour, which is both ornamental and dangerous.
Since the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics in the United States, China has only participated in alpine skiing competitions in six Winter Olympics, and has never participated in downhill competitions.
The starting point of the women's alpine skiing competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics is 2,050 meters above sea level, with a drop of 765 meters. In addition, it snowed in the Yanqing competition area on February 13, which also had a certain impact on the athletes finishing the competition. 5 people failed to finish.
In the competition of the day, Kong Fanying was the last to play. Although there were some small mistakes in the skating, she controlled it in time, and finally finished the race with a score of 1:44.53, ranking 31st.
This move also marks that Kong Fanying has become the first Chinese athlete to complete the women's downhill competition in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics; following Chinese athlete Xu Mingfu's successful completion in the men's downhill competition on February 7, she is the first Chinese athlete in the alpine skiing event of China. breakthrough.
After successfully reaching the finish line, Kong Fanying showed a heart on the top of his head and gave a thumbs up to encourage himself.
Kong Fanying was also very excited after the game.
"I think it's amazing, I was able to ski (completely) down." She said that she had tried her best to perform as best she could, and the successful completion of the race proved that four years of hard work were not in vain; she was the only one in China to participate in the event The female athlete is worth it.