On February 14, the Winter Olympics Freestyle Ski Women's Steeplechase Qualification Tournament was finally successfully held after a one-day postponement. Chinese Olympic champion Gu Ailing achieved a counterattack from 11th to 3rd place through the second jump, successfully reached the final, and she will launch an attack on her second Olympic gold medal!
Due to the weather, the women's slope obstacle course qualification was postponed by a day, and Gu Ailing's appearance order also changed, from the third appearance in the first round of the qualifiers to the first appearance, the world number one Tes-Loder appeared in third place, the world number two Sildaru appeared in fourth place, and another Chinese player Yang Shuorui appeared in 26th place.
According to the schedule, the qualifiers will be held in two rounds, and the 12 athletes with the best results will advance to the final. Although the weather turned sunny, the wind was relatively strong, and many athletes were affected and did not play well in the first round.
Gu Ailing, who made her debut, had some small flaws when she landed, she was somewhat dissatisfied with her own performance, made a pouting expression, and also tilted her head to blink, making a naughty wink to the camera, Gu Ailing ranked 11th in the first round with 57.28 points.
As the defending champion, Switzerland's Hovelin made a mistake and scored 35.38 points. As one of the favorites to win the championship, Tes-Ludd made a major mistake, landing on his back and dropping his poles on the ground, only scoring 22.13 points. The talented girl Sildaru performed well and completed the action, scoring 80.96 points. Norway's Kili finished first in the first round with 81.48 points.
In the second jump, Gu Ailing once again showed a big heart, played well, showed a happy expression after the jump, smiled, and ate the leek box in the process of equalizing the points on the spot, which was very cute. Gu Ailing finally scored 79.38 points, she herself was very satisfied, gave a thumbs up, and finally jumped to third place in the ranking and reached the final.
Sildaru scored 86.15 points in the second jump and finished first in the rankings. Killey also scored 86.00 points in the second jump and finished first. In the final, Both Sildaru and Killey were strong rivals for Gu Ailing's title.
In the big jumping competition, Gu Ailing relied on the last jump against the sky to achieve a super counterattack from the third place to the first place in the case of the first two jumps, winning his first Olympic gold medal and winning countless applause and cheers.
In this slope obstacle course qualifying tournament, Gu Ailing withstood the pressure in adversity, achieved the counterattack of the ranking, and reached the final, can she win the second gold?