A total of seven golds were generated on the seventh matchday after the opening ceremony

China's Hades Badri Khan competes in the men's 15 km (traditional technique) race in cross-country skiing on Feb. 11. Photo by Jiang Yushi, a reporter of this newspaper

On the 11th, the Beijing Winter Olympics entered the seventh competition day after the opening ceremony, and a total of 7 gold medals were produced in each field, the Chinese team won a bronze medal in the steel frame snowmobile field, and the speed skating and short track speed skating also produced two new world records.

That night, the men's steel frame bobsleigh race ended at the National Bobsleigh Center, with Chinese team Yan Wengang winning the bronze medal with a time of 4:01.77 and another Chinese player Yin Zheng finishing fifth with a time of 4:02.13. Germany's Grote Herr won the gold medal in the event with a time of 4:01.01, and another German player, Jean-Claude Juncker, won the silver medal.

In the men's 10,000 meters of speed skating, the National Speed Skating Hall "Ice Ribbon" was born the first world record of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Sweden's Nils van der Poul, who had previously won the men's 5,000m title, showed great strength and won the championship with a time of 12 minutes 30.74 seconds to set a new world record in the men's 10,000 meters held by himself. Dutch team's Rust and Italy's Giotto were runners-up and runner-up respectively.

The short track speed skating competition continues at the Capital Gymnasium. In the women's 1000m final, Dutch team's Schultin won the gold medal and successfully defended the title. In the previous quarter-finals, Schultin set a new world record with a time of 1:26.514. South Korea's Choi Hyun-jeong and Belgium's Deok Mae won silver and bronze medals respectively.

In the short track speed skating men's 500m qualifier, China's Wu Dajing and Ren Ziwei ranked first in their respective groups, And Sun Long was sentenced to advance to the next round for his opponent's foul, and all three advanced to the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals of the men's 5,000m relay, the Chinese team, consisting of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Sun Long and Li Wenlong, advanced to the Final of Group A. "Every team that makes it to the final is strong, and we have to do our best to reduce mistakes and slide out of our best form." Ren Ziwei said.

In the third round of the curling men's round robin tournament, the Chinese men's curling team adjusted its mentality in time, played steadily, and defeated the Danish team 5:4 to win the first round of the round robin. The Chinese team will face Italy in the next round.

The men's U-shaped track skill final for snowboarding was held at Genting Ski Park. Japan's Hirano's Bumon, with 96 points in his third appearance, surpassed Australia's Scotty James to win the gold medal. James won the silver medal with a 3.5 point difference and Switzerland's Jan Schererer won the bronze medal with 87.25 points.

The men's 15 km (traditional technique) of cross-country skiing won the gold medal at the National Cross-Country Skiing Center, with a total of 99 athletes competing. Four players from the Chinese team competed, Shang Jincai and Liu Rongsheng ranked 41st and 47th respectively, Hades Badri Khan ranked 57th, and Tsering Zhandui ranked 63rd. Finnish athlete Ivo Niskanen won the title in 37:54.8. Russian Olympic Committee player Alexander Bolisshunov won the silver medal and Norway's Johannes Hesfroth Klebo won the bronze medal.

This is Niskanen's third solo Winter Olympic gold medal, having won one gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. His sister Keltu Niskanen won the silver medal in the women's 10 km (traditional technique) race in cross-country skiing on the 10th.

The National Alpine Ski Center welcomes the women's super slalom event. Switzerland's Lara Gutt Behrami won the championship with a time of 1:13.51. Austria's Miriam Puchner and Switzerland's Michel Ghising finished second and third respectively. Two Chinese players, Ni Yueming and Kong Fanying, successfully completed the competition, ranking 40th and 41st respectively.

(Beijing, February 11, reporters Li Shuo, Zheng Yi, Chen Chenxi, Ji Fang, Li Yang, Wang Liang)

People's Daily ( 2022-02-12 05 edition)