On February 7, Beijing time, in the final of the men's slope steeplechase at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Su Yiming won the silver medal with 88.70 points, Max Parrott of Canada won the gold medal with 90.96 points, and another Canadian player, Mark McMorris, won the bronze medal with 88.53 points. Although it is only a silver medal, Su Yiming still makes history. This is the second medal of the Chinese delegation at the Beijing Winter Olympics, after the Chinese short track speed skating relay won a gold medal.
In the previous qualifying round, Su Yiming ranked No. 1, and his performance was very outstanding, which made people see the hope of competing for medals!
Now in the final, because she ranked 1st in the qualifiers, Su Yiming can be the last to start!
In the first round of the competition, Su Yiming started on the right foot, turned 270 up, 270 down, front flip body, jumping platform area back foot 1440, reverse foot 1620, the last jump platform 1620 turn, the connection between the two 1620 is quite outstanding, the landing is stable, but because of the overall difficulty, Su Yiming only scored 78.38 points, ranking 4th after the first round.
In the second round, Su Yiming compared a heart before leaving, the action is very clean, standing very stable, the whole game is flowing, and completed the 1800 state action, after the action is completed, Su Yiming is very much looking forward to scoring, he hopes to be able to rise to the 1st! In the end, Su Yiming scored 88.70 points, rising to no. 2.
For such a score, Su Yiming is still disappointed, but also very helpless, the score is given by the referee.
After two rounds, Parrott was no. 1 with 90.96 points, Su Yiming was no. 2, and American Raymond Gerrard was no. 3 with 83.25 points.
In the final round, both Parot, who ranked No. 1, and Gerrard, who ranked No. 3, both made mistakes. Therefore, Su Yiming is getting closer and closer to the medal. In the end, Su Yiming fought, but unfortunately did not exceed 88.70 points and won the silver medal!
Shen Fangjian believes that the Canadian player won the championship and Su Yiming was pressed by the Canadian referee.