(Beijing Winter Olympics) The first ice hockey medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics resulted in Finland's victory over Switzerland to win the women's ice bronze medal
China News Service, Beijing, February 16 (Wang Hao) On the evening of the 16th, in the third- and fourth-place finals of the women's ice hockey at the Beijing Winter Olympics at the Wukesong Sports Center, the Finnish team defeated the Swiss team 4-0 and won the bronze medal. This is also the first medal produced by the ice hockey event at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Finland has long been the leader of the second group in women's ice hockey in the world, ranking third in the world.
In the 6 Winter Olympics journeys in history, he has reached the semi-finals 5 times and won the bronze medal 3 times.
After the 2019 World Championships, the Finnish team began to update, and its list of participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics included many young players who participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time.
In the previous semifinals, Finland lost 1:4 to the United States.
The Swiss team is also in the second group in the world. In the third and fourth finals of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, they scored 4 goals in a row while falling behind 0:2, reversing the old powerhouse Sweden, and won the Swiss ice hockey in the Winter Olympics. The first medal on the .
The Swiss team's lineup for this Winter Olympics is also dominated by young players.
In the semi-finals, they met the powerful Canadian team and finally lost by a big score 3:10.
In the third-place final, Finland scored a goal in the middle of the first quarter to take the lead.
Since then, although the two teams have come and gone, they have failed to score.
Until the third quarter of the game, the Finnish team seized the opportunity and scored three goals, which completely made the game lose the suspense. In the end, the Finnish team defeated the Swiss team 4-0.
After the game, Finland goalkeeper Annie Kesara said in an interview: "It's great to win a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics, and even better to keep a clean sheet in the game."
She also said that the Finnish team lost consecutive games in the group stage of this game, which is a very difficult start, "but I think this is also the reason for the success of this team. We come together and get better and better."
On the 16th, the men's ice hockey quarter-finals of the Beijing Winter Olympics also ended. In the game between the US team and Slovakia, there was an upset.
The U.S. team maintained a 2-1 lead until the end of regular time. Slovakia withdrew the goalkeeper at the end of the game and scored an equalizing goal just a few dozen seconds before the end of regular time.
After that, the two teams fought to a penalty shootout. The US team lost all 5 shots and Slovakia scored a goal, and finally eliminated the US team with a total score of 3:2 and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the other men's ice hockey quarter-finals, the Russian Olympic Committee defeated Denmark 3:1, Finland defeated Switzerland 5:1, and Sweden defeated Canada 2:0.
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