On the evening of February 14, Beijing time, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Freestyle Ski Women's Aerial Skills Final kicked off at Genting Ski Park. Xu Mengtao, a famous player of the Chinese team and the elder of the Olympic Four Dynasties, made a final attempt to win his first Olympic gold medal. In the end, with a perfect jump, the Veteran of Chinese Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills won the championship with 108.61 points. Bearing the burden of humiliation at four Olympic Games, Xu Mengtao finally completed the last piece of the puzzle of her sports career in Beijing in 2022. "Am I number one?" This is the strongest voice that Xu Mengtao shouted after winning the championship!
This Winter Olympics is The fourth time xu Mengtao has hit the highest Olympic podium, and she won a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. After the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao had the idea of retiring, but in order to be able to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics at her doorstep, she overcame multiple difficulties such as physical injuries and family life, just to realize her dream of Beijing in 2022. In Xu Mengtao's career, she won a total of 27 world championships, except for one Olympic gold medal. The previous Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team event was originally a gold medal in Xu Mengtao's and China's plans.
However, due to the mistake of veteran Jia Zongyang when he landed, in the end, the Chinese team was overtaken by the American team to be the runner-up. At the award ceremony, Xu Mengtao, who has always been optimistic and cheerful, and a smile on her face, shed tears, and people know that this is the tear that her Olympic gold medal dream has once again shattered, and it is also the tear that she is unwilling and bitter and helpless. Packing up her mood and starting again, Xu Mengtao carried the expectations of the freestyle ski team and everyone else and stood on the field of the single race. In the qualifiers, she showed a posture of competing for the title, scoring a high score of 101.1 points in the first jump and directly advancing to the final with the first place.
The Genting Ski Park was packed that night, and everyone was waiting for the world's highest level of summit duel, and also waiting for the birth of the first olympic gold of China's freestyle ski women's aerial skills. In the final, Xu Mengtao and teammate Kong Fanyu joined forces to help the Chinese team raise the national flag and play the national anthem at the Beijing Winter Olympics. In the first round of action, Xu Mengtao scored 103.89 points and Kong Fanyu scored 102.71 points. After the first round, the American player ranked first, only 0.03 higher than Xu Mengtao. Many netizens are quite dissatisfied with the referee's score, believing that Xu Mengtao's difficulty coefficient is the highest, and the aerial movements are beautiful, and they should get the highest score.
After the first round, Xu Mengtao entered the final as the second place. In the second round of the one-jump decisive battle, each player is waiting for each player. In the end, Xu Mengtao withstood the huge pressure and won the championship with a set of impeccable actions to score 108.61 points. After the game, Xu Mengtao pointed to the sky, roared on her back, and wrapped in a five-star red flag to celebrate, and the audience paid tribute to her with the warmest applause. The elder of the four Olympic dynasties has finally realized his dream in Beijing. This is the first Winter Olympic gold medal of Xu Mengtao's career and the fifth gold medal won by the Chinese sports delegation at the Winter Olympics.
(Luo Treasurer)