Beijing Winter Olympics is coming, skiing events have attracted much attention, of which the women's snowboard U-shaped venue is the Chinese team's gold rush project, the best state and most experienced at present is the 28-year-old Cai Xuetong, who took the World Cup championship three consecutive championships and seven times to win the glory of the season championship in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and competed for the gold medal in the women's snowboard U-shaped field.
Triple crown + seven crowns
On January 16, 2022, at the Lex station of the 2021-2022 FIS Snowboarding World Cup, Cai Xuetong only finished 7th in women's U-shaped track skills. However, relying on the champion of The Copper Mountain Station and the runner-up of Mammoth Mountain Station, Cai Xuetong won the overall championship of the women's U-shaped venue of the Snowboard World Cup this season with a total score of 216 points.
Cai Xuetong won the annual championship for three consecutive seasons, and won the seventh season championship in his career, crowning him seven crowns.
Full score for post-match mentality
After winning the championship, Cai Xuetong updated social media, she posted her cool and heroic posture on the field, took a photo with the champion, and accompanied the text:
"Laax Open is one of the most atmospheric competitions in the snowboard competition. It is a pity that this competition did not play at its best, and it was unexpected to win the championship of the season, and I did not return empty-handed.
In the Olympic year, everyone fought very fiercely, and the level of today's women's snowboarding U pool has gone up to another level, the competition is getting more and more ornamental, and the level of competition is getting higher and higher. During the competition, it is both the contestants and the spectators. But as a contestant I have only one goal: Go big or Go home !!! By the way, the crystal ball is the seventh. ”
Out at the Winter Olympics
With the honor of three consecutive championships of the year, Cai Xuetong officially embarked on a trip to the Beijing Winter Olympics. When looking forward to the Beijing Winter Olympics, Cai Xuetong said that he hoped to further tap his potential and challenge his own limits in the Winter Olympic Games.
At the same time, as a veteran, Cai Xuetong said: "It is already the fourth Winter Olympics, there is no chance to make you tight, this time I want to compare with the different mentality of the past, I want to play the set (action) I want to complete." ”
The three Winter Olympics have left regrets
Born in 1993, Cai Xuetong has competed in three Winter Olympics, but unfortunately there are no medals in the account;
Her first trip to the Winter Olympics was at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, when Cai Xuetong won the U-Way World Cup in Canada less than a month before the start of the tournament. Unfortunately, in Vancouver, Cai Xuetong ranked 23rd with a score of 19.3 points and missed the medal.
At the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Cai Xuetong was in poor physical condition, plagued by injuries, and his performance was not satisfactory, when Cai Xuetong only won the sixth place in the women's U-shaped pool of snowboarding, with a score of 84.25 points.
At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Cai Xuetong entered the final of the snowboard U-shaped field, unfortunately she made a mistake, the score was 76.50 points, won the fifth place, missed the medal.
The Beijing Winter Olympics cycle has won three consecutive championships
Three consecutive Winter Olympics have not won a medal, driven by dreams, Cai Xuetong continued to move forward.
In 2019, Cai Xuetong won the women's championship of the season, during which his achievements include: World Cup China Champion, World Cup Swiss Lex 4th Place, World Cup Calgaryra Station Runner-up, FIS Snowboard U-Track World Cup Champion.
In 2020, Cai Xuetong defended her title, she won 2 gold and 2 silver in 5 World Cup races, and was crowned the World Cup overall points champion for the 6th time in her career.
In 2021, Cai Xuetong won the bronze mountain station championship, the mammoth mountain station runner-up, the 7th place in the Lex station, with a total of 216 points to win the season championship, achieving three consecutive championships, and also the seventh time in his career to be crowned the annual champion.
Low-key pragmatic
Cai Xuetong's state this season is very good, she was very low-key when interviewed, Cai Xuetong said that although she won the championship, she still has deficiencies in action, and it is more important to find problems through competitions and promote training.
Cai Xuetong said: "I need to keep the feeling in the competition into the training, and try more difficult moves in the training, so that it is possible to impact the Olympic medals. ”
Outside evaluation
As an athlete who shouldered the gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Cai Xuetong's attention is very high, and the outside world has given her the following evaluation:
"At the age of 10, she stepped on the snowboard for the first time, and at the age of 17, she represented China as the youngest player at that time, and she won numerous medals along the way. Never skimping on time training, she knows what it means to accumulate thick hair. This winter, she is ready for her family's grand event. She hopes that more and more girls will be like her, to be with the snow, to take risks, to challenge, to ride the snow. ”
Cai Xuetong Winter Olympic Games Competition Time:
February 17, 9:30 a.m., Women's U-Shaped Track Skills Qualifier
February 18 at 9:30 a.m., Women's U-Shaped Venue Skills Final