The Beijing Winter Olympics are approaching, and the first winter Olympic tour of "talented girl" Gu Ailing is about to kick off, and she has returned to Beijing for the final sprint preparations, and on January 22, she also posted her Winter Olympic documents on social media. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing signed up for three events, namely freestyle skiing U-shaped track, freestyle ski slope obstacle course and big jump. Although Gu Ailing was praised by the International Snow Federation for "doing nothing but winning this season", she is actually surrounded by strong opponents on the stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and it is not easy to win any gold medal.
Gu Ailing won the overall World Cup on U-shaped venue this season
The U-shaped venue project has the highest chance of winning the championship
This season, Gu Ailing participated in four U-shaped venue World Cup competitions, all of which won the championship and finally won the championship of the season. This season's Gu Ailing, in the game of the technical action is more stable, delicate, the rhythm of the game is properly controlled, under the wind can also be a good grasp of their own game strategy, especially in this season's Mammoth Mountain station competition she slipped 97.50 points in the final and won the championship, was praised by the International Snow Federation as "the most perfect performance in the history of women's U-shaped field competition". In this project, Gu Ailing Winter Olympics has the highest probability of winning the championship.
Gu Ailing (center), Hildaru (right)
Gu Ailing's biggest rival, Estonian Kelly Hildaru, also known as the "genius", was born in 2002, one year older than Gu Ailing, and Hildaru was absent due to injury at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. She has the ability to stage three 900-degree turns in one slide in one U-shaped field. She finished 1nd and 1rd in the U-Field World Cup this season, but Hildaru has focused on slope obstacle courses this season.
PyeongChang Winter Olympics gold medalist Kathy Sharp has returned from injury this season, but has been in average form, having not been able to stand on the World Cup podium this season. But she has the ability to hit the super difficult moves of the 1260-degree turn in the game, and she is about to turn 30, and she must want to complete the defense at the end of her career.
In addition, Canada's Rachel and American youngster Forhaber Hannah have all stood on the World Cup podium this season, and they will pose a threat to Gu Ailing.
Slope obstacle course old opponents are in full swing
In the slope obstacle course, Gu Ailing has only participated in one World Cup event and a top commercial event called New Tour this season, and the results are runner-up, and the winner of both competitions is Hildaru.
Hildaru became famous earlier than Gu Ailing, and at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Hildaru pushed Gu Ailing to win the gold medal in slope obstacle course skills, and Gu Ailing won the gold medal in the U-shaped field and the big jump. Hildaru is the 2019 World Championship winner and has won two World Cups this season, including Mammoth Hill with a high score of 93.75 points.
In addition, Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion Sarah Hovelin of Switzerland and Kelly Johanni of the United States are strong opponents of Gu Ailing.
The big jump opponent is fully difficult to reserve
From January 21 to 23, Beijing time, the 2022 Aspen World Extreme Games in the United States was held, and Gu Ailing, who won 2 gold and 1 bronze in the Extreme Games last year, and other Chinese athletes were absent from the competition because they had returned to China to prepare for the Winter Olympics. In the women's big jump on the 22nd, 21-year-old France's Tess Letix successfully challenged the 1620-degree super difficult move in the competition, becoming the first female athlete in history to complete the action and successfully won the championship. If this action is successfully challenged in the Winter Olympic Games, the gold medal will be in danger.
Tess Letix completed the first women's big jump in history to make 1620 degrees and successfully won the championship
The big jumping project has always been a sub-item for Gu Ailing, during this year's preparation for the Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing focused on training the big jumping project, but she only participated in one big jumping World Cup this season, that is, last December, the World Cup of the American Steamboat Station, Gu Ailing successfully completed the 1440-degree turn to win the championship, but this action is currently completed by many people in the world women's range.
In addition, Swiss star Grimo is known as the king of the platform, she completed the backwards front flip of 1440 degrees twice in September 2020 and January 2021, which is a difficult action, and the competitive impact is very strong. Therefore, combined with the state and difficulty reserves of other players, It is not difficult for Gu Ailing to win gold in this project.
Source Beijing News Sports | Reporter Deng Fangjia
Edited by Deng Fangjia
Process Editor Wu Yue