On February 14, Beijing time, the Women's Steeplechase Qualification Tournament at the Winter Olympics, defending champion and Swiss star Sarah Heflin was out of the cold, which meant that Gu Ailing had one less opponent to compete for gold. However, Gu Ailing's opponents are still many, including Sildaru, Tess Ludd and others, and the peak showdown is coming.
Sarah Heflin, 31, won the freestyle slope obstacle course at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, so she was seen as a gold medalist at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
In this game, in the first round, Heflin's first few moves were very stable, but finally landed on the ground and fell, scoring only 35.38 points! In the second round, Heflin made a mistake in the first prop area, 48.96 points. Therefore, Heflin is definitely not in the top 12, and the defending champion is out!
For Gu Ailing, she has one less opponent to compete for gold, and Gu Ailing's first round of mistakes, the second round of performance is remarkable, 450 turns on the body after the slide down, the right turn up the slide up and down the left turn down, after entering the platform area, the front flip 900 grab board followed by the right slide left turn 720, and finally turned right 900 steadily landed, scored 79.38 points, and steadily entered the final. After the game, Gu Ailing began to eat burnt cakes and announced on social media that she had reached the final.
At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on February 15, the women's slope obstacle course final will be played, at which time, whether Gu Ailing can get the second gold of his individual will attract attention.
Of course, Gu Ailing still has many opponents, first of all, Sildaru, this qualifier, Sildaroo has more than 80 points in both rounds, 80.96 points in the first round, and 86.15 points in the second round. In addition, Norwegian star Johanne Keely also scored more than 80 points in both rounds, 81.48 points in the first round and 86.00 points in the second round. France's Tess Ludd is also not to be underestimated, she was 68.13 points in the second round, and she advanced to the risk!
Not surprisingly, the gold medal in the women's slope obstacle course will be produced among the four people of Gu Ailing, Sildaru, Johnny Keely and Tess Ludd, and there is no doubt that the peak showdown is coming.
In the previous big jump competition, France's Tes Ludd won the silver medal with 187.50 points, and originally, her gold medal seemed to be stable! But unexpectedly, Gu Ailing's last jump was too amazing, scoring 94.50 points, and Gu Ailing's total score was 188.25 points, only 0.75 points higher than Tess Lude.