Not frustrated by the failure to rush to the podium Challenge yourself to enjoy the most "Four Dynasties Elders" and want to fight again in the Winter Olympics

Original title: Failed to rush to the podium without being frustrated Challenge yourself to enjoy yourself the most The "Four Dynasties Elders" still want to fight the Winter Olympics again

Today (February 10) morning, in the Beijing Winter Olympics women's snowboard U-shaped field skills final, China's three female players Cai Xuetong, Liu Jiayu and Qiu Leng played hand in hand, but in the end failed to achieve the goal of impacting the podium, Cai Xuetong won the fourth place, Liu Jiayu won the eighth place, and Qiu Leng, who entered the final of the Winter Olympics for the first time, won the 12th place. Although they eventually lost the medal, the fighting spirit of the Chinese Three Sisters is still touching. Among them, Liu Jiayu, a veteran of the four-time Winter Olympics, said that he would not retire and would struggle for another 4 years to participate in the next Winter Olympics.

The snowboard U-shaped field finals are held in three rounds, and the best results of the runners are ranked. All three Chinese players made mistakes in the competition, cai Xuetong and Qiu Leng's best results all appeared in the first round, and Liu Jiayu successfully completed the whole set of actions in the third round after the first two rounds of mistakes. In the end, Cai Xuetong ranked fourth with 81.25 points, Liu Jiayu ranked eighth with 73.50 points, and Qiu Leng ranked 12th with 53.75 points. American star Chloe King showed super strength, scoring 94.00 points in the first round, which was never surpassed, and she finally won the gold medal. Spain's Castellet finished second with 90.25 points and Japan's Tomita Seta finished third with 88.25 points.

In the final, Liu Jiayu made mistakes in the first two rounds of the slide, and did not complete the established ideas and tactics. After the game, she said: "I enjoy every moment of snowboarding, I will not retire, I will definitely continue to prepare for the next Winter Olympics." Talking about the final jump that successfully completed the whole set of movements, she said: "I didn't think about anything in the last jump, I just wanted to enjoy the moment. Preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics cycle, I developed a lot of actions and completed a lot of breakthroughs. I've always been happy, really, nothing frustrating, and I enjoy snowboarding. After preparing for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics for another 4 years, the outside world may say that I am trying to persevere, but for me, I am really enjoying, and I am very happy every day. And I've now found a coach who is a great fit for myself, and he gives me a lot of room to imagine. Because of him, I felt like I could go on. Next, I definitely want to strengthen my physical strength and make my physical fitness better and better. ”

Sixth in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, fifth in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and fourth in the 2020 Beijing Winter Olympics, Cai Xuetong continued to push his limits on the field of the Winter Olympics, "I am still very satisfied with my performance. Sadly, I didn't complete the set of moves I wanted to complete, and I was a little bit unlucky. Cai Xuetong said, "Originally the third trip should be to do a reverse foot 900 degrees, when jumping may still not be patient enough, a little anxious, did not give force." ”

After advancing to the final as the third place in the qualifiers, Cai Xuetong said that he would use difficult moves in the final. She slid for the first time in the final, and in her 10th appearance, she completed the set of actions relatively smoothly, and finally scored 81.25 points. Although the first skate is only in third place, it has laid the foundation for Cai Xuetong to play more difficult moves in the later competition. But unfortunately, her second slip made a mistake. Spain veteran Kralt Castellet scored 90.25 points in this slide, rushing to second place. Tomita Se also improved her score on the first slide. The last slip, Cai Xuetong has no way to retreat, only to let go. She played almost perfectly in the first half, but on the last jump, there were 180 degrees that could not be completed, which affected her entire set of action scores, and finally ended the game with a maximum score of 81.25 points in the first slide.

"I actually enjoyed it because I loved skiing, and today I was sad, not that I didn't enjoy it, I just felt like I didn't finish the set of moves I wanted to do, but I was still very happy about the process." Cai Xuetong shed tears as she spoke, "My goal is to push my limits, because I feel that this is what this sport teaches me." I just want to use my best potential and then challenge myself to the hardest moves to promote the sport. ”

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Qiu Leng: Fulfilling promises and leaving no regrets

Four years ago at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, qiu Leng, who was only 20 years old, was still a little confused, completely following the rhythm of others, and finally only ranked 16th in the qualifiers and failed to reach the final. Yesterday, she pressed the line to reach the final and said that she would not be conservative anymore. In today's final, she challenged herself, hitting 1,080 degrees on the third slide, and although she made a mistake in the end, she said she had no regrets.

Reporter: After the thrilling promotion to the final in yesterday's qualifiers, you said that you would not be conservative when you entered the final, how do you feel about today's three jumps?

Qiu Leng: My wish was fulfilled, but the action was not done ideally, and it was a bit of a mistake. The first trip I wanted to do a 900 degree, two 720 degrees, but the first 720 degrees down was not handled well, resulting in my second 720 degrees not connected, because there was no speed. The second trip was a mistake, so I had to fight anyway on the third trip, and I didn't think there was a difference between sixth and twelfth places. At that time, my foreign teacher suggested that I only do one 900 degree and two 720 degrees for the third time, but I insisted on hitting 1080 degrees, although I did not stand, but I had no regrets.

