Inspire each other and go hand in hand (when the event is in progress)

Pictured: Jia Zongyang in the game. Photo by Wu Zhuang, Xinhua News Agency: Qi Guangpu at the game. Photo by Jiang Yushi, reporter of this newspaper: Xu Mengtao in the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wu Zhuang

On the evening of February 10, the Yunding Ski Park in zhangjiakou division of the Beijing Winter Olympics entered the freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team competition for the first time in the Winter Olympics, and the top three were determined here. The Chinese team won the silver medal, creating the team's best winter Olympic record in this event. The United States won the championship and the Canadian team won the bronze medal.

Freestyle skiing aerial skills are a project of chance and uncertainty, and the player's on-the-spot performance is crucial. At the two Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills World Cups in Luka, Finland, in December 2021, the Chinese team won consecutive mixed team events, showing strong momentum. Coming to the Winter Olympic Games, the young Swiss team and the American team with high difficult moves, etc., the strength can not be underestimated.

According to the rules of the Beijing Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills Mixed Team Competition, each participating team must send at least one female player to compete, and each person will complete a jump per round. Six teams compete directly in the two rounds of the final, with the top four teams advancing to the second round.

In the second jump of the first round, the Swiss men's players suddenly took a move with a difficulty factor of 5.000 and scored a high score of 128.00 points. Jia Zongyang, the Chinese player who then appeared, withstood the pressure and completed his action perfectly, and also scored a high score of 124.78 points. In the end, the Chinese team scored 336.89 points in the three jumps, ranking first and advancing to the second round of the final.

In the second round of the final, China, the United States, Canada and Switzerland competed for the final place. Xu Mengtao, who took the lead in jumping, took out the highest difficulty among the female players. Jumping, taking off, landing steadily, even the snowflakes on the snowboard seem to be cheering for her.

106.03 points! It was the highest score of any female player of the night. In Xu Mengtao's view, the most important thing in a team game is that everyone completes their own actions, forms a team synergy, and goes hand in hand. "As the first female player to start, I set myself the goal that my movements can 'stand' and lay a good foundation for my teammates who will leave later." After the game, Xu Mengtao said.

Starting with the second jump, swiss and American players have increased their difficulty, making single-jump scores record highs. Jia Zongyang chose to fight steadily and set off according to the original plan. There was no problem with taking off and taking off, but when landing, due to the imbalance of the center of gravity forward, it was forced to do one more front flip, which affected the overall score and temporarily lagged behind. Although Qi Guangpu, who started the last jump, completed his own moves well, the Chinese team ultimately failed to achieve a rebound. After the game, Jia Zongyang wept with regret, teammate Xu Mengtao came forward to hug him for the first time, and Qi Guangpu also sent him comfort and encouragement.

Xu Mengtao said that the team will settle down and carefully summarize and jointly prepare for the freestyle ski women's aerial skills and men's aerial skills competitions that will begin on February 13 and 15.

People's Daily ( 2022-02-11 09 edition)