Olympic track cycling - the Chinese women's team lost to the Netherlands in the first round of the team sprint and missed the third consecutive championship

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In the women's track cycling team sprint at the Paris 2023 Olympic Games, the Chinese team was eliminated by the Netherlands team with a time of 46.362 seconds, and finally finished in sixth place.

It is a pity that the Chinese women's team won consecutive gold medals in the team sprint at the previous Olympic Games, and now it has been eliminated.

Why is the Chinese women's team not as good as the previous two editions?

It turns out that the rules of the Paris Olympics have changed, so let's follow the editor to see the final results of this game!

The process of the game.

In the previous two Olympic Games, the Chinese team won consecutive gold medals in the women's team sprint, Rio and Tokyo.

However, the rules of this race have changed from the previous ones, so the results are not the same, and in the previous race, only two people from each track competed on the track.

This time, however, the number of participants on each course has been changed to three, and on the course it is a three-person ride, followed by a substitution, and finally another sprint, and then the ranking of the time taken by the three people.

In this way, the format of the competition has become very similar to before, but similar does not mean the same, and the change of rules will lead to many problems.

The qualifying qualifying round will be held on the 10th, and the qualifying qualifying round will be divided into 3 rounds, each round of 6 groups, and each group of 2 people.

In this match, the Chinese team was fifth with a time of 46.458 seconds, beating Mexico with a time difference of 2.1 seconds in the 3rd group to advance to the match against the 3-6th place.

In the next match-up match, the Chinese women's team was very consistent, and at the beginning of the match, the No. 1 player of the Chinese team showed his sprint form.

The sprint was the same as in the previous race, the highest speed that a player could achieve, and at this time, the No. 1 of the Chinese team quickly came to the front of the track by virtue of his superior ranking to the other teams.

In the second lap, the No. 2 player of the Chinese team successfully completed the exchange by slightly lagging behind the other players, and then the No. 3 player of the Chinese team also took to the field.

However, when the Chinese team reached the second lap, it was obvious that the momentum of suppressing other teams before had also decreased, and the state of the Chinese team after the exchange had gradually declined.

By the time of the last lap, the No. 3 player of the Chinese team could no longer see the momentum at the front, and even in the visible place, there were other players sprinting.

It can be said that the Chinese team at this time has no chance to win the game, as long as they insist on completing the race, they will eventually win the second place in this race.

In the final moments, China's No. 3 runner began to sprint, and the Chinese team that finished second took 46.362 seconds, while the Netherlands team won first place with 45.798 seconds.

Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States beat China and will move into the third and fourth place races, while China and Mexico go into the fifth and sixth place races.

Stop in the first round.

China defeated Mexico in 46.572 seconds against 3-6 places, which means that they finished fifth and finished sixth.

Although it was already difficult to get the top two places in the three rounds of the competition, the Chinese team's stop in the first round still surprised many.

Prior to the last match, the Chinese team had held the world record, and even in the previous domestic league finals, the Chinese team set a new world record in the women's team sprint on the way.

The Chinese team achieved a time of 45.760 seconds in the finals, and against the Netherlands, the Chinese team achieved a time of 46.262 seconds, and even failed to run 46 seconds.

Not only did it not run the best time, but it was also 0.5 seconds behind the world record set in the finals.

A large part of the reason for the good results in the finals is that the finals were held in China, and the track conditions, climate and environmental conditions and the condition of the players were very good.

The track cycling track of this Olympic Games is the Branry-Lebridaux circuit in Paris, France.

The field is divided into the inside and outside, and there is a steep ramp on the inside, which is the most important part of the competition, and the slope of the ramp directly affects the performance of the players.

On the ramp in Paris, the slope will be as high as 42°, and such a steep ramp will not only test the performance of the competitors, but also the skills of the competitors.

At the Branry-lebrie-lebrieau circuit in Paris, the steepness of the slopes has greatly affected the performance of the competitors and even put them at risk to safety.

At the same time, the climate in France is also very harsh, not only cold but also extremely strong wind speed.

Playing in such a climate, it was difficult for the Chinese team to return to its previous form, so it failed to win a medal in the end.

Future competitions.

The Chinese team has won two consecutive gold medals in the women's team sprint, and even set a world record in the domestic arena during non-competition periods, which shows how strong the Chinese team is.

But once it arrived on the international stage, it no longer had the same momentum as before, and it didn't even qualify for the competition, which was really a big loss for the Chinese team.

In the future competitions, the Chinese team should sum up the lessons learned from this competition and re-evaluate their training methods.

The players always run such results in training, but they can't develop such the best state in the competition, and the psychological quality of the players obviously needs to be improved.

In future competitions, you can consider introducing some psychological counseling to help players relieve tension and maintain their best game condition.

You can even carry out team cohesion training, so that the tacit understanding between the players can be increased, so that they can perform more perfectly in future competitions.

The strength of the Chinese team is certainly very strong, but the lack of physical strength makes it difficult for the players to make better results in the competition.

Therefore, the development of youth track cycling and the inclusion of track cycling in youth events, where competitors start exercising at a young age, can leave more room for them to improve later.

At the same time, success can only be achieved if you are well prepared.

Competitors must be extremely adaptable, and they must be able to find their own way of dealing with different tracks and different climates.

Only by adapting to different environments can players better play their strength in the competition.

In the future competitions, the Chinese team also needs to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with top international teams, learn from successful experience, and improve their competitive level.

epilogue

The Chinese women's team was eliminated by the Netherlands in the women's team sprint with a time of 46.362 seconds, and finally finished sixth.

The rules of the competition have changed, the format of the competition is slightly similar to before, but it is also different, although the Chinese team is stronger, but in the competition still have to adapt to the track and climate environment, continue to work hard!