"Congratulations on your 13th World Cup title" "Congratulations on your return with a victory"...
When Cai Xuetong won the first World Cup championship of the new season of the INTERNATIONAL Snowboard U-shaped venue in Tongshan, Beijing time, the host of the scene could not help but praise her performance. Since winning the World Cup for the first time in 2009, 28-year-old Cai Xuetong has now stood on the top podium of the World Cup for the 13th time.
Affected by the epidemic, the National Training Team of Chinese Snowboard U-Shaped Venues failed to participate in the International Snow League last season and focused on training. This race is the team's debut this season, and Cai Xuetong is no exception, after more than a year to return to the international arena, Cai Xuetong feels great. 'I'm very excited about the game because last year we've been training and it's great to be back for the game.'
In the qualifying round that took the lead in the early morning of Beijing time on the 10th, Cai Xuetong came up with a good state, scored 90.33 points, and advanced to the final as the first in the qualifying group. In the three rounds of the final held in the early morning of the 12th, Cai Xuetong ushered in a lot of tests - experienced a process of ups and downs such as backwardness, mistakes, injuries, and reversals.
In the first round of the final, Cai Xuetong appeared in the penultimate of the eight players, she played smoothly and scored 70.75 points, but in this round, Japan's Tomita Shina performed better, surpassing Cai Xuetong and 76 points to temporarily rank first. The second round was a key round for Cai Xuetong to get a high score, but she made a mistake and was hit on the left shoulder when she landed, and only scored 36.25 points in this round. Sena Tomita is still ranked first with her first-round scores. At the last chance of the third round, Cai Xuetong reappeared, and a set of difficult moves including back blade flying, front blade 900 grab plate, rear blade 540 grab board, front blade swing, and reverse foot 900 were successfully completed one by one. In the end, Cai Xuetong scored 80.50 points, beating Tomita Sena and winning the championship. 'The third round was my last chance, in the second round I fell down and got a bit of a shoulder injury, but the good thing was that the result was good.' The new season has a good start, Cai Xuetong said after the game.
Cai Xuetong won the World Cup yellow neckline shirt
With this victory, Cai Xuetong's total number of World Cup titles rose to 13. The International Snow Federation wrote on its official website: The record number of World Cup wins in the snowboard U-shaped field is held by the United States' Tracia Burns, who has a total of 15 championships under burns' name, and Cai Xuetong is gradually approaching this number. In the 38 World Cup events in which he has participated, Cai Xuetong has stood on the podium 28 times and currently holds the record for the number of stage appearances.
With a victory announced his return to the international arena, Cai Xuetong continued to move forward on the road of preparing for the fourth Winter Olympics in his sports career. "Now that I'm walking step by step towards the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, I hope I can perform well in every game and greet the Winter Olympics with confidence." Cai Xuetong said.