Jimu News reporter Chen Lingyan
On February 19, the open group men’s team sprint (free technique) competition of the 14th National Winter Games (hereinafter referred to as the “14th Winter”) was held in the Liangcheng Division of Ulanqab, hosted by Wuer The Chongqing team composed of Kaixi Kurbanjiang and Wang Qiang won the championship strongly. This was also Wang Qiang’s fourth gold medal in this Winter Games.
Men's team short distance (free technique) consists of two people from each team participating in the qualifying, semi-finals and finals. In the qualifying round, 24 skaters start off every 15 seconds and glide 1.4 kilometers. The time spent by two people on the same team is added together to form the qualifying round score. There is no elimination in the qualifying round. The semi-finals are divided into two groups based on the results of the qualifying round, with 6 teams in each group; the two players of each team alternate. After the No. 1 player completes the first lap, the No. 2 player takes over for the second lap. Player No. 1 will then skate for the third lap, and so on, until 6 laps of skating are completed. The top five from each group in the semi-finals advance to the finals.
In the final of the day, Wang Qiang and Kurbanjiang cooperated tacitly and easily won the championship with absolute advantage. The Shandong team and the Yunnan team won silver and bronze medals respectively.
Wang Qiang said that this project was very entertaining and exciting. “My teammates and I both performed very well, the speed increased very quickly, and we cooperated very well.” Talking about winning his fourth gold medal, he said bluntly: “ Very happy!"
At the end of last year, Jimu News reporters participated in the "Wonderful Fourteenth Winter in Inner Mongolia" national online media interview event, and met many cross-country skiing athletes. When talking about the "masters" in their hearts, among them Many people mentioned Wang Qiang's name. After the start of the "14th Winter", Wang Qiang has lived up to expectations and has won four gold medals so far.
(Source of pictures and videos: Grassland All Media)
(Source: Jimu News)
