Original title: Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup Yanqing competition ends
Report from this newspaper, Beijing, November 22 (Reporters Ji Fang and Shi Fang) Recently, the 2023-2024 International Bobsleigh and Bobsleigh World Cup Yanqing competition ended at the National Bobsleigh and Sled Center. The Chinese team won 2 silvers and 2 bronzes, winning World Cup medals for the first time in both the women’s bobsleigh and men’s four-man bobsleigh events.
On the first competition day, in the men’s steel bobsleigh event, the Chinese team sent three players to participate and won two medals, one silver and one bronze. Chen Wenhao performed well in two rounds of skating and won the silver medal with a time of 2:01.63, while Yan Wengang won the bronze medal.
The men’s four-man bobsleigh event held two competitions on the 18th and 19th. In the first competition, the Chinese team consisting of Sun Kaizhi, Zhen Heng, Ding Song, and Ye Jielong skated in the first round with a good time of 58.58 seconds, ranking first among the 11 teams; in the second competition, China The team made a mistake and the time was 58.86 seconds. After two rounds of skating, they won the bronze medal with a total time of 1 minute 57.44 seconds. This was also the first medal won by the Chinese men’s four-man bobsleigh team in the World Cup.
In the women’s bobsleigh event, Chinese team member Zhao Dan won the silver medal, setting a new record for a Chinese women’s bobsleigh athlete in the World Cup with a time of 2:03.83, and winning her first World Cup medal.
This event is the first event of the new season’s Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup. It is also the first international high-level event held by the National Bobsleigh and Sled Center after the Beijing Winter Olympics. Ivo Ferriani, executive member of the International Olympic Committee and president of the International Bobsleigh Federation, said: “I came back to Yanqing again and felt a lot of excitement and surprises. The service guarantee work in Yanqing is meticulous and thoughtful, and the venues operate smoothly and efficiently. Preface, many athletes expressed to me their willingness to continue coming to Yanqing to participate in competitions next year.”
(Editors: Chi Mengrui, Bao Congying)
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