Life is often imperfect, but as long as you work hard, there are no regrets. On February 10, the Beijing Winter Olympics snowboarding women's U-shaped track skills final ended in Zhangjiakou Genting Ski Park, Cai Xuetong, Liu Jiayu and Qiu Leng entered the final, although they missed the medal in the end, but on the field, they still flipped and flew with full force.
Cai Xuetong CFP
The youngest of the three contestants was Qiu Leng in 1997, who eventually finished 13th. Liu Jiayu and Cai Xuetong are veterans of the fourth Winter Olympics. Liu Jiayu's best result was a silver medal, Cai Xuetong was fifth, and both were eager to make a breakthrough at the Winter Olympics on their doorstep.
Born in 1992, Liu Jiayu achieved outstanding results, winning gold at the 2009 Snowboard World Championships, making history for the Chinese team, Liu Jiayu won the fourth place at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Liu Jiayu won the ninth place at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and Liu Jiayu won the silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on February 4, she and Chongqing cross-country skier Wang Qiang took a solemn oath as athlete representatives.
Jiayu Liu CFP
However, in today's final, Liu Jiayu made a mistake in playing poorly, withdrew from the championship ranks early, and finally finished eighth.
Cai Xuetong, born in 1993, is the closest to the medal in Jinhuali, China today.
On February 18, 2010, cai Xuetong, who was only 16 years old at the time, was the youngest female skater in the snowboarding event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, when she failed both skates in the preliminary rounds, ending her first Winter Olympic trip. "If you don't play well, if you don't grasp the technology well, you still can't let go." While the little girl summed herself up after the game, she did not forget to chase her idol in the U-shaped field, American athlete White, "So handsome! ”
Twelve years later, at the age of 28, she is already participating in the Winter Olympics for the fourth time, but her original intention remains the same, "The fourth time it feels like the first time, enjoying the Winter Olympic Games." Cai Xuetong said that he was looking forward to it and was very happy every time he participated.
Cai Xuetong is in good shape in the 2021-2022 season, winning the World Cup championship for the seventh time. She showed a good competitive state during the preliminaries, and after the game, she also talked about the music during the game, which was very relaxed, and said that she would do more difficult moves in the final.
The final rounds are held in three rounds, with the highest result as the final result. Cai Xuetong began to take out high-difficulty moves from the second slide, two 900 spins plus a 1080 spin, which was the difficulty and choreography that she had not presented in previous competitions. Although she eventually finished fourth and rubbed shoulders with the medal, Cai Xuetong showed herself to the fullest on the field.
Gu Ailing watched the game on the spot
It is worth mentioning that Gu Ailing, who had a competition in Zhangjiakou next, also came to the scene to cheer for the three female snowboard players. As a participant in the snow sports, Gu Ailing encouraged everyone and hoped to show herself to the world with her best personal performance.
Upstream journalist Bao Jing