No one could have imagined that Su Yiming would be able to force a group of snowboard stars to slide into the slope obstacle course final of the Beijing Winter Olympics, after all, this is his first winter Olympic trip, and his best result in the World Cup this season is only 6th. But on February 6, in the first round of the men's slope steeplechase qualification tournament for snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Su Yiming took out a set of difficult moves and completed it steadily, obtaining a super high score of 86.80 points, ranking first in the qualifiers to advance to the final, which was a full 8.04 points higher than the second-ranked player.
Su Yiming celebrates winning the first place in the qualifier Pan Zhiwang
After two rounds of qualifying, 12 players will enter the final at noon on the 7th, and Chinese snowboard rising star Su Yiming ranked 28th to start. When Su Yiming came to the departure area, the cheers of the mountain tsunami sounded at the scene of the competition, and he was the only Chinese player in the competition.
Su Yiming set off. In the props area, Su Yiming completed two 540-degree rotational actions in a row, and when the "eaves" obstacle was blocked, he even made a vaudeville-like flip action, which caused a lot of applause at the competition scene. Subsequently, Su Yiming continuously completed 1260-degree movements, 1440-degree movements and 1620-degree actions in the jumping platform area, and each action was steadily landed. When Su Yiming slid to the end area, the scene was already completely boiling! Su Yiming also couldn't believe his eyes at all, after watching the live results announcement card play 86.80 points, he kept shouting: "Oh my God! It's incredible, oh my goodness! ”
After the first round of matches, Su Yiming did not give an interview to the media, but still clapped and celebrated with many people on the scene, and then quickly went to the departure area to prepare for the second round.
The on-site media interviewed Su Yiming and Deng Fangjia
Before the second round of competition, the slope obstacle course in Genting Ski Park was already crowded with media reporters, because Su Yiming had created history, he was the first male athlete in Chinese history to participate in the Winter Olympics, and he was full of gold medal hopes for the first time, and he was destined to become the "darling" of the media. In the second round of the competition, Su Yiming wanted to challenge more difficult moves but made mistakes, but this did not affect his strong promotion to the final with the first result of the qualification round. Everyone cheered and congratulated him.
Su Yiming completed the 1620-degree action Pan Zhiwang photography
After the game, he came to the mixed interview area, very methodically organized his clothes, and put on a mask with the national flag printed on it. The media scrambled to ask him questions, and he answered them one by one, very politely. He said: "I fulfilled my commitment and stood on the stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics. I was very touched by the fact that there were a lot of people supporting me, both in the departures and the ends. My mentality adjusted better in today's race, usually before this kind of competition will make people very nervous, but when I see my family and friends in the departure area, and think of a strong motherland behind me, I feel that there is nothing to worry about and nervous. The only thing I have to do is enjoy the game and focus on the game, including the final. In tomorrow's final, I'll probably choose more difficult moves to get a higher score. ”