(Beijing Winter Olympics) China's "double sisters" did not qualify for the snowboard women's U-shaped venue podium The Talented American Girl successfully defended her title
Zhangjiakou, China News Service, February 10 (Reporter Wang Yu Chen Lin) On February 10, the final of the women's u-shaped venue for snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics staged a fierce competition. In the end, Chinese athletes failed to stand on the podium for two consecutive Winter Olympics, cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu, who are also the "elders of the four dynasties", won the fourth and eighth places respectively, and the American genius girl Chloe Jin successfully defended the title.
On February 10, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Snowboarding Women's U-Shaped Track Skills Final was held at Zhangjiakou Genting Ski Park. American Chloe King won the gold medal in the event. Pictured is American player Chloe King at the match. Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
At the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago, Liu Jiayu, who was in good shape, won the runner-up in the women's U-shaped field, which was also the first medal won by the Chinese team in the event. Cai Xuetong, who won many titles such as the World Cup in the international arena, eventually ranked fifth. After four years of preparation, the singleboard "Double Sister", which represents the highest level of The Chinese women's U-shaped venue, will also aim at the podium.
In the qualifying round the day before, Cai Xuetong successfully locked in the final qualification with his outstanding performance in the first round of skating. Liu Jiayu, after experiencing the first round of mistakes, withstood the pressure in the second round and ranked seventh to advance to the final. Looking forward to the final, the two said that they would "be difficult".
In today's final, Liu Jiayu made an unfavorable start and made mistakes in the first two slides, failing to complete the set of actions. In the final round, she showed a more secure set of moves, and finally scored 73.5 points, ranking eighth. After the game, she explained that no matter what the result, she wanted to be able to finish the game on her feet, "I want to convey the idea that no matter what position you are in, as long as you insist on believing in yourself, you will be able to stand up and enjoy sports." ”
On February 10, the beijing 2022 Winter Olympics snowboarding women's U-shaped track skill final was held at The Genting Ski Park in Zhangjiakou, and China's Liu Jiayu ranked eighth. The picture shows Liu Jiayu in the game. Photo by Zhai Yujia, a reporter from China News Service
From practicing snowboarding in 2003 to participating in the Winter Olympics four times and winning a silver medal, Liu Jiayu said that she loved every day of the sport, and she also said that she would continue to prepare for the next Winter Olympics, "The reason I persevered was because I believed that I could have a better breakthrough." When asked by a reporter what her next dream was, she replied firmly: "Gold medal!" ”
Cai Xuetong, who is also the elder of the four dynasties of the Winter Olympics, played steadily in the first round of the final, ranking in the top three with 81.25 points. However, in the next two taxis, she made different degrees of mistakes, failed to achieve a new breakthrough, and finally ranked fourth. The four Winter Olympics went from 23rd to 4th, just one step away from reaching the podium, and the result brought her to tears after the game.
"In fact, the state and feeling of my gliding is very good, the luck is slightly worse, the final action is not successful, if the success may be different, the result may be different, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable," Cai Xuetong said that he originally wanted to do a 900-degree turn on the back foot on the third glide, but unfortunately failed to succeed, "when I jumped, I was still not patient enough, and I was a little anxious and did not give the force." ”
On February 10, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Snowboarding Women's U-Shaped Track Skills Final was held at Zhangjiakou Genting Ski Park. China's Cai Xuetong came in fourth. The picture shows Chinese player Cai Xuetong in the competition. Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
Asked if she was still holding out until the next Winter Olympics, she said she hadn't considered it yet, and she needed to digest today's game first, "I hope you pay more attention to this project, if I still have the ability to constantly challenge my limits or explore my potential, I will continue." 」 ”
The women's u-shaped track championship for snowboarding was won by American talented girl Chloe King. She scored a super high score of 94 points in the first round of the final and eventually defended her title. Spain's veteran Castellet, who competed for the Winter Olympics for the fifth time, and Japan's Tomitase Naina tomi tomi was second and third respectively. Another Chinese player, Qiu Leng, was ranked 12th. (End)
Source: China News Network