Lose the most important battle! The World Curling Championships lost to the Czech Republic 3-10, losing the top spot + going straight to the Olympics

On April 3, Beijing time, the men's World Curling Championships came to the eighth round of the Chinese team's competition, before we occupied the top spot with 6 wins and 1 loss, but in today's key game through the Olympics, the performance was not good in direct dialogue with the main opponent Czech team, 2-3 behind the opponent in the first half, the Czech team did not give us any chance in the second half, and finally lost 3-10. Qualifying for the Winter Olympics has become tough, and you have to make it to the finals.

In the first half of the game, the state of our players fluctuated greatly, and the captain Xu Xiaoming had a bad hand in two consecutive games, and he made mistakes and kept behind the opponent. Wang Zhiyu and Fei Yuqing didn't play well either, we have been on the back foot, falling behind by one point in the even-number games, which has kept us in a catch-up position, and after five games in the first half, we were 2-3 down, and in the second half we needed to go all out and turn the tide.

In the key sixth game, the players on both sides made some mistakes, we were in a two-point containment situation Fei Yuqing hanging pot was not in place, the opponent's hanging pot was very good, Xu Xiaoming did not play double flying under pressure, this game is still very passive, Xu Xiaoming successfully shook off at the last moment, Lucas got 2 points for a wonderful double fly, and we fell behind the opponent 2-5 after six rounds. In the seventh game, Li Zhichao's second pot made another mistake, and the players were really in a bad state. Lucas made a mistake in the first pot in the final stage, which gave us a chance, Lucas hit the last pot with a double fly, and we could only get one point in the backhand, and we fell behind 3-5 into the eighth game, still very passive.

In the eighth game, we took the lead, the players needed to achieve the control or the reverse we had a chance, but the opponent did not give us a chance at all, the Czech Republic played very well in this game, especially the captain Lucas, showing super stability, this is a team that has defeated the Scottish team, the strength should not be underestimated, and finally the back hand got 2 points, we entered the ninth game with 3-7 behind 4 points, leaving us with little chance. After the ninth game, we will play the situation very complicated, but the opponent did not give us a chance, the center of the circle is the opponent's scoring pot, two points are difficult for us to get, the last moment of the game again mistake, the opponent steals a big score and admits defeat in advance.