In the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team competition, the chinese team that won the championship and won the biggest favorite unfortunately won a silver medal. For hosts who had won all the World Cup events before the Winter Olympics, runners-up meant defeat to some extent. Freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed group is a new project of the Beijing Winter Olympics, in order for the Chinese legion to get good results at the doorstep, but also to break the spell of freestyle skiing aerial skills "cashier", the establishment of this project, in the eyes of many people, is actually for the Chinese freestyle ski team "tailor-made". But to everyone's surprise, the Chinese team let the gold medal slip away from the fingertips this time. Although the game has ended, this battle still continues to generate a torrent of public opinion in the domestic sports world.
In the Chinese Winter Olympics, freestyle skiing aerial skills are undoubtedly one of the traditional advantages. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the fledgling Han Xiaopeng won the first Olympic gold medal of his career in the final, and also helped the Chinese freestyle ski team fill the gap of the Olympic champion. Since Han Xiaopeng, this glorious division has never stood on the highest podium of the Olympic Games. As everyone said, "every time it is a favorite to win the championship, it has super strength, and it has the title of world champion, but in the end it is in the Olympic Games." From ski princess Li Nina, to Xu Mengtao in Sochi 8 years ago, to Jia Zongyang in Pyeongchang 4 years ago, to the mixed group in Beijing, the Chinese team seems to have become a silver medal "professional household".
In this Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu are all participating in the Winter Olympics for the fourth time, and they chose to complete the curtain performance in 2022, hoping to get the Olympic gold medal that has been waiting for 20 years at their doorstep. From the perspective of the mixed team final, the strength of the three players of the Chinese team is in its own gear, as long as there are no mistakes, even if they do not come up with the highest difficulty, they can steadily collect the gold medal. But in the second round, Jia Zongyang accidentally lost his hand when he landed, scoring only 96 points, and Qi Guangpu, who played last, did not impact the difficulty of 5.0, and in the end, they won the silver with a total score of 324.22.
After the game, Jia Zongyang was very remorseful, and his eyes were full of tears in an interview, he said that he lost the gold medal because of his mistakes, betrayed the trust of the team and teammates, and also failed all the people who supported our project. The results have been determined, and for the three veterans and the Chinese audience, it is necessary to learn to accept reality. What is heartwarming is that teammates Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu have been encouraging Jia Zongyang after the award ceremony. Domestic netizens also expressed their concern for Jia Zongyang, and left messages on their social platforms, "Jia Zongyang, you are the best", "You stand on the Olympic field, it is already a victory", "No injury is good, the single race continues to refuel".
After a night of adjustment, Jia Zongyang also specially replied to netizens, he said that his current physical condition is very good, will try to compare with the next game, please continue to cheer for the Chinese team. The silver medal of the mixed group made many people sigh, "Freestyle skiing aerial skill project, the Chinese team fell into the spell of Olympic runner-up." So, in the men's and women's singles competitions after that, can Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu completely break it? Let's wait and see!
(Luo Treasurer)