With the result of tie for the first place in the round robin ranking, on the evening of the 10th, the Chinese wheelchair curling team ushered in the last round robin of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, facing the Latvian team. On the morning of the 10th, the Chinese team defeated the British team 6-3, winning seven consecutive round-robin matches, with a record of 7 wins and 2 losses, and locked up the semi-final seat in advance. Tonight, the Chinese team, which did not have the pressure to qualify, still went all out and presented a wonderful game for the audience, defeating the opponent 9-2 to win the eighth victory of the Winter Paralympic Games, ranking first in the group.
As the champion of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese wheelchair curling team made a bad start at the Winter Paralympic Games, losing to Canada and Sweden successively. But then gradually regained its form, defeating Estonia on the 6th to win the first round robin. On the 7th, they defeated south Korea and Switzerland, and on the 8th, they defeated the United States 10-2. After defeating Slovakia and Norway on the 9th, they won six consecutive round robins.
On the 10th, the Chinese team continued to play a one-day double match. In the morning against the British team, the Chinese team grabbed the opening game to score 1 point, and then the British team pulled back a city to win 2 points, and the British team led 3-2 in the first four sets. In the fifth set, the Chinese team scored 2 points to reverse the situation, and the score was rewritten to 4-3. In the sixth and seventh sets that followed, the Chinese team scored another point each, locked in the advantage, and extended the score to 6-3. In the eighth set, as the British team made a mistake and conceded defeat after throwing the 11th set, China won by 3 points, winning seven consecutive round-robin tournaments and locking in a semi-final spot in the early round.
Tonight, China faces Latvia, the last opponent in the round robin. In the first set, the Latvian team seized the advantage of a late starter and scored one point. In the second set, the Chinese team played well, scoring 2 points, surpassing the opponent by 1 point, taking advantage of the victory in the third set to expand the score to 3-1, and in the fourth set, it scored 3 points in one fell swoop to continue to lead the opponent 6-1. In the second half, Latvia withstood the pressure to pull back a city, and the score became 6-2. In the sixth set, the Chinese team hit back strongly and scored 3 more points, and the Latvian team conceded defeat. At this point, the Chinese team won the last round-robin match 9-2.
"There are still a few mistakes in the morning, I know that I have advanced, and I played easier at night." Captain Wang Haitao said bluntly. Looking back on the entire group stage, he concluded, "The first two games were tight, although they failed, but it was a good thing, we found out our own problems and technical deficiencies, as well as psychological and tactical areas to improve." ”
Chinese coach Yue Qingshuang said after the game that the team has completed the first goal - to advance to the final four, and is about to hit the second goal - to fight for the semi-finals. "From our 10 games, although there were bumps in the front, we won on the team in the end. The first is that the team members have laid down their baggage, the second is the sense of teamwork, and the third is that the individual state and skills have been brought into play. Yue Qingshuang commented, especially in the last few games, each pot of the fourth base Haitao is more confident and stable, and other players are also playing to the extreme in their own base, "Although it is inevitable that technical mistakes, it is more and more stable, I give them full scores, I hope that such a state can be brought to the semifinals." ”
According to the schedule, on the afternoon of the 11th, the Chinese team will once again face the previous strong opponent Canada in the semifinals. A bronze medal match was held on the evening of the 11th, and a gold medal match was ushered in on the 12th.