On February 14, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle ski women's steeplechase qualification tournament began to compete, and Gu Ailing was the first to appear. In the first round, Gu Ailing made a mistake and only scored 57.28 points, ranking 11th. In the second round, Gu Ailing played well, scoring 79.38 points, and it was not difficult to enter the final. Defending champion Heflin was unexpectedly out early, and the competition was still fierce.
Due to weather reasons, the qualifying match was postponed from the 13th to the 14th, and Gu Ailing also played on Valentine's Day. In the previous competition, Gu Ailing has won the gold medal in the women's big jump, and the women's slope obstacle skills and U-shaped field competitions are Gu Ailing's strengths and have great hopes of winning the championship. The steeplechase qualifiers were divided into two rounds, with the best result, with the top 12 advancing to the final.
Gu Ailing drew a lot to the first appearance, which is indeed a small test for her, after all, the difficulty of the first appearance is not small, to adapt to the venue, but also to make various preparations. From the overall competition point of view, Gu Ailing's biggest opponent is Estonia's Sildaru, she once won the Winter Youth Olympic Games with a 0.5 point advantage over Gu Ailing, this time the Beijing Winter Olympics, the two also competed again. At the 2021 World Championships, Gu Ailing won the gold medal in this project.
Gu Ailing, who was the first to appear, gradually found the rhythm after the start, although there were some small mistakes, but the final action was completed relatively smoothly, and finally Gu Ailing's score was 57.28 points. Sildaru played well in his first move, scoring 80.96 points, which was still very stable. Norway's Kili rose to the first place with 81.48 points, and another Chinese player, Yang Shuorui, made a mistake and scored only 18.46 points, and after the first round, Gu Ailing was ranked 11th, and the second round of the game was also very critical.
In the second round of the competition, Gu Ailing is still the first to appear, this time Gu Ailing did not reduce the difficulty, the play in the props area is still very good, the action of jumping off the stage is also very stable, a very perfect set of actions, this is her normal level, CCTV praised Gu Ailing: the perfect show. After completing this action, Gu Ailing also smiled, this action is very sharp, and it is also perfectly completed. After the end of the game, Gu Ailing also ate the pie directly on the sidelines, looking very relaxed, she scored 79.38 points, and it was not difficult to enter the final.
Next up was defending champion Heflin, who scored only 48.96 points, just ranked 15th, failed to reach the final, and was out early, which was also a cold goal.