Beijing time on February 14 news, Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing women's aerial skills qualification, Xu Mengtao scored 101.10 points in the first round, easily advanced to the final. However, among the 6 players who advanced first, Xu Mengtao only ranked 3rd. CCTV commentators questioned that Ashley Caldwell, ranked No. 2, scored a high score, and she was only 0.21 points higher than Xu Mengtao. In addition, Kong Fanyu also entered the final, but another Chinese player, Shao Qi, fell to the ground after challenging the 3-week platform and failed to advance to the final.
In the previous mixed team competition, Xu Mengtao performed well, but unfortunately, his teammates made mistakes, and Xu Mengtao only won the silver medal. After the game, Xu Mengtao was still very optimistic and has been comforting his teammates.
Now, moving to the individual competition, Xu Mengtao's goal is to get the gold medal.
In the first round of the qualifying round, the top 6 players directly advanced to the final, Xu Mengtao made the second appearance, her difficulty coefficient was 4.028, the churning three-turn body for two weeks, from the jump to the air action to the landing, in one go, and finally got 101.20 points!
After the perfect first jump, Xu Mengtao rushed to the camera and shouted "see you in the finals". It can be seen that the Chinese celebrity is very confident and believes that his score is enough to reach the final.
However, in the qualifiers, Xu Mengtao only ranked 3rd, the 2021 World Championship champion and Australian Pear ranked 1st with 104.54 points, and the United States' Caldwell scored 101.31 points, ranking second. In this regard, commentator Qiu Zhaoyi said that the quality of completion of American players is average, "the referee score is high!" Qiu Zhaoyi is China's first international referee for freestyle skiing.
Fortunately, this is only a qualifier, and the results will not be brought to the final. Of course, it can also be seen that it is not easy for Xu Mengtao to win the gold medal, because the opponents are also very strong.
People's Daily cheered Xu Mengtao, "Cheer for Chinese girls together!" "CCTV also speaks out - insisting because of love, firm because of dreams!
At 19:00 Beijing time on February 14, the freestyle ski women's aerial skills final will be played, and Xu Mengtao hopes to make up for the regrets of the previous team competition, get the gold medal, and realize his dream.