On the evening of February 10, the Beijing Winter Olympics new event freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team competition kicked off. The Chinese team, known as the "Master of Kings", ranked first in the first round and advanced to the second round of the final.
In this final, there were 6 teams participating in the final, including The Chinese team, the Russian Olympic Committee team, the Belarusian team, the Canadian team, the American team and the Swiss team, and the Chinese team ranked last. According to the format, each team is played by 3 athletes, which can be two men and one woman, or two women and one man. The six teams participating in this competition are all two men and one woman. The Chinese team sent Xu Mengtao, Qi Guangpu and Jia Zongyang, three "Elders of the Four Dynasties".
On February 10, 2022, Jia Zongyang participated in the IC Photo chart of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills Mixed Team Final
The first jump of each team was played by female players, and the Chinese team Xu Mengtao made the last appearance. Her movements are toggle backwards for 3 weeks, turning 1080 degrees, with a difficulty factor of 4.293.
Xu Mengtao completed this action well, but in the third week he had a bent knee and touched the snow with his hands on landing. Xu Mengtao scored 94.01 points, ranking second among the six players, 10.3 points behind The United States' Caldwell.
Jia Zongyang played second, he landed steadily, graceful posture in the air, scored 124.78 points, and the group score temporarily ranked first.
Qi Guangpu played third, he scored 118.10 points, and the Chinese team ranked first with 336.89 points, steadily entering the second round.
First round results
According to the rules, the four teams with the best results in the first round will advance to the second round of the final, which will determine the final result. The three teams that also advanced included the United States, Canada and Switzerland.
Entering the second round, China's Xu Mengtao scored 106.03 points, but Jia Zongyang made a mistake in the second jump and scored 96.02 points; the United States scored 135.00 points with the difficulty of the second jump Christopher Lilis 5.000, ranking second. In the final jump, Qi Guangpu scored 122.17 points, and the Third Jump or 114.48 points of the American team.
In the end, the United States team won the gold medal with a total score of 338.34 points, the Chinese team won the silver medal with 324.22 points, and the Canadian team won the bronze medal.
Second round results
Historically, freestyle skiing aerial skills were China's dominant sport. China's first snow sports medal and gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics came from this team.
The freestyle ski aerial skill mixed team is a new event added to the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the Chinese team is one of the big favorites for winning the event. In the World Cup competition last December, the Chinese team won two mixed team gold medals.