Chongli, Hebei, 9 Feb (Xinhua) -- On February 9, the snowboard U-shaped track skills qualification tournament was held in Chongli Genting Ski Park. Japan's Hirano's Bumon and America's Chloe Kim won first place in the men's and women's qualifying tournaments. China's Cai Xuetong, Liu Jiayu and Qiu Leng advanced to the women's final, while the four male players missed the final.
The Snowboard U-Shaped Track Skills Qualifier is divided into two rounds, and the best results of the players are used as the final result to be ranked, and the top 12 advance to the final.
In the women's side, Four Chinese athletes, Cai Xuetong, Liu Jiayu, Wu Shaotong and Qiu Leng, competed.
In the first round of the game, Liu Jiayu was the first to appear, fell in the U pool in the third action, and only scored 15.25 points. In the second round of the competition, Liu Jiayu played steadily, scoring 72.25 points and successfully advancing to the final.
After advancing to the final, Liu Jiayu said that the final would "amplify the move". "I will play very happy and relaxed at my own Blessed Land Genting Ski Park, and tomorrow you will pray for me."
Another Winter Olympic "Four Dynasties Elder" Cai Xuetong scored a high score of 83.25 in the first round with a set of flowing movements. She made a difficult move mistake in the second round and finished third in the round.
"The second jump wants to do a good job of the back side (inner rotation), but unfortunately it is not done, let's continue to refuel tomorrow." The final will definitely increase the difficulty, or the four years of hard work will be wasted. Cai Xuetong said after the game.
Wu Shaotong made mistakes in two consecutive rounds and missed the final. Qiu Leng finished 12th after two rounds and advanced to the line.
PyeongChang Winter Olympic champion Chloe King finished first in qualifying. Cai Xuetong believes that she brings not only pressure but also motivation, "Chloe skates very well, I have been challenging her. Playing with her is a very interesting and enjoyable thing."
In the men's area, the Chinese team Gu Ao, Fan Xuebing, Wang Ziyang and Gao Hongbo joined hands to achieve full participation for the Chinese team for the first time, but ultimately missed the final.
Fan Xuebing said after the game that the current gap with high-level athletes is in action and height, and the next Olympic cycle will continue to make up for the lack.
Japan's Hirano Bumon played perfectly and came first after two rounds of matches. Snowboard star Sean White made a mistake in the first round, and in the second round, he scored 86.25 points with a consistent set of difficult moves, ranking fourth to advance to the final.
The women's final will be played on February 10 and the men's final will be played on February 11. (End)