If the Chinese short track speed skating team is the "dream team" of China's ice sports, then the Chinese freestyle skiing aerial skills team is the well-deserved "dream team" of China's snow sports. Tonight (February 10), the Chinese Freestyle SkiIng Aerial Skills Team will compete in the new mixed team competition of the Winter Olympics, and veteran Xu Mengtao will lead 7 people to play in full.
Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills Competition (Xinhua)
Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills "How Much Do You Know"
The freestyle ski aerial skills competition is divided into four areas, the ski area, the jumping area, the landing area and the stop area. The jumping platform is divided into one week (one week of air flip), two weeks of table (two weeks of air flip), and three weeks of table (three weeks of air flip).
Athletes do various flips in the space from the ski area to the platform area, and the score of freestyle skiing is determined according to the artistic effect of the performance and the level of competition. Han Xiaopeng, the only Chinese team to win the Olympic gold medal, won the unanimous recognition of the referee with his perfect posture and zero mistakes in the air and smooth and flowing on the ground at the Turin Winter Olympics, and achieved a breakthrough of zero gold medals in snow sports for China. Therefore, the air attitude and landing stability often determine the ownership of the champion. Because the aerial rotation movement is more similar to diving and trampoline sports, this sport is also known as "snow diving" or "snow trampoline".
Tonight's upcoming freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team competition is a new event for this Winter Olympics. Each team will send three people to participate, the same gender athletes can not exceed two, because the male players generally have a higher difficulty coefficient than the female players, so generally send two men and one woman to participate in the competition. In the evening, the main opponents of the Chinese team are the Russian Olympic Committee team, the United States team and the Ukrainian team, and how to "line up the troops" at that time can pay attention to the game.
The "Elders of the Four Dynasties" took the lead in hoping to realize their dream of the Olympic Games
Compared to the short track speed skating team, the freestyle ski aerial skills team is not short of Olympic medals, what is missing is the number of gold medals. The women's team has won 5 silver and 2 bronze, has not tasted the taste of the championship, and the men's team has not won a gold medal since Han Xiaopeng won 1 gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
The Beijing Winter Olympics veterans Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu are all participating in the Olympic Games for the fourth time, of which Xu Mengtao is the silver medalist of women's aerial skills at the Sochi Winter Olympics, Jia Zongyang is the runner-up in men's aerial skills at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and Qi Guangpu is known as "the first person in the world's difficulty". These "four dynasties elders" of the Winter Olympics will launch an attack on the first Winter Olympic gold medal of their careers.
On January 12, in the men's aerial skills competition of the Freestyle Skiing World Cup held in Park City, USA, the Chinese men's team won the first and second places. (Xinhua News Agency)
"Young Blood" joins and looks forward to more surprises
In addition to the veterans, this Olympic cycle, the Chinese freestyle skiing aerial skills team has also emerged many new people.
In the 2021-2022 freestyle skiing aerial skills World Cup in lugu, which just ended last month, the Chinese men's team played well, with youngsters Wang Xindi, Yang Longxiao and Sun Jiaxu winning the first and second places. Shao Qi, the "post-00s" young player of the women's team, is a major discovery of the Chinese team this season, finishing runner-up at the Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills World Cup in Lucca, Finland. Kong Fanyu also maintained a good competitive state, winning the second place in the Us Lugu Station. With the current performance of the Chinese team, the mixed team is undoubtedly a very promising project to win the gold medal.
In the men's and women's singles event, China's Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang, Qi Guangpu and Wang Xindi are all strong contenders for the gold medal.
Bless the Chinese team! Tonight, Genting is clear.
(Source of information from CCTV, etc.)