Beijing time on January 13 news, the 2021-2022 freestyle skiing aerial skills World Cup in the United States Lugu Station came to an end, the Chinese team won the top three men,the women's competition Kong Fanyu won the runner-up, and the veteran Xu Mengtao stopped the qualifiers. Lugu Station is the last world cup stop before the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to the current points, the Chinese team won 4 men's and women's 3 places, a total of 7 Winter Olympic seats, and the final Olympic list will be announced after the comprehensive assessment of the team.
This season's Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills World Cup has a total of 9 races, the United States Lugu Station is the 6th stop, and it is also the last stop before the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the allocation of Olympic places in each country will be determined according to the season points ranking after the competition.
In the men's competition at Lugu Station in the United States, the Chinese Aerial Skills Team showed its group advantage, and the five athletes Qi Guangpu, Jia Zongyang, Wang Xindi, Sun Jiaxu and Yang Longxiao all entered the final. In the first round of the final, Sun Jiaxu, Wang Xindi and Yang Longxiao passed the pass, and the two veterans Qi Guangpu and Jia Zongyang regretted to stop.
In the second round of the final, Wang Xindi scored 122.62 points with a bdFFF three-week platform action with a difficulty factor of 4.525, winning the championship, which was his first title of the new season, and finally broke the previous slump and found state in the last world cup before the Olympics, which also made the Winter Olympic lineup increase suspense. Yang Longxiao finished second with 112.67 points and Sun Jiaxu finished third with 83.50 points.
In the women's competition, veteran Xu Mengtao made another mistake in the bdFF with a difficulty factor of 3.525, scoring only 60.98 points, ranking 26th, stopping the qualifiers. It is worth mentioning that Xu Mengtao has folded in this action before the World Cup, and its stability needs to be improved. Shao Qihe and Promise stopped the first round of the final, ranking seventh and eighth respectively, Kong Fanyu was runner-up with 84.58 points, Australia's Laura Peel reached the top with a high score of 118.05 points, and Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion Huskova won a bronze medal.
In the Olympic points, the Chinese men's team of 5 people ranked in the top 25, successfully got 4 full tickets, also got the full amount of Belarus, Russia, Canada, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States team all got 3 tickets. It is worth mentioning that the four players who will finally participate in the Winter Olympics will be decided after a comprehensive evaluation of the team, that is, one of the above five people will be out.
In the women's side, the Chinese team ranked in the top 25 with 3 Olympic tickets, Australia and Russia also had 3 tickets, and the United States and Canada got 4 full Olympic tickets. Men and women together, China, Canada, Russia and the United States all received 7 tickets to the Winter Olympics, Belarus 6 and Ukraine 5. (Ren Xin)