On February 13, 2022, the Beijing Winter Olympics continued, the men's curling Chinese team suffered a fourth defeat, and finally lost to the United States 6-8, and it was a pity that the fourth inning lost 3 points in a row, and it was very difficult to compete for a semi-final seat next, so it was good to go all out.
China won a full quota, in the previous mixed doubles event did not qualify for the semi-finals, this time despite sending the best lineup, but there is still a certain gap from the strong team, after the end of the five round-robin matches, the total result of the Chinese team is 2 wins and 3 losses, respectively, 12-9 victory over Italy, 5-4 narrow victory over Denmark, 6-7 defeat to The United Kingdom, 4-6 loss to Sweden, 4-7 defeat to the Russian Olympic Committee.
The lineup of the two sides is for the Chinese team first base Xu Jingtao, second base Wang Zhiyu, third base vice captain Zou Qiang, fourth base captain Ma Xiuyue, the United States team first base Rand Steiner, second base Hamilton, third base vice captain Pulis, fourth base captain Schuster, the Chinese team has won the curling world championship, winter Olympic medals and mixed doubles world runner-up, the men's team competitiveness is relatively poor, the overall strength of the American team is strong.
In the first set, the Chinese team seized the opportunity to get the first point first, the American team did not want to show weakness, scored 2 points in a row in the second set, strengthened the offensive directly, successfully overtook the score, the third set of the Chinese team used the backhand advantage, recovered 1 point to 2 draws, the fourth set of the Chinese team made a mistake, the United States team took the initiative to attack and scored 3 points, although the Chinese team recovered 1 point in the fifth set, but the whole field was still very passive.
In the sixth inning, the American team scored 2 consecutive points, expanding the point difference to 7-3, the seventh innings of both sides did not score, the United States team grasped the backhand advantage, but failed to take advantage of the situation to chase, the Chinese team gradually stabilized the position, and entangled with the opponent, the eighth inning China team recovered 2 points, the last two sets became the key, the young players fought tenaciously, bringing some pressure to the opponent, the two sides fell into a battle, to see who can seize the opportunity.
In the ninth set, the Chinese team chose to take the initiative to attack, successfully stole a point from the opponent, chased to 6-7, but then the backhand of the American team, and finally the American team adopted a more conservative tactic to keep 1 point 8-6 to win, after losing this round-robin game, the Chinese team is now 2 wins and 4 losses, and there are still three games to participate in, the opponents are Norway, Canada, Switzerland, looking forward to the performance of the athletes.
This result is not unexpected, it is true that the overall strength of the American team is stronger, but it is still a pity to lose three points in the fourth inning, in fact, if you can seize the opportunity to bring more impact to the opponent, who can become the winner of this game, there is really some suspense.