On March 10, the final round of the wheelchair curling round robin tournament at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games ended at the National Aquatics Center, and the defending champion China defeated Latvia 9-2, and finally the Chinese team ranked first in the round robin with a record of 8 wins and 2 losses, joining Sweden, Canada and Slovakia to reach the final four.
In this Winter Paralympic Games, as the defending champion of wheelchair curling, the Chinese team lost to Canada and Sweden. Faced with an unfavorable start, the Chinese team quickly adjusted its state, and in the subsequent matches, it went light and fought braver. On the morning of the 10th, the wheelchair curling round robin tournament of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games continued, and the Chinese team defeated the British team 6-3, winning seven consecutive wins while also locking a semi-final spot in advance.
In the final game of the round robin, the Chinese team faced Latvia. After half-time, with a key shot by wang Haitao at fourth base, he helped the Chinese team score 3 points in the first hand, and the Chinese team temporarily led Latvia 6-1. In the sixth set, Wang Haitao made two consecutive perfect shots to help the Chinese team score 3 points again in a single set, thus leading the opponent by a large margin of 9-2. Latvia, which was far behind, simply gave up the game and conceded defeat. So far, the Chinese team has a record of 8 wins and 2 losses, ranking first in the round robin tournament, and advancing to the final four with Sweden, Canada and Slovakia.
For the performance of the round robin, Wang Haitao believes that from the current results, the first two losses are still worth it, because some small problems in the team and themselves have been found, and some small flaws in technical tactics have been found in time. "Although sometimes I won, the score was very tight, and in the end everyone held up and everyone played very well. In the next game, I hope that my teammates and I can play at our own training level and play better. ”
Yan Zhuo said that he learned a lot from the two strong teams of Canada and Sweden. "Next, we will try our best to make up for the gaps that exist, such as technical problems, we will seriously analyze, repeatedly understand our own problems, and adjust the subsequent games." She said.
Yue Qingshuang, the coach of the Chinese team, said bluntly that the first goal is to enter the top four, and it has now been achieved. The second goal, no matter who you meet in the semi-finals, is to "fight to the death". "I also told you before that in this group stage is to fight every game and win every game. Next, I think that no matter which team you meet, the first thing is to stabilize yourself and do yourself well. In the second half of the game, I think that in every game, these players are also very good at fighting. In terms of stability and patience, it is worth giving everyone a perfect score. She said.
Talking about the performance of the players in the ten round-robin matches, Yue Qingshuang believes that the first two games, relatively speaking, the players have just played more easily, "I think Wang Haitao is also more confident and stable, which is what I especially want to see, and other players have also played to the extreme in their own base." From the second half of the round robin, I can see that the players are playing more and more steadily, and I hope to bring my current state to the semi-finals. ”
Canada and Sweden, as the traditional strong teams in wheelchair curling, the Chinese team lost the match against these two teams in this Winter Paralympic Games, which was not unexpected by the Chinese coaching team. Yue Qingshuang believes that the first two defeats are not a bad thing, because it is normal for everyone to have some unstable factors at the beginning of the game. "Before we went to the Winter Paralympic Village, we already thought that it might go well, or it might just stumble or lose to these two teams, which is normal. Because it's the same thing in the usual game, that is, to list them as the most competitive opponents in front, so I think there is nothing wrong with these problems. ”
In addition, the reporter noted that the Chinese wheelchair curling team used the evening time to race against the clock to carry out group confrontation and pot throwing training. In this regard, Yue Qingshuang said: "In the round robin competition, there are these opportunities to practice, and we don't want to give up any training opportunities. ”
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zhou Xueshuai