China News Service, Ulanqab, February 14 (Reporter Zhang Linhu) On the 14th, Chi Chunxue of the Heilongjiang team crossed the finish line first with an advantage of 0.09 seconds, ahead of Diniger Yilamujiang of the Xinjiang team. Won the cross-country skiing open category women's double pursuit gold medal in 41 minutes and 26 seconds. This is also the first gold medal produced in the Liangcheng Division of the "Fourteenth Winter".
The picture shows the awards ceremony for the women’s double pursuit competition in the cross-country skiing open group. Photo by Fu Ruixing
The open group women's double pursuit race is 15 kilometers in length, divided into 7.5 kilometers of traditional technical skiing and 7.5 kilometers of free technical skiing. Chi Chunxue remained in the first echelon after the start. In the free technical skiing race, she began to exert her strength, overtaking her teammate Chen Lingshuang to take first place, and maintained her lead until the finish line.
"My teammates and coaches have always reminded me to allocate my energy well. I did pretty well today and I am satisfied with my performance today," Chi Chunxue said.
Chi Chunxue once completed the women's 4×5 km relay race at the Beijing Winter Olympics with Li Xin, Bayani Garin and Ma Qinghua in 57 minutes and 49.7 seconds, achieving the best result in history for the Chinese team in tenth place. . This competition is also the highest-level event in the country that she participated in after the Beijing Winter Olympics.
According to the arrangements of the event organizing committee, the "Fourteenth Winter" Ulanqab Liangcheng Competition Area will host cross-country skiing, biathlon, snowboard obstacle pursuit, and freestyle ski obstacle chase 4 from February 14 to February 26. A total of 38 gold medals were produced in the competition of each event. (over)