The 2021 Whitewater Tour in Bronze Mountain, USA, competed in the final of the snowboard U-shaped track skills on December 20, Beijing time. In the women's final, China's Cai Xuetong won a bronze medal and American star Chloe Gold won the gold medal.
The snowboard U-Shaped Track Skills Final was the last final event to be played in this competition. Previously, China's Gu Ailing has won a gold medal in women's U-shaped track skills in freestyle skiing and a silver medal in slope obstacle course skills. In the women's qualification for the U-shaped track skills of snowboarding, Cai Xuetong was third with 87.00 points, Matedie Mastro of the United States was first with 92.75 points, and another American player, Chloe King, was second with 91.25 points.
Previously, Cai Xuetong won the World Cup Bronze Mountain Station
However, in the women's final, only three players in the first round of the competition completed the technical action relatively smoothly, and the top three in the qualifying round, Mastro, Chloe King and Cai Xuetong, all made mistakes, of which Mastro was directly injured and withdrew. As a PyeongChang Winter Olympic champion, Chloe King showed strong pressure resistance in this competition, and she scored 96 points in the last round after two consecutive mistakes, successfully staged a big comeback, which was her third time in the Fluxus Tour U-shaped field skill competition. Spain's Castellet won a silver medal with a point difference, and Cai Xuetong finished third with 89 points. In the men's final that followed, Japan's Yuto Totsuka also achieved a comeback in the third round, winning the championship with 95.50 points.
In particular, Chloe King won the 2020-2021 FIS Snowboard U-Track Skills World Cup in The Women's Division of the United States in March this year, and with this victory on the Fluxus Tour, she can already ensure a qualification for the United States team at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Looking ahead to the upcoming journey to defend her title, Chloe King says she can do more. This time Chloe Kanehara wants to have a better performance in the first round, and then she can have the opportunity to show her new tricks. 'I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get to do that, it's a game at the end of the day and you have to go and win a round. Chloe King said she actually had three new tricks waiting to be shown, "I think the Olympics will be the best time." ”
In contrast, Spain's silver medal-winning Castellet has been more consistent in this game, and the 32-year-old has been in the lead for most of the time, scoring 93 points in the first round and then improving his performance to 95 points in the third round. Her new coach, Danny Cass, is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, and the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics will be Castellet's fifth Olympic journey.
Cai Xuetong, who is 4 years younger than Castellet, also has a wealth of experience in competitions. Since the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Cai Xuetong has participated in three consecutive Winter Olympic Games. From the initial 23rd place to the sixth place at the Sochi Winter Olympics and then to the fifth place in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Cai Xuetong has steadily improved her performance step by step. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Cai Xuetong will once again attack the medal.
