On February 14, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics women's aerial skills final was staged, China's Xu Mengtao, Kong Fanyu joined hands to play, Xu Mengtao played well, with 108.61 points to win the gold medal, the four dynasties elders finally realized the dream, this is the Chinese delegation in the Winter Olympics the fifth gold medal, Kong Fanyu won the 6th.
Women's aerial skills are the dominant sport of the Chinese team, and Li Nina and Xu Mengtao have won the silver medal in this event three times. The 32-year-old Xu Mengtao is the elder of the four dynasties of the Winter Olympics, who won the runner-up in Sochi, and at the last Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao made a mistake and did not qualify for the final, leaving regrets.
In the qualifiers, Xu Mengtao and Kong Fanyu successfully advanced, of which Xu Mengtao ranked third, and she was also the favorite to win the championship. The final is divided into two rounds, the first round has two jumps, the best result to determine the ranking, the top 6 players enter the second round, compete for medals.
Xu Mengtao used the difficulty of 4.293 in the first jump and got a high score of 103.89, Kong Fanyu's performance was equally outstanding, with 102.71 points, the two ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively, and successfully advanced to the finals, the American Caldwell ranked first with 105.60 points, and The Australian star Scott played abnormally and withdrew from the medal competition in advance.
The second round uses a one-jump to determine the winner, which is very exciting. The first player to play was a Belarusian player, who scored a high score of 107.95 points, which put a lot of pressure on the players who came after him. In her third appearance, Pearl made a mistake and scored only 78.56 points. China's Kong Fanyu made his fourth appearance and made a mistake on the ground, scoring only 59.67 points.
Xu Mengtao's 5th appearance, her action difficulty is 4.293, Xu Mengtao's aerial movements are perfect, the landing is also very stable, got 108.61 points, the ranking rose to the first, excited Xu Mengtao roared to release the pressure. The last to appear was the American star Caldwell, who made a mistake when she landed, and Xu Mengtao won the gold medal.
The medal did not come easily for Xu Mengtao, 32, which is her 4th Olympic Games. At the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the fledgling Xu Mengtao won the 6th place; the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics won the silver medal, rubbing shoulders with the gold medal; in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao made mistakes in the qualification round, and finally missed the final, leaving regrets.
In order to realize his dream, Xu Mengtao chose to stick to it, and the 32-year-old is definitely an advanced age among the aerial skill athletes. In the previous team competition, Xu Mengtao played almost perfectly, but because of the mistakes of his teammates, he missed the gold medal and won a silver medal. Now she has fulfilled her dream with a gold medal and blessed the veteran.