Gu Ailing in the game. People's Daily reporter Hu Xuerong photographed
People's Daily Beijing, February 8 (Reporter Yang Lei) On February 8, the final of the freestyle ski women's big jump at the Beijing Winter Olympics began to compete. China's Gu Ailing won the championship with a perfect performance in the third jump. France's Tess Ludd was runners-up and Switzerland's Mathilde Grimaud was third.
The freestyle ski jump is one of the new events of the Beijing Winter Olympics. A total of 12 players participated in the final, and the competition was divided into three rounds, with the final score added up to the best results of the two completed actions of the athletes.
Gu Ailing waited for the referee to score. People's Daily reporter Hu Xuerong photographed
Based on the qualifying rankings, Gu Ailing made her 8th appearance, and she scored a high score of 93.75 points in the first jump, ranking second after the first round of competition. In the second jump, Gu Ailing scored 88.50 points, ranking third in total. In the last jump, Gu Ailing jumped out of the difficult action of turning 1620 degrees, and landed smoothly, and she got the highest score of 94.50 points in the whole game. In the end, Gu Ailing won the championship with a total score of 188.25 points.
Gu Ailing burst into tears with excitement. People's Daily reporter Hu Xuerong photographed
This is not only the first Olympic gold medal won by Gu Ailing, but also the first Olympic gold medal won by the Chinese women's snow sports. Next, Gu Ailing will also participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing U-shaped field and slope obstacle course competitions.