Northern Xinjiang News, Ulanqab, February 14 (Reporter Zhang Yang, Wang Feng, Correspondent Wang Qi, Wang Xing).On the morning of February 14, in the women's double pursuit competition of the cross-country skiing open group held in the Liangcheng Division of the 14th National Winter Games, the Heilongjiang team Chi Chunxue won 41 minutes and 26 seconds, only 009 seconds ahead of Xinjiang team Dinigal Yilamujiang took the lead in crossing the finish line and won the gold medal in the women's double pursuit of cross-country skiing open, which was also the first gold medal decided in the Liangcheng Division of the 14th National Winter Games.
The open women's double pursuit race is 15 kilometers and is divided into 75 km of traditional technique ski course and 75 km freestyle ski course. Ji Chunxue remained in the first echelon after the start, and she began to exert her strength in the freestyle ski course, overtaking teammate Chen Ling to take first place and maintain the lead until the finish.
My team-mates and coaches kept reminding me to allocate my energy and I did well today and I'm happy with my performance. Chi Chunxue said after the game.
Chi Chunxue won the women's 4 5km relay at the Beijing Winter Olympics with Li Xin, Bayani Garin and Ma Qinghua with 57 points and 49The race finished in 7 seconds, which was the best result in the history of the Chinese team to finish tenth. The 14th winter is also the highest-level event in the country that Chi Chunxue participated in after the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Heilongjiang team Li Xin won the bronze medal in 41:50.5.
On the afternoon of the 14th, the gold medal in the men's double pursuit (15km traditional technique + 15km free technique) will also be decided. A total of 383 athletes from 26 teams across the country will compete for 38 gold medals in four categories: cross-country skiing, snowboard slalom, freestyle skiing slalom and biathlon at the snow resort in Liangcheng, a city in central Inner Mongolia.