(Beijing Winter Olympics) The third gold of the Chinese delegation: Gu Ailing jumped on the stage to reverse the victory
Beijing, 8 Feb (China News Service) -- On 8 February, the Shougang freestyle ski jump witnessed the birth of the third gold medal of the Chinese delegation at the Winter Olympics. In the women's final, China's Gu Ailing completed the super difficult action of 1620-degree rotation in the last jump quite stably, thus reversing the opponent to win the championship.
On February 8, the final of the beijing Winter Olympics freestyle ski women's big jump was held in shougang ski jump, and 12 top athletes participated in the competition. After three rounds of competition, China's Gu Ailing won the championship with a total score of 188.25 points. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
This is the third gold medal won by the Chinese sports delegation at the Winter Olympics, and the first gold medal in snow sports won by Chinese female athletes at the Winter Olympics. Also more significant is the first women's freestyle ski jump gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics.
As a new event for the Beijing Winter Olympics, many freestyle skiers have participated in this competition. Although Gu Ailing is quite strong, her big jump training time is only about a year, in this event, France's Tess Ludd and Switzerland's Matilde Grimau are quite competitive.
The day's competition was dominated by a competition of these three men. In the first round, Gu Ailing chose her best move, 1440 degree turn, which was her move to win the World Cup this season. She was sliding out of the field, taking off quite smoothly, landing very steadily, and got a high score of 93.75.
Tess Ludd's first round revealed the most difficult move for women's current 1620-degree turns, which she won at the World Extreme Games last month. Her performance was also quite stable, with three referees scoring a high score of 95 points, and the final average score was 94.50, surpassing Gu Ailing to rank first.
In the second round, Mathilde Grimor was equally difficult, scoring 93.25 points with a 1440-degree turn. Tess Ludd also chose a 1440-degree turn, but the aerial grip was more difficult, and the center of gravity was slightly unstable when landing, but still received a high score of 93.00. Gu Ailing's second round was slightly less difficult, scoring 88.50 points.
On February 8, the final of the beijing Winter Olympics freestyle ski women's big jump was held in shougang ski jump, and 12 top athletes participated in the competition. After three rounds of competition, China's Gu Ailing won the championship with a total score of 188.25 points. After learning of winning the championship, Gu Ailing fell to her knees and wept. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
After two rounds, Gu Ailing ranked third. The crucial third round of three-man reverse order. Gu Ailing, who took the lead, chose a move she had never tried in the game - the left side of the body turned 1620 degrees to grab the board, but her performance was quite outstanding, with a high score of 94.50, and the overall result jumped to the first place.
Mathilde Grimor and Tess Ludder both made mistakes, scoring 26.00 and 73.50 points, respectively. The total result of the final was the best of the two rounds, and Gu Ailing surpassed Tess Ludder's 187.50 points with 188.25 points to win the gold medal in the freestyle ski jump.
Gu Ailing said after the game that the reason why she was difficult was to break through herself. "Skiing has promoted my growth, taught me to stand up when I fell, and helped me make a lot of friends, and I hope that through my experience, more people will experience skiing and try more."
IOC President Bach and Gu Ailing boxing celebrations. Photo by Mao Jianjun, reporter of China News Service
Mathilde Grimor, who won the bronze medal, said after the match that the competition that day was rather "crazy" and that everyone was constantly breaking through themselves. "Gu Ailing is extremely talented, she has a special place in the ski world, she can not only inspire us to work hard, I believe it can also lead more Chinese to participate in this sport." Silver medalist Tess Ludd said Gu Ailing worked very hard and she deserved the gold medal.
This Year's Winter Olympics Gu Ailing participated in three sports competition. Next, she will move to Zhangjiakou To participate in freestyle skiing U-shaped track and slope obstacle course competitions. (End)