China News Agency, Beijing, May 8 (Xing Yi) the cold water jug World Cup finals of the 2018-2019 season kicked off in Beijing on the 8th. The Chinese women’s team won the US team by 9:2.
The cold water jug World Cup is an international class A sports event, which was newly launched by the World Federation of cold water jug in the 2018-2019 season. There are 3-stop races and 1-stop finals every season. The 4-stop races include men, women, mixed Double 3 Winter Olympics projects. About 80 athletes from 10 countries and regions including China, Canada, Japan, South Korea and the United States participated in the finals.
Different from the rules of the Winter Olympics and the world championships, each 8 teams of the cold water jug World Cup were divided into two groups for double round-robin tournament. The game is a eight-game system, and there is no additional game. If the two sides of the game draw after the eight-game, they will take a “penalty kick” final victory, that is, the party whose pot is closer to the center of the circle wins.
As the host, the Chinese team automatically won full seats in three projects. In terms of the women’s team, the Chinese team dispatched the teams of the fourth base Jiang Xiaolun, the third base Zhang Lijun, the second base Dong Ziqi, and the first base Jiang Xindi, which were in Group A with the US team, Canada team and Japan team.
In the match with the US team that day, the Chinese team quickly entered the state, and ended the first half with a 6:1 lead by effectively curbing the opponent’s attack. In the second half, both sides scored 1 point in each of the two games. In the following seventh game, the Chinese team cooperated with the tacit understanding. Jiang Xiaolun finally successfully scored 2 points, forcing the US team to admit defeat in advance with 9:2.
Jiang Xiaolun said after the game that the team played a stable role today. “in the fourth game, we caught the opponent’s mistake and got 4 points, which was the key to win this game”.
Although this Chinese women’s team did not cooperate for a long time, in Jiang Xiaolun’s view, the teammates are in good spirits at present. They help each other on the field and are more patient and confident in the game. “We need to improve our ability to resist pressure in every match, stabilize our psychological quality and better experience ourselves.”
In another game in the same group, the Canadian team defeated Japan 10:1 and temporarily ranked first with a small score. According to the competition system, the top names of each team are expected to advance to the final final. Next, the Chinese women’s team will face the strongest Canadian team in this group. (Finished)