In the Beijing Winter Olympics men's big jump qualifying tournament for snowboarding held today (14th) afternoon Beijing time, Mainland Player Su Yiming ranked fifth among 29 players with a total score of 155.25 points, advancing to the final round on the afternoon of the 15th.
Who is the most popular person in the Shougang big jump on February 14? The answer is none other than Su Yiming.
Although this is only a qualifying match for the men's snowboard jump, and it is a cold Monday afternoon with a body temperature close to minus ten degrees, many athletes and spectators still come to the outdoor stands of the Shougang big jump to watch the game. Every time Su Yiming stood on the slope to help the landslide, cheers would sound at the scene. When Su Yiming finished the action, many viewers shouted his name.
In the snowboard slope obstacle course final nearly a week ago, Su Yiming won a silver medal with three slides with both creativity and difficulty, and let more people know about the snowboard teenager who was not yet 18 years old. However, compared to the slope obstacle skills, the big jump is the project that Su Yiming is more optimistic about reaching the podium before the competition. Su Yiming has the world's leading difficulty moves such as inner turn 1980 on the big jump, and won the championship at the Steamboat Station of the Big Jump World Cup this season, and has long been regarded as a strong contender for olympic medals. After making a blockbuster debut in the slope obstacle course, whether Su Yiming can go further on the main big jump platform has attracted much attention.
On the first glide of the qualifiers, Su Yiming easily completed one of his signature moves, the inward turn of the 1800-degree Indy grab, and scored a high score of 92.5 points, which is also the highest score in a single slide in the whole game. In the two subsequent slides, Su Yiming completed the 1440-degree grasping tail and the 1800-degree grasping tail respectively, but he made small mistakes when landing. However, with the super high score of the first slide and the 62.75 points obtained by the second taxi, Su Yiming still successfully got a ticket to the final as the fifth place.
Not only did su Yiming pay attention to the audience, but the other athletes who competed with him also seemed to love the youngest skater with unlimited energy. After the match, Swiss star and silver medalist Nicolas Huber at the 2017 World Championships gave him a big hug as he passed by Su Yiming, who was being interviewed: "You will win the game!" I'll cheer you on! And when Su Yiming left the mixed mining area channel, there were also several players at the end of the channel who hugged him across the fence and greeted each other.
Although Su Yiming was the focus of attention of the whole audience, after the slope obstacle course, he had unprecedented high expectations. But Su Yiming, who ended the competition, still maintained his previous low-key and down-to-earth attitude, whether it was a replay competition or looking forward to the final, he was not mature like a player who was not yet 18 years old and participated in the Olympic Games for the first time. "First of all, I was very happy to be in the final tomorrow and completed some of the planned moves, but in the third round there was a little mistake and I couldn't finish the action." For the first jump to successfully challenge the internal turn 1800 and get a super high score, Su Yiming also showed great modesty. For him, completing the internal rotation 1800 is a "normal operation". "Although it's only the preliminaries, the best players in the world will compete here, everyone will treat it as a final, and they need to complete some of their best moves to get a high enough score to reach the final."
While the whole audience is paying attention to Su Yiming, Su Yiming has his own focus - The canadian famous Mark McMorris. McMurris is Su Yiming's skiing icon, and after the slope obstacle course competition, Su Yiming also excitedly mentioned many times that it was "crazy" to fight with McMorris. In today's game, McMorris played in order far behind Su Yiming. When Su Yiming finished the game and began to be interviewed, McMorris had just started the third jump. When McMorris started the game, Su Yiming was just moving in the direction of the reporter, but he quickly stopped and saw mcMorris successfully complete the final jump before "relieved" to come over.
Whenever talking about the power of McMorris and idols, Su Yiming seems to open the conversation box. "I've been watching videos since I first started learning to ski, and I've been following him since I was growing up, and he's been leading me." Although Su Yiming is only 17 years old, his performance in this Winter Olympics has already attracted many younger "fans" for him. Looking up to McMorris all the way to become an idol of others, this has given him a little "baggage". "I know that idols can be very important to a person, and I try to do my best, hoping to set more goals and bring more inspiration to children who are younger than me who like snowboarding."
With a high score of 1800, a successful final, and another competition with idols, Su Yiming's qualifying match can be described as a fruitful one. The only regret is that Su Yiming hid his highest difficulty in the three slides to turn 1980 degrees. So in tomorrow's final, will we see him shine the highest difficulty? "Definitely!" Su Yiming's answer was very firm. "If everyone plays really well tomorrow, I need to do my hardest move in this situation."
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