According to Hong Kong's "Dagong Wenhui Network" news, the Beijing Winter Olympic Alpine Skiing Men's Giant Slalom Competition launched two rounds of competition at the National Alpine Ski Center Technical Venue today (13th), and the third Hong Kong athlete Weng Houquan, who represented the Hong Kong team of China, appeared today, this is his first time to participate in the Winter Olympics and strive to break into the top 50. The first round began this morning, while the second round took place in the afternoon and medals were awarded.
In alpine skiing events, the difficulty of the big slalom is reported to be higher than that of the slalom race, and the male athletes of the big slalom have to glide 350 meters to 400 meters. The big slalom race, like the slalom race, is a two-round glide, while the difference is that the two slides are carried out on the same field, but it should be noted that the flag gate must be relocated. After completing two slides, athletes get a combined amount of time, the winner with the least amount of time, and if the time is the same, the ranking can be tied.
The report mentioned that 17-year-old Weng Houquan has become the first male athlete in the Alpine Skiing Event of the Winter Olympics in Hong Kong, China. Although young, he won the top 30 in the 2019 National Winter Games Grand Slalom and also finished second in last year's Black Mountain Kolahin Cup Slalom. Weng Houquan is very happy to represent Hong Kong in China at the Winter Olympics, believes that he will have an incredible experience and hopes to seize the opportunity to perform himself. His goal is to break into the top 50, and if there is a top 30, it is to play at a super level.
According to public information on the Internet, alpine skiing is a snow racing sport that uses skis, snowshoes, fixers and ski poles as the main tools, from the mountain to the mountain, and slides down the track set by the flag gate. Alpine skiing at the Olympic Games consists of men's, women's and mixed events. Among them, the men's and women's events have 5 sub-events of downhill, slalom, big slalom, super big slalom and all-around, and the mixed events are mixed team competitions. Among them, downhill and super large slalom are speed events, and the ranking is determined by the performance of a coasting. The Slalom and The Great Slalom are technical events and are calculated on the basis of the sum of the two glides.
The rules of the Big Slalom event are races in which athletes glide in a zigzag through marked flag doors and slide down the slopes at super fast speed. The large slalom is set with more than 30 flag gates. The spacing between the flag doors is more than 10 meters wider than that of the slewing project. The flag of the slalom project is a triangle, while the flag of the great slalom is a quadrangular. Unlike the speed race (downhill and super giant slalom), the top 30 can compete in round 2 (round 1 and round 2), and according to the records of the first round, the top 30 can participate in the second round. It is performed in reverse order (the player who finishes 30th in Round 1 is the first to play in Round 2).