Snowboard men's steeplechase pursuit Three-time veteran Hemmerer won the championship strongly

On February 10, the men's steeplechase competition in snowboarding at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics came to an end, with Austria's Alessandro Hemmerer winning the championship, Canada's Elliott Glendin runner-up, and Italy's Omar Wiesingting winning the bronze medal. The Chinese athletes in the project failed to activate the beijing Winter Olympics host quota and did not participate in the competition.

A total of 32 players participated in the event, and the qualifying race was held at noon, and after the competition, the group was divided into groups of 4 people, for a total of 8 groups. In the afternoon, the knockout round begins, with 4 people in each group starting at the same time, the first two advancing to the next round, and so on, and finally selecting 4 people to advance to the final. In the final, Glendin led the way, but Hemeler's ability to go back was very strong, and he completed the overtaking in the later part of the game to the first place. In the final moments, Glendin accelerated to let go, but still lost to Hemmerer at a very slight disadvantage. Hemmerer thus became the third men's Olympic champion since the snowboard sculpting event entered the Winter Olympics.

"Getting into the final is already a bonus for me, and in the final I fight for the medals as much as I can because in the snowboard obstacle course, anything can happen."

After the match, Hemmer said: "I was very upset that I didn't make it to the final at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and there was nothing I could do at that time. But today I won the gold medal and I feel like it's redemption for myself. Secondly, this gold medal is of great importance to the Austrian delegation and I hope that you will continue to work on it. ”

Alessandro Hemmerer, 28, is a three-time Winter Olympic veteran who finished 17th at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and 7th at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. He is currently ranked 2nd in the World Cup table, winning the World Cups at Chongli and Austria this season, 5th in Italy and 9th in Russia. Including the 2021/2022 season, he has been ranked in the top 3 of the World Cup overall for seven consecutive seasons, and has been the overall champion of the world cup in the past three seasons, and has been on the World Cup podium 25 times in his career, including 14 times. In the women's obstacle course pursuit on the 9th, 17-year-old Chinese teenager Feng He competed, and the final ended in the quarterfinals. This is the first time that Chinese athletes have appeared in the field of the Winter Olympic Games and made an important breakthrough.

Photo by Pan Zhiwang, reporter of the Winter Olympics

Source Client The Winter Olympics | Reporters Li Yuanfei, Chen Jiakun, and Deng Fangjia

Edited by Han Ye

Process Editor Liu Weili