At the Beijing Winter Olympics, the freestyle ski aerial skills mixed team final has come to an end, the Chinese team won the silver, and the current number of medals in China has reached 3 gold and 3 silver, ranking 7th. In this final, three Chinese veterans came out, namely Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu, all three of whom are the fourth time to compete in the Winter Olympics, proper "elder-level" players; by the three of them at the helm, making the project a gold point, attracting much attention.
In the first round of the final, the three veterans of the Chinese Legion played very well, especially Jia Zongyang, who jumped out of a high score of 124.78 points to help the team surpass the United States and rise to the first place; then the third player, Qi Guangpu, jumped 118.10 points, helping the team continue to rank first and advance to the second round of the final as the first.
In the second round of the final, Xu Mengtao played well, scoring the best of the three people with a score of 106.03 points. However, Jia Zongyang, who appeared in the second place, made a significant mistake in this jump, and did not stand firmly in the front flip when landing, resulting in a score of only 96.02 points; in contrast, the result of the United States in this round was 135 points jumped by Lilis; in the end, Qi Guangpu failed to achieve a rebound and ranked second.
After the game, Jia Zongyang cried, and teammates Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu have been comforting him; in an interview, Jia Zongyang has been choking, saying that this is really an indescribable feeling, and no one can understand my current mood. Indeed, Jia Zongyang won the bronze medal at the Sochi Winter Olympics, the silver medal at the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and this time hoped to attack the gold medal at the doorstep but eventually lost, he was more uncomfortable than anyone, and none of us could understand his mood at the moment.
After that, Jia Zongyang went on to say: Looking back on the four years of preparation, from the coaches to the staff, every day training has made sufficient preparations, and this time because of personal mistakes lost the gold medal, betrayed the trust of the team and teammates, and also failed all the people who supported our project, I am really sorry! Jia Zongyang does not need to say sorry, there is a lot of uncertainty in competitive sports, especially in this extreme sports, mistakes are also reasonable, as long as they do not live up to their efforts.
It is worth mentioning that after the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, he had an accident in a training session, resulting in a crushing fracture of the tibia of his legs, a rupture of the fibula and a ruptured medial ankle joint, which almost broke his career; in order to recover from the injury, 22 steel nails and 2 steel plates were implanted in his body. It was his spirit of indomitability that left a wonderful performance for everyone at the next Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and Beijing Winter Olympics.
Netizens have also left messages in the comment area to encourage, very warm: people are fine, silver medals are also great! Laugh at success or failure, keep up the good work, and continue to achieve good results! The pressure was too great, but the silver medal was also outstanding! Indeed, for this veteran, how eager he is to get a gold medal; he tried his best, we can't deny his excellence and his efforts because of a single mistake, and he is still such an "Iron Man" with multiple steel nails implanted in his body, pay tribute to the veteran!