On the morning of February 7, the final round of the Beijing Winter Olympic Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin Tournament was held at the National Aquatics Center "Ice Cube", and the Chinese combination Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan, who had determined that they would not have the next round of competition, was reversed by the Czech team after a large score lead, ending the journey of the Winter Olympics with a defeat.
After losing two consecutive games on February 6, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan suffered six consecutive defeats, with a record of 2 wins and 6 losses, and missed the final four in advance. Facing the Czech combination that had previously won 3 games, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan took the lead in entering the state, and they scored 3 points after using the mobile phone in the third set to lay the lead, and the first five sets ended, and the two led 6-1. However, the Czech team seized the opportunity in the sixth set and used the mobile phone to score 4 points to make the game suspenseful again. In the seventh set, Van Suyuan made a last throw mistake, and the Czech team tied the score. In the last set, the czech team that played first tried to complicate the situation on the field, and in the last throw, Fan Suyuan failed to successfully put the curling into the center of the circle, and the Chinese combination lost 6-8.
At this point, Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan ended the journey of the Beijing Winter Olympics with a record of 2 wins and 7 losses. After they beat Switzerland and Australia in the opening game, they failed to continue the good situation, and the "high and low" could not go any further in the end. However, the performance of beating the swiss team in the first match on the evening of February 2 made the 28-year-old Ling Zhi and the 26-year-old Fan Suyuan win the "opening red" of the Winter Olympics for the Chinese sports delegation, and also let the two "break the circle" and become the focus of discussion on social media, thus driving more people to pay attention to curling.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Zhao Xiaosong and Deng Wei
Edited by Xie Yongli
Process Editor Wu Yue