Beijing time on February 10 news, Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics snowboarding event ended the men's obstacle course chase competition, the project did not have Chinese athletes to participate, Austria's Black Merle is superior, won the championship, Canada's Glendin won the runner-up, Italy's Vicentin won the bronze medal.
The men's steeplechase was one of the few Chinese teams at the Beijing Winter Olympics that the Chinese team did not participate in, with 32 athletes participating in the qualifiers, with Canada's Elliott Glendin ranking first with a time of 1:16.29, Austria's Julian Lüftena following in 1:17.00, and another Austrian, Jacob Duzek, third with 1:17.05.
It is worth mentioning that the qualifier does not eliminate the athletes, but as a qualifying tournament for the knockout round, if ranked high in the qualifier, it can occupy a favorable position in the grouping of the knockout round, which is more conducive to promotion.
In the quarter-finals, Canada's Glendin and France's Surgey ranked in the top two in the first group, the second group, Australia's Bolton and France's Bolozzo ranked in the top two, the third group, Germany's Noel, Spain's Egival successfully advanced, the fourth group, the United States' Didov and Austria's Black Merle won the top two, successfully advanced.
In the fifth group, Italy's Leoni and France's Jacques ranked in the top two, in the sixth group, Italy's Vicentin and Germany's Kirchweim ranked in the top two, in the seventh group, Japan's Takahara Yixi and the United States' Baumgartner ranked in the top two, and in the eighth group, the United States' Vader and Austria's Lüftener advanced.
In the first group of the quarter-finals, Glendin was ranked first, followed by Surgei to the finish line, and the two advanced hand in hand. In the second group, Kurommeler ranked first and advanced with Egival. In the third group, Vicentin and Leoni ranked in the top two. In the fourth group, Lüftener and Vader were in the top two and advanced to the semi-finals.
The first group of the semi-finals was very fiercely contested, Glendin, Kurommer, Surge and Egival fought very fiercely, during which they almost collided, but Glendin resisted the pressure in the sprint stage, and finally crossed the finish line first and won the first place, BlackMerer followed close behind, and the two worked together to advance to the finals.
The second group was led by Rüftener, the first place in the qualifiers, with the other three being Leoni, Vader and Vicentin. The competition was equally fierce, with Lüftner and Vicenteen on a tie-edge in the race, reaching the finish line almost at the same time, and high-definition footage replays showed that Lüftner was superior, ranking first, and Vicentin was second, and the two were finalists.
After the start of the finals, the four players fought very fiercely, Black Merle and Glendin always clenched, did not open the gap, And Vicentin and Lüftner were left behind. In the sprint stage, Black Merle and Glendin continued to glue, the two collided with the line almost at the same time, and after slow-motion replay, BlackMerer won the championship, Glendin was runner-up, and Wessingting was third.