Qi Guangpu, | of the Beijing Winter Olympics, explained why he did not give up the final jump

Chongli, Hebei, February 10 (Xinhua) -- In the final showdown of the Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing aerial skill mixed group on the evening of the 10th, the Chinese team Xu Mengtao played steadily while Jia Zongyang made a big mistake, and Qi Guangpu, the last to appear, did not impact the action of the highest difficulty factor of 5.000, and finally the three veterans won the silver medal by losing to the United States team by a gap of 14.12 points. After the game, Qi Guangpu explained that he did not change his movement because he could not know the scoring situation when preparing for the slippage point.

On February 10, Qi Guangpu, a chinese player, competed in the mixed team final of freestyle skiing aerial skills at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Yang Shiyao

Each player has only one chance per round in aerial skills competitions, and some players will choose to impact the higher difficulty coefficient if they are behind in scoring.

In the second round of the final to determine the medal, the match gradually became a contest between the Chinese team and the United States team as the Women's Players of the Swiss and Canadian Teams made a series of ground mistakes. Xu Mengtao, who played first in the Chinese team, beat the American women with an outstanding performance and opened the point difference. Christopher Lillis, the second U.S. player, increased the difficulty, impacted the difficulty coefficient of 5.000 and jumped successfully, giving a high score of 135.00. The Subsequent Appearance of the Chinese team Jia Zongyang made a big mistake on the landing. After the two jumps, the two teams had a 21.81 point difference. The U.S. team scored 114.48 points in the last jump, and the pressure of the Chinese team was all concentrated on the last jump Qi Guangpu - if he and Lilis hit the 5.000 difficulty coefficient and played perfectly, the Chinese team still has a glimmer of hope of winning gold.

Qi Guangpu made the planned difficulty factor of 4.525, and although he finished well and scored 122.17 points, he was unable to turn the situation around.

After the game, Qi Guangpu explained that the reason for not going up to the higher difficulty factor was not that he did not want to, but because he could not see the screen information at the slippage point, nor could he hear the sound to get the information. "Actually, before I set off, I didn't know what the score was below (at the end), because there was no screen above us, I couldn't hear the sound, and I was just concentrating on my own movements, and before I set off I wanted to do my move well and play well." Qi Guangpu said.

Jia Zongyang also explained about the slippage point: "We can't see what the teammates do, and we don't know how well he finished, so I don't know much when I stand at the starting point, but I can only understand what the race is like at the end." ”

Source: Xinhua News Agency