On the morning of the 8th, the final of the beijing Winter Olympics freestyle ski women's big jump was launched at the Shougang ski jump.
In this high-level duel, China's famous Gu Ailing broke through his personal limit in the last slide on the basis of stable play, reversed his opponents, and won the gold medal with 188.25 points.
This is the first women's snow sports gold medal won by a Chinese athlete at the Winter Olympics, and the second gold medal in the snow sports event of the Winter Olympics in the history of the Chinese sports delegation.
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A total of 12 runners participated in the final, and the best results of two different movements in three coasting trips were added together to qualify the ranking. In this final, the world's top players played at the highest level. After the first two rounds of skating, this season's World Cup-ranked French star Ludder finished at the top of the table with a perfect performance, and Swiss Greymold, who is second in the World Cup, is in second place with 182.50 points. Gu Ailing's play was equally stable, trailing Greymore by just 0.25 points, in third place.
According to the rules of the competition, the order of appearance of the third round of the slide is determined according to the ranking of the first two rounds to preserve the suspense until the end. After the top nine finished the competition, the top three were still Led, Greymore and Gu Ailing. The Chinese girl has secured a medal, and if she wants to hit the championship, she must challenge the limits in the final jump and try more difficult moves.
Gu Ailing appeared, she chose the high difficult action of turning 1620 degrees on the left side and landed smoothly, which was the first time in her sports career to complete this difficult action. The action scored 94.50 points and rose to the first place with a total score of 188.25 points. After the score was scored, Gu Ailing also fell to his knees excitedly and cried with joy.
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Greymore, who then came on, failed to complete the technical move, and the total score fell to third place. Ludd challenged the 1880-degree ultra-difficult move, but the completion was not high, scoring 73.50 points, with a total score of 187.50 points, and won the silver medal.
Source Beijing Daily client reporter Li Ge Li Songlin Wang Xiaoxiao Fang Fei
Producer: Liu Hao
Edit: Su Yue
Process Editor Wu Yue