This morning, Chinese skier Gu Ailing finally ushered in the "debut" of the Beijing Winter Olympics. In the freestyle ski women's big jump qualifier, she made a mistake in the second ski, but the first and third jumps played steadily, ranking fifth out of 26 runners with 161.25 points, and there was a thrilling advance to the final tomorrow morning. According to the schedule, the final will start tomorrow at 10 a.m.
The big jump was previously considered to be Gu Ailing's "sub-event", she had the least experience in the event, and also reached the highest podium in the international competition of the senior group at the latest. Before this season, Gu Ailing participated in only a few official big jumping competitions: at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, she won the gold medal in the crowd; in the 2021 World Extreme Games and the World Championships, she won the third place in succession.
Last summer, Gu Ailing, who aspired to three gold rushes, began to focus on the difficulty of the big jump. At the End of Last Year's World Cup in the United States, Gu Ai successfully landed a difficult action in the third jump of the final, and won the championship in the world cup of the project for the first time. It was also her only "warm-up match" before the Beijing Winter Olympics.
A total of 26 athletes participated in the Beijing Winter Olympics Women's Freestyle Ski Jumping Competition, which was divided into three rounds, taking the best results of the two rounds of different directions and ranking the rankings, and the top 12 advanced to the final. This is not only Gu Ailing's "debut" of the Winter Olympics, but also the first time that Chinese athletes have appeared in the Big Jumping Competition of the Winter Olympics. The big jump was a new event for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, when there was only a big jumping platform for snowboarding, and the Chinese team did not qualify for the competition, while the freestyle ski jump was a new event in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
In this qualifying match, Gu Ailing ranked fifth. Several of the world's biggest names who appeared in front of her were consistent and scored high. However, the "Frog Princess" was not affected by the opponent's excellent performance, and successfully completed the technical action of turning left for two weeks and deflecting the body at 1080 degrees, and made two grabs in the air, and then landed smoothly. In this jump, Gu Ailing scored 89.00 points, ranking third among all the players.
Due to the stable performance in the first round, Gu Ailing reduced the technical difficulty in the right turn in the second round, trying to ensure that he got valid points, but instead made mistakes. Due to the inaccurate landing position, Gu Ailing's right foot fell off the snowboard holder. With only 24.50 points, the jumping valley Ailing ranked 19th among all the players, and the total score after two rounds also fell to 16th.
The third time he slid, Gu Ailing chose the same action as the second round. She withstood the pressure and successfully completed the move, scoring 72.25 points, ranking third in the round, and locked up the final qualification near the end of the round with 161.25 points. In addition, Gu Ailing's main opponents for gold have basically all entered the final.
Yang Shuorui, an 18-year-old young player of the Chinese team, also participated in the qualifiers. Yang Shuorui began to participate in international competitions in 2019 and finished fourth at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. In the training a few days ago, Yang Shuorui was accidentally injured, but she still participated in the qualifiers and finally ranked 20th, missing the final.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Li Ge, Li Songlin, Wang Xiaoxiao, Fang Fei
Edited by Xie Yongli
Process Editor Wu Yue