In the early morning of January 9, Beijing time, in the final of the U-shaped venue of the Mammoth Mountain Station of the Freestyle Skiing World Cup, China's Gu Ailing won the crown with the highest score of his career with 97.50 points, and won the overall points championship of the U-shaped venue World Cup this season with his outstanding performance of four consecutive championships in the season, lifting the first crystal ball of his career.
Before the freestyle skiing World Cup Mammoth Mountain race began, Gu Ailing once wrote on social media with some "sadness" that "this is my 8th and 9th race since December"! At Mammoth Mountain, Gu Ailing will usher in the finale of this season's World Cup U-shaped field competition and the debut of the slope obstacle course competition. In the U-shaped field competition that ended first on January 8, local time, Gu Ailing won the championship with a high score of 97.5 points, and was crowned the overall champion of the U-shaped field World Cup season with the result of winning all four stations in the sub-station.
Affected by the windy weather, the time of the U-shaped venue final at Mammoth Hill Station, the final final started on a clear Saturday morning, and such good weather seems to have created additional good conditions for Gu Ailing to score high scores. After scoring 94.75 points on the first slide, Gu Ailing successfully completed the 900-degree action connection between the two sides of the U-shaped pool in the second slide, and the rest of the movements also maintained the same excellent soaring height as always, this time the ski also gave Gu Ailing 97.5 points, which is a score that is rare in the history of the freestyle skiing U-shaped venue, and also made Gu Ailing's main opponent in the final, the 2019 World Championship champion Hildaru and the bronze medalist sigurni of the Pingchang Winter Olympics.
After seeing her second slide score, Gu Ailing also screamed with excitement in the waiting division, and in an interview after the game, she was also quite surprised to say that "this is the highest score in my history". In fact, this skiing not only allowed Gu Ailing to set a record score for himself, but was also praised by the International Snow Federation as "the best sliding in the history of the freestyle skiing U-shaped field".
In addition to scoring, this slide is also a microcosm of Gu Ailing's performance throughout the U-shaped venue World Cup season, from Copper Mountain to Calgary to Mammoth Mountain, Gu Ailing's four races have reached the highest podium, and the score of each championship has exceeded the 90-point mark. The "secret" of Gu Ailing's always getting a high score is that she takes into account the "four elements" of the International Snow League score - difficulty, altitude, movement diversity and execution. Gu Ailing in the U-shaped field project itself has a field double-sided rotation of 900 degrees and 720 degrees, alley-oop flat turn and other difficulty reserves, positive slip and reverse slip technology are no shortcomings, off-season she has mastered the Buick grab board used by some people among women's players, in terms of difficulty and action diversity, Gu Ailing can be described as a continuous improvement. The soaring height and on-the-spot play have always been Gu Ailing's strengths, and it is only natural that "huge points" will be in the game.
Gu Ailing, who won the U-shaped World Cup season, also undoubtedly won her first championship "Crystal Ball" trophy of the season, and she is also very likely to win the overall championship of the Park & Pipe (including U-shaped track, slope obstacles and big jumping). In the Winter Olympic season, the "crystal ball" also seems to have a foreshadowing significance - no one can shake Gu Ailing's position in the U-shaped field project throughout the World Cup season, and the biggest favorite to win the Beijing Winter Olympics is her. However, when looking forward to the most important game of the season, Gu Ailing's mentality is as relaxed as ever: "This is my first time to participate in the Winter Olympics, and I want to always remember to enjoy it in the process of the game, don't forget, this is my favorite thing to do." ”
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