On February 10, China encountered Waterloo at a very certain gold rush. In the freestyle skiing aerial skills team final, the Chinese team sent Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu to compete. Xu Mengtao scored 106.03 points in his first appearance, and the Chinese team ranked first.
But in the second jump, the American Christopher Lillis challenged the difficulty of 5.0 and successfully completed it, scoring a high score of 135 points, which put a lot of psychological pressure on Jia Zongyang who came next. Under pressure, Jia Zongyang did not resist, landed directly forward flip, made a serious mistake, and only scored 96.02 points. After 2 rounds, the Chinese team scored 202.05 points and the American team 223.86 points, and the gap was widened.
In the third round, although Qi Guangpu scored 122.17 points to help the Chinese team recover some points, the United States' Justin Schönefeld completed the game steadily, scoring 114.48 points and locking up the gold medal. In the end, the total score of the American team was 338.34 points, and the total score of the Chinese team was 324.22 points.
The gold medal turned into a silver medal, and Jia Zongyang, who made a mistake in the final, was very upset, and his eyes were red. Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu both comforted him. Victory or defeat is a common thing, mistakes no one wants, and the second jump of the American player Christopher Lillis is really wonderful, and winning is also deserved.
Some media in the United States have called this day the "America Day" of the Winter Olympics. Indeed, the American team, which only won 1 gold medal in the first 5 days, ushered in a big outbreak on this day, winning 3 gold medals in a row. In addition to achieving upsets in the freestyle ski aerial skills group, American athletes also won gold medals in the women's U-shaped pool of snowboarding and figure skating men's singles.
It is worth mentioning that Chloe Kim, who won the gold medal in the women's U-shaped pool of snowboarding, has Korean parents. Chen Wei, who won the gold medal in figure skating in men's singles, is a Chinese whose father comes from a small place in rural Guangxi.
In the latest medal table, the American team rose to third place with 4 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze. In the first place is the Norwegian team, which has 5 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze. Germany came in second, they had 5 gold and 3 silver.
After Gu Ailing won the gold, the Chinese team did not have a gold medal for the time being, and only added the silver medal of the freestyle skiing aerial skill team. In the medal table, China's 3 gold and 3 silver have fallen to seventh.
On February 11, the Chinese team did not have any gold points, and the short track speed skating women's 1000 meters final could hit the medal. On February 12 and February 13, the Chinese team also did not have any gold rush points. Until February 14, the Chinese team had 2 gold points. Gu Ailing will impact the second gold medal of this Winter Olympics in the freestyle ski women's slope technique. Freestyle skiing women's aerial skills, China is also very strong.
In addition, on February 16, February 18 and February 19, the Chinese team had three gold points. Previously, at the Winter Olympics, the best result of the Chinese team was 5 gold medals. In this Winter Olympics, the Chinese team has won 3 gold medals, and there are still 5 gold points in the next step, which still has a chance to create a new history. Come on Chinese team!