People's Daily Beijing, February 7 (Reporter Yang Lei) On February 7, the Beijing Winter Olympics snowboarding men's slope slalom skills final began to compete, the first time to participate in the Winter Olympics of China's 17-year-old Su Yiming a blockbuster, in the final field of the master Rulin, with his outstanding performance in the second jump, with 88.70 points successfully won a silver medal! This is not only the first time that the Chinese team has qualified for the project, but also the first Winter Olympic medal for Chinese men's snowboarding, and Su Yiming's silver medal has also created history!
After yesterday's qualifying round, a total of 12 players reached the final today, including Canada's Max Parrott and defending champion Redmond Gerrard and other masters. The 12 players will play in three rounds, with the highest individual score in the three rounds as the final score. Due to the first place in yesterday's qualifiers, Su Yiming came in the last place today.
In the first round of the competition, Su Yiming showed a good competitive state, he successfully completed the whole set of actions, and finally scored 78.38 points. In the second round, Su Yiming improved the difficulty of the action, and successfully completed the difficult action of turning 1800 degrees in the last jump, and he scored 88.70 points. In the third round, Su Yiming did not use his highest difficulty - turning 1980 degrees, scoring 66.58 points. In the end, Su Yiming successfully won a silver medal with his excellent performance in the second jump.
Canada's Max Parrott won the title with a 90.96 points in the second jump and his compatriot Mark McMorris finished third.
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