In the just-concluded Beijing Winter Olympics snowboarding women's U-shaped track skills final, China's "three golden flowers" Cai Xuetong, Liu Jiayu and Qiu Leng played hand in hand. In the end, the defending champion, American player Chloe Kim won the championship with 94 points, while Spain's veteran Claret and Japan's Tomita Se were runners-up and third, respectively. China's Cai Xuetong won the fourth place in the project with 81.25 points with a steady performance in the first round, and missed the medal. Liu Jiayu and Qiu Leng won the 8th and 12th places respectively.
Cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu from Harbin are both participating in the Winter Olympics for the fourth time. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Liu Jiayu finished runner-up in the event, setting the best result for a Chinese snowboarder at the Winter Olympics.
In the first round of the competition, China's Liu Jiayu took the lead, and her first jump made a mistake, scoring only 11.25 points. Two-time World Championship gold medalist Cai Xuetong completed two set difficult moves in the first round, scoring 81.25 points. American Chloe The golden finale appeared, and presented two 1080 difficulty moves in the first round, scoring 94 points and temporarily ranking first.
In the second round, Liu Jiayu still failed to complete the game well. Although Cai Xuetong, who came out later, completed his highest difficulty action, he made a mistake in the last action, scoring only 64.50 points, temporarily ranking fourth. American Chloe King failed in his attempts to challenge the difficult moves, scoring only 26 points.
In the last round, Liu Jiayu withstood the pressure and completed the whole set of actions brilliantly, and finally scored 73.50 points. Cai Xuetong brilliantly completed a set of difficult moves, scoring 75 points. Although they failed to achieve their goal of hitting the medals before the match, the spirit of the three Chinese players who overcame difficulties and dared to challenge themselves in the face of their opponents' extremely good performances still touched the audience on the spot and in front of the TV.
↓ IOC President Bach came to the scene, and Gu Ailing cheered for his teammates on the spot
Source: Harbin News Network
Reporter: Zhang Kunlei, Wang Kun, Han Wei
Editor: Liu Yixuan