On February 14, the 10th competition day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the freestyle ski women's aerial skills final came to an end, and Xu Mengtao won the gold medal with 108.61 points, and Kong Fanyu made a major mistake and won the 6th place. This is also the fifth gold medal of the Chinese team and the first gold medal of Xu Mengtao's career at the Winter Olympics, congratulations.
Format: The final tonight was divided into two rounds, with each of the 12 contestants in the first round jumping twice, and the 6 best finishes advanced to the second round. The 6 players in the second round jump to determine the winner and the winner directly determine the final ranking.
Final Round 1 Jump 1:
Kong Fanyu's action is BL-F-F, the difficulty coefficient is 4.028, she performed very well, scoring 102.71 points, ranking third;
Xu Mengtao's action is BF-F-F, the super difficult action of the three-week platform, the difficulty coefficient is 4.293, the landing is very stable, scoring 103.89 points, ranking second;
Final Round 1 Jump 2:
Kong Fanyu made a mistake, her action was BF-F-F, Kong Fanyu failed when she landed, did not stand, scored 62.24 points, the best result was 102.71 points, and the third place advanced to the second round of the final;
Xu Mengtao gave up, her final result was 103.89 points, and she advanced to the second round of the final with the second place;
Round 2 Showdown:
Kong Fanyu made his fourth appearance, the action was BF-F-F, the difficulty coefficient was 4.293, he did not stand on the ground, directly overturned, scored 59.67 points, and won the 6th place.
Xu Mengtao made his 5th appearance, the action was BF-F-F, the difficulty coefficient was 4.293, the perfect landing, roaring and celebrating, scored 108.61 points.
Xu Mengtao, 31, is a silver medalist in aerial skills at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and a mixed group winner in aerial skills at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Kong Fanyu, 28, was the bronze medalist in aerial skills at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Both are veterans, and they are also the strong players of the Chinese team to attack the gold medal in women's aerial skills of freestyle skiing, among which Xu Mengtao won 26 World Cup sub-stations before the start of the Winter Olympics, crowning the first person in the history of the World Cup.
This time in the final, Xu Mengtao performed perfectly, realizing the gold medal of the Winter Olympics, congratulations to Xu Mengtao.