Two days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, on February 2, 2022, the curling mixed doubles round robin began first. Curlers were already on the field before the other Winter Olympics could start, and the curling schedule was long, until the closing ceremony on February 20.
Perhaps the preparation period for other events is mainly training, but the curling team's preparation process is filled by competitions. Since the end of November last year, the curling national training team and the national challenge team have participated in the Olympic trials together.
From the lengthy format to the details of the competition, the selection tournament aims to be infinitely close to the Winter Olympics. Including the project settings, venue requirements and competition rules of the competition, they are all implemented in accordance with the standards of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, and the refereeing technical team of the venue is from the Beijing Winter Olympic team. In particular, the arrangement of changing the ice surface allows the athletes to continuously hone their ability to read ice and adjust their state.
Even the simulation of the atmosphere of the arena, the auditions did not miss. A number of camera positions were set up at the entire curling selection competition site, and the large screen presented on the side of the field after grabbing the game screen allowed the athletes to see the playback of the previous shot and adjust the next shot in time.
The challenge team includes Wang Fengchun, Wang Rui and other curling stars, while the training team is dominated by young players. At the 2021 Curling World Championships, the Chinese women's team composed of Han Yu, Dong Ziqi, Zhang Lijun and Jiang Xindi finally won the 10th place, while the Chinese men's team composed of Zou Qiang, Tian Jiafeng, Wang Zhiyu and Xu Jingtao won the 14th place. Therefore, this challenge is also regarded as a contest between the new and the predecessors of the famous players.
After six consecutive weeks of 48 four-player matches and 60 mixed doubles matches, the roster of Chinese curlers for the Beijing Winter Olympics will be released this month.
In the days of waiting for the Winter Olympics, the Winter Olympics Listen to Me Winter Olympic Sports Host Competition will also enter the TV final stage.
In the previous voting session, the top 6 players with the highest number of votes will come to the studio to receive a highly professional comprehensive examination. Congratulations to the following 6 contestants for advancing to the TV finals! You can also scan the QR code in the image below to see the full ranking of all the players.
Congratulations to the above 6 contestants for advancing to the TV finals!
The finals will examine the top six players from many aspects such as the professional knowledge of the Winter Olympic project, the ability to explain and the ability to improvise! Let's look forward to the wonderful performance of this group of "Winter Olympic Players"!