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12 years of waiting! The 32-year-old Xu Mengtao realized his dream of a gold medal and tearfully made up for the regrets of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

In the Winter Olympics freestyle skiing women's aerial skills competition, the two mainland players Xu Mengtao and Kong Fanyu successfully advanced, in the first round of the competition, Xu Mengtao jumped 103.89 points, Kong Fanyu was 102.71 points, both of them successfully finalized, referring to the air skills competition as the top six players in the first round will directly advance to the second round, in the second round of the competition, in the case of Kong Fanyu's mistakes, the pressure to win gold fell on Xu Mengtao, facing the challenge, Xu Mengtao jumped 108.61 points, and finally won the gold medal.

12 years of waiting! The 32-year-old Xu Mengtao realized his dream of a gold medal and tearfully made up for the regrets of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
12 years of waiting! The 32-year-old Xu Mengtao realized his dream of a gold medal and tearfully made up for the regrets of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

After Xu Mengtao won the gold medal, she was very excited, it was difficult to hide the joy in her heart, and shouted that I had won? Revealing a joy in disbelief that is difficult to conceal, shouting loudly to interpret the pressure that has accumulated in his heart, Xu Mengtao wore a five-star red flag, circled the field for a week, successfully proved himself to the outside world, shouted that I won, which is also a reward for the efforts of a veteran who has insisted on four Winter Olympics.

12 years of waiting! The 32-year-old Xu Mengtao realized his dream of a gold medal and tearfully made up for the regrets of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

Xu Mengtao, 32 years old this year, already belongs to a full-fledged veteran in the women's skills competition, from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and then to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao's best record is the silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and this is also Xu Mengtao's past "closest" to the gold medal, in the case of five times in six sub-stations that season, but due to the impact of injuries, At the beginning of the Winter Olympics, the rhythm of personal training was affected and the personal state was not adjusted to the best and finally won the silver medal, in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao said before the expedition that he would retire without winning the championship, but the mistake of the last jump left Xu Mengtao with running water, which also became Xu Mengtao's regret, and here he had to mention Xu Mengtao's injury history.

12 years of waiting! The 32-year-old Xu Mengtao realized his dream of a gold medal and tearfully made up for the regrets of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
12 years of waiting! The 32-year-old Xu Mengtao realized his dream of a gold medal and tearfully made up for the regrets of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

Xu Mengtao at the National Championship on January 10, 2008, she landed on the right knee anterior cruciate ligament rupture, this injury for an athlete is a huge blow, which is why Xu Mengtao's mother watched the game live is countless, just as she did not come to the scene, because of fear. Broken ligaments, contusions to bones, effusions in joints ... Xu Mengtao's mother has also repeatedly hoped that Xu Mengtao can retire, and for winning the gold medal, more daughters as Xu Mengtao's parents can finish the game safely.

12 years of waiting! The 32-year-old Xu Mengtao realized his dream of a gold medal and tearfully made up for the regrets of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics

In 2006, Han Xiaopeng achieved a "breakthrough of zero" in the men's winter olympics at the Turin Winter Olympics, and the aerial skills team was also known as the "Chinese Snow Dream Team". The Chinese women's air skills team is only one step away from the gold medal, from Nagano to Pyeongchang, from Xu Yuanyuan to win the silver medal of the Nagano Winter Olympics, to The silver medal of Li Nina, and then to Xu Mengtao, three generations of "snow princesses" continue from generation to generation, until 2022, at their doorstep, Xu Mengtao completed his own transformation, which is also the return of the Chinese women's skill team, as a 32-year-old Xu Mengtao, this Winter Olympics is also likely to be his last Winter Olympics, A gold medal was the perfect end to his career.

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