On the second day of the rowing competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games, China’s men’s quadruple paddle boat successfully advanced to the finals
On September 21, the rowing event of the Hangzhou Asian Games entered the second competition day. A total of 9 rematches were held that day to determine the respective finals or semi-finals. The only Chinese team participating was the men’s quadruple sculls without coxers, and they entered the Group A finals with the first place in the semi-finals. On the afternoon of September 22, the Chinese team Zhang Liang and Liu Ruiqi will participate in the men’s and women’s single sculls semi-finals respectively.
Chinese men’s quadruple sculls team (preliminary picture)
In the men’s quadruple sculls preliminaries the day before, the Uzbekistan team beat the Chinese team with an advantage of 1.09 seconds to win the first place in the group and directly advance to the Group A finals. Since the top four teams in the semi-finals can all advance to the finals, the Chinese team seemed more relaxed. The combination of Li Wenlei, Zhang Xianfeng, Xu Qiao and Cai Pengpeng led the way and won the first place in the semi-finals with a time of 6 minutes, 13 seconds and 62 seconds. “Uzbekistan and India have made rapid progress in the past two years. The Chinese team is also making corresponding adjustments. Playing one more rematch may also be a good thing.” After the game, Liu Jian, coach of the Chinese rowing team, said that this Fighting for the Asian Games at home, we must go all out, be ourselves, and strive for good results.
In other events, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Japan, and Hong Kong, China qualified for the finals of the women’s lightweight double sculls. “If we do not enter the top two, we will not be able to enter the Group A finals, which means that today’s psychological pressure is greater than yesterday’s rematch.” Hong Kong player Huang Xiangyi said that they made some adjustments in the rematch and performed better technically. Well, you need to be mentally and physically prepared to face the finals, hoping to get a good ranking. The remaining four final places in the men’s lightweight double sculls belong to India, Japan, Hong Kong, China and South Korea.
South Korea and Kazakhstan qualified for the last two women’s double sculls finals, while the top two teams in the two groups, India, Iraq, Indonesia and Iran, entered the men’s double sculls finals through the rematch. Iraqi player Khafaji said that the competition in the rematch was very fierce and he and his teammates performed well. “We trained in Belgium for two months before coming to Hangzhou. We hope to win a medal in the finals.”
Author: Reporter Wang Zhenkai Editor: Xu Jie
2023-09-21 14:23:46
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