Exciting news from Winterberg, Germany! 🎉 China’s Zhao Dan and Lin Qinwei have won their country’s first-ever world-level title in the skeleton mixed team event at the IBSF World Cup! 🥇
Wait, what’s skeleton? 🤔 Skeleton is a super cool winter sport where athletes race down an icy track on a small sled, lying face down and headfirst! It’s like the ultimate sledding adventure! 🛷
On Friday, Zhao Dan zoomed down the track in just 1 minute and 1.46 seconds, putting China in first place. Then, her teammate Lin Qinwei finished his run, giving China a combined winning time of 2 minutes and 0.87 seconds. That’s lightning fast! ⚡️
This victory is extra special because the skeleton mixed team event will be part of the Olympics for the first time at the 2026 Winter Games in Milano-Cortina, Italy! 🇮🇹 That means we have more exciting races to look forward to!
The Austrian team, Janine Flock and Samuel Maier, were very close behind, finishing just 0.10 seconds later. Another Chinese team, Li Yuxi and Yin Zheng, grabbed the third spot on the podium. 🥈🥉
Congratulations to all the athletes! We can’t wait to see more thrilling races in the future! 🎿❄️
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China's Zhao and Lin win skeleton mixed team title in Winterberg
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