On February 10, the two major Chinese advantage events of the Beijing Winter Olympics were held successively, and in the final of the women's U-pool skill of snowboarding and the mixed team final of freestyle skiing aerial skills, a total of 6 athletes from China competed, five of whom were the elders of the four dynasties of the Winter Olympics, they were Cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu of the women's U-shaped pool, Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu of the aerial skills.
Due to the presence of a number of experienced veterans and the strength is still outstanding, it is generally optimistic that China is expected to win these two gold medals in a single day before the game. But unfortunately, the final result was a little disappointing, the women's U-shaped pool, Cai Xuetong had the best results, only won the fourth place; Liu Jiayu won the eighth place. The aerial skill mixed team, the Chinese team composed of three veterans, finally won the silver medal because of Jia Zongyang's mistake in the final, second only to the United States.
As a winter Olympics held at the doorstep of their homes, veterans including Cai Xuetong, Liu Jiayu, Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang, Qi Guangpu, etc., are all embarking on the journey of the Winter Olympics for the fourth time, although many of them have fallen ill because of years of training and competition, but in order to realize the dream of Olympic champions, they have chosen to persevere. In the past ten years of their careers, several of them have long been the champions in the domestic arena and the world championships, the World Championships, the World Cup are not a word, the only regret is that they have never reached the highest podium of the Winter Olympics, so this time they are determined to win.
In the women's U-shaped pool final, Cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu faced the defending champion, the talented girl Chloe King from the United States, and as a result, in the first round of the final, Chloe King slid out of a nearly perfect high score of 94 points, almost locking the gold medal in advance. Perhaps because of the pressure of the opponent and the burden of the game at home, Cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu failed to perform wonderfully, failed to exceed the high score of Chloe King in the first round of the three rounds, and even made major mistakes, and finally left regrets again, which can only be moving.
In the air skill mixed team competition, as a new sub-event added to the Beijing Winter Olympics, it can almost be said that it is tailor-made for the Chinese team with outstanding comprehensive strength, after all, the strength of the Chinese team is more prominent, as long as it is played normally, basically no opponent can impact them. In fact, the progress of the competition is indeed like this, in the first round of the final, Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang, Qi Guangpu three jumps perfectly, strong first place to enter the final. In the final showdown, Xu Mengtao's first jump was quite a perfect start, establishing a leading edge, but Jia Zongyang in the second jump made a major mistake in rolling a circle when he landed, perhaps because he was distressed by his own mistakes, he had some collapse when he landed and slid, almost hysterical shouting venting. Although the last Qi Guangpu did his best, the American team, which was still difficult to perform perfectly in the three jumps, ranked second. After the game, the three veterans hugged together, and the scene was heart-wrenching. But the silver medal is still a hero, paying tribute to every athlete who tried his best.