Gu Ailing staged a "catwalk show" at the Winter Olympics
On the 7th, Gu Ailing will make his Winter Olympic debut in the freestyle ski jumping qualification tournament. In these two days, she has appeared on the Shougang Ski Jump for training.
Now, Gu Ailing is the "top class" of the Winter Olympics - walking on the catwalk show of the Winter Olympic equipment in the apartment, exchanging hats with German athletes, and being taken by the delegation athletes in turn...
Gu Ailing is so popular, naturally because of her strong personal strength. Before participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics, the title of an article by the International Snow Federation was "This season, Gu Ailing did nothing but win" - as the International Snow Federation said, since his return from injury on December 2, 2021, Gu Ailing has stood on the podium in 9 games in 37 days, winning a total of 6 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze, ending all the competitions before the Winter Olympics.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing will compete in three events: freestyle ski jumping, slope obstacle course and U-shaped field. It is difficult to participate in three competitions by one person, and Gu Ailing's opponents also hope to challenge her on the olympic stage.
So, who are Gu Ailing's opponents?
U-shaped venue, Gu Ailing season did not taste a defeat
In 37 days, he won 6 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze, which was Gu Ailing's performance before participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics. Among them, 5 gold and 1 silver are from The World Cup events, and 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze are from the professional event Fluxus Tour.
In these competitions, Gu Ailing has not lost 5 games in the U-shaped field competition, showing extremely strong dominance, and won the crystal ball symbolizing the championship of the season.
After Gu Ailing won the Crystal Ball Award, which symbolizes the World Cup points championship for the first time in her career, the International Snow Federation praised it: "Gu Ailing completed perhaps the greatest performance of the women's freestyle snowboard U-shaped venue. ”
Hildaru
In the U-shaped venue project of the Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing has the highest probability of winning the championship. Her biggest opponent in this event is Pyeongchang Olympic champion Kathy Sharp, and the other is Estonian Kelly Hildaru, who is also nicknamed "Genius Girl".
Canada's 29-year-old veteran Kathy Sharp is the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics champion and the king of difficulty in this project, her trump card is to make a 1260-degree turn in the U-shaped field, in addition to which she can also make 900-degree turns in a row, if Kathy Sharp can complete all the movements without flaws, it will pose a huge threat to Gu Ailing.
Hildaru and Gu Ailing are athletes of the same era, born in 2002, she is a year older than Gu Ailing. Hildaru became famous earlier than Gu Ailing, becoming the youngest champion in the history of the World Extreme Games at the age of 13.
Like Gu Ailing, Hildaru is highly competitive in the three projects she has participated in, and she will also play head-to-head with Gu Ailing.
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.
Hildaru has an advantage in slope obstacle course skills
Slope obstacle skills, strong enemies around
Compared with the U-shaped field, Gu Ailing faces more challenges in the slope obstacle course.
These include Hildaru, Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion Sarah Hovelin and france's now world number one, Tes Letiks, who will be Gu Ailing's rivals. Among them, Hildaru is the most powerful one in this project.
At the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics, Gu Ailing and Hildaru staged a "fairy fight". At that time, Gu Ailing won 2 gold and 1 silver, won the championship in both the U-shaped field and the big jump, and the only silver medal was lost to Hildaru by 0.5 points in the slope obstacle course.
Compared with the U-shaped field, Hildaru is more aggressive in slope obstacle course skills, and the 2021-2022 FIS Freestyle Ski Slope Obstacle Course World Cup in Stubai, Austria, Hildaru has just returned to win the championship, while Gu Ailing withdrew from the competition for some reason, and the two will meet again at the Winter Olympics.
For the Beijing Winter Olympics, Hildaru said: "Standing on the podium of the Olympic Games will mean a lot to me. I missed the last PyeongChang Winter Olympics due to injury, so it feels good to be back in the Olympic arena, and I am looking forward to the upcoming matches. ”
France's Tes Leticus
Big jump, looking forward to the first person in history
The freestyle ski jump is the youngest sport in the "Winter Olympic Family". The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is the "Winter Olympic Debut" of the freestyle ski jumping event, and the youngest of the "Six Brothers of the Winter Olympics" in freestyle skiing.
Because the freestyle ski jump is quite "young", most of the athletes belong to the part-time practice - the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the winter olympic points of the two sports of the big jump and the slope obstacle course are combined, so all the athletes of the big jump event will participate in the slope obstacle course at the same time.
In this project, Swiss star Grimo is known as the king of the big jump, and she completed the difficult action of 1440 degrees of forward skidding for two weeks in September 2020 and January 2021, which is more difficult than the positive skidding 1440 degrees completed by Gu Ailing when training.
In addition, France's Tes Letix, who is now the world's number one, also holds highly difficult moves. In the women's big jump competition of the World Extreme Games on January 21, she successfully challenged the 1620-degree super difficult action of the turn to win the championship, but the jumping angle of the World Extreme Games was higher.
But if she can jump the same action at the Winter Olympics, then both Grimor and Gu Ailing will face great challenges. In addition, Tatarina from the Russian Olympic team is also strong.