Reporter: Actually, after listening to what you said yesterday, we are a little worried, because we need to find a balance between stability and difficulty. If you want to rush the difficulty, then the risk will also increase, have you ever thought about this?

Qiu Leng: I thought about it, because my goals are different from those of Sister Tong (Cai Xuetong). Her level is higher than mine, so her goal is to rush to the gold medal, I don't have this task, so I said that as long as I get to the final, I don't have to be conservative. There may still be a little chance to fight, if you don't fight, there will be nothing. This Winter Olympics will be held at the "doorstep", and the guarantees in all aspects are particularly good, and if I do not do my best, I am afraid that I will regret it later.

Reporter: Judging from today's final, the three Japanese players are at a good level, which shows that in the field of U-shaped venue skills, Japanese male and female players are making rapid progress.

Qiu Leng: The performance of Japanese athletes is really good and their strength is very strong, but the progress of Chinese athletes in this project in recent years is also obvious, and they have formed a certain team advantage. Because of the epidemic, we have had fewer opportunities to go out to participate in competitions and exchanges in the past two years, and I believe that as long as we are given more time, we will do better.

Reporter: This is your second time participating in the Winter Olympics, compared to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics 4 years ago, what is your own change?

Qiu Leng: I feel that my goal is clearer. In the last edition, because of his younger age, he felt that he was in a state of ignorance, and the goal of the competition was not very clear. But now I know what I want and what I can do to achieve my goals. This time, although I reached the final, my ranking was not ideal, which made me see where my gap and future goals are, which is the harvest.

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The best result in the history of Chinese girls is a silver medal

The snowboarding U-shaped track technique was first established at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Since 2006, Chinese female athletes have competed in the event at five Winter Olympics, the last three of which have been four fully participated, with the best result being runner-up, which Liu Jiayu won at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Liu Jiayu is a veteran player of the Chinese team in this project. Since the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she has competed in four consecutive editions, with the first three being fourth, ninth and silver. Another "Four Dynasties Elders" in the Chinese squad is Cai Xuetong, who finished 23rd at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, sixth at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and went further at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics to finish fifth.

Qiu Leng is competing in the Winter Olympics for the second time, and at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics four years ago, she finished only 16th in the qualifying round and failed to advance to the final. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, she ranked 12th in the qualifying round and pressed the line to enter the final, which was also her first time in the final of the Winter Olympic Games. Another Chinese girl, Wu Shaotong, who regrets not being able to make it to the final stage, is participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time.

Tidbits

Eat bean sachets for comfort

Yesterday morning, in the Beijing Winter Olympics women's snowboard U-shaped track skills qualifier, Maltese athlete Janice Spitery made a mistake in the first round of skating, standing in the end zone, she took a bean paste bag from her pocket and ate it while waiting for the score to be announced. In an interview after the game, she said: "I took two bean paste buns before I went out in the morning, but I didn't finish eating them. I made a mistake in the first round of skating, standing there I suddenly found that there was a bean paste bag in my pocket, so I wanted to simply take a bite, soothe my wounded heart after the mistake, and give myself a little sweetness. ”

In the second round of skating, although Spitery did not make any major mistakes, the difficulty of the action and the height of the air were not high, and finally won the 21st place in the qualification round, and did not qualify for the final. Walking off the venue, she looked very excited in front of a large number of reporters, and even took out her mobile phone to take a group photo with all the reporters present, and then she said with some regret: "I hope that today is my day, although it is not, but I am also very happy." ”

Spitery said: "After coming here, I like to eat bean sandbags very, very much, three times a day, two in the morning, two in the middle and two in the evening. This morning the game was very early, I didn't have much appetite, and I didn't finish eating the bean paste. After the first round of gliding, I suddenly found that I still had unfinished bean paste in my pocket, so I thought about taking it out and taking a bite. ”

In 2018, Spitery missed the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics due to injury, but she caught up with the Beijing Winter Olympics and became the opening ceremony standard-bearer. "I'm proud to be the only athlete in Malta to compete in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and if my grandfather knew I was wearing a sportswear with the Maltese flag on it to the Winter Olympics, he would be proud of me," Spitery said. Malta is not big, and many people don't even know that she exists, but if I let many people know about Malta, then I will be even more proud, Malta is really beautiful, welcome everyone to come. ”

Speaking about the Beijing Winter Olympics, Spitery said that everything here is perfect, she said: "The venue is really beautiful, the track is very difficult, the atmosphere of the competition is very good, everyone is friendly, I have a lot of fun here." In particular, the epidemic prevention here is very good, and I feel very safe here. (Li Yuanfei, Chen Jiakun, Deng Fangjia, Li Ge, Pan Zhiwang)