On the morning of this (14th) Beijing time, the qualifying tournament for the freestyle ski women's slope obstacle course that was supposed to be held yesterday was finally held. China's Gu Ailing made a small mistake in the first round, but the mistake did not affect Gu Ailing's performance in the second round, and she even calmly ate the "cake" in the waiting division after completing the second round of the competition.
A week ago, on the Beijing Shougang big jump, China's Gu Ailing made a mistake in the second round of the freestyle ski jumping qualification round, and whether he could advance to the final was put to the last jump. Fortunately, the "Frog Princess" has a big heart, jumped 72.25 points, successfully advanced to the final, and with the difficult action of the final jump, reversed the gold.
A week later, on February 14, a similar scene was staged again at the Zhangjiakou Genting Ski Park. In the freestyle ski slope obstacle course qualifying, Gu Ailing made her first appearance in the whole game, but in the first round she made some small mistakes, scoring 57.28 points, and when all 26 players finished the first round of action, Gu Ailing only ranked 11th.
In this competition, the top five players who started the competition included gu Ailing, Hildaru, Hoflin, Keely and Theis and other top five players in the world, while the first round results of the other people except Hildaru and Kili were not ideal. Therefore, Gu Ailing's first round results are not enough to ensure that she will definitely advance to the final. And what is even more unfavorable is that since it is the first appearance, if Gu Ailing cannot jump out of a relatively high score, then the wait after that will be quite long and grinding.
Fortunately, Gu Ailing has become accustomed to such a scene, a set of actions flowing, although it can be seen that the difficulty is reserved, but still with a good degree of completion to get 79.38 points, and finally advanced to the final with the third place.
Gu Ailing has a total of three tasks in this Winter Olympics, in addition to the previous gold-winning big jump and the slope obstacle course competition that reached the final, there is also a U-shaped field skill competition. Judging from her performance in the Beijing Winter Olympics cycle, the U-shaped venue skill project is Gu Ailing's strength, and even the Estonian "genius girl" Hildaru, who is equally famous with her, is also inferior to Gu Ailing in the U-shaped venue skill project. However, the slope obstacle course competition still has a lot of tests for Gu Ailing.
From the perspective of this qualifier, Hildaru's form is quite outstanding, scoring 80.15 points in the first jump, and in the second jump, the last three obstacles are ranked first in the qualifiers with 900 + 1080 + 1080 moves, with 86.15 points. Hildaru defeated Gu Ailing in the World Cup Mammoth Mountain Station this season and won the championship, and Gu Ailing won the silver medal. In the women's steeplechase competition in the freestyle skiing women's steeplechase at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Gu Ailing also lost to Hildaru and only won the silver medal. Therefore, wanting to get this gold medal is not a small challenge for Gu Ailing.
However, from some videos released by Gu Ailing before the Beijing Winter Olympics, it can be seen that she has put a lot of energy into the slope obstacle skills project, and the movements in the prop area are also more skilled. Therefore, whether she can win her second Winter Olympic gold medal depends more on Gu Ailing's live performance, and also needs her impact and "fierceness" when she jumps on the stage.
Gu Ailing also said in an interview after the game that the leek box tasted very good!
There is also a very interesting scene in the game, Gu Ailing after the second round of qualifying, while waiting for the score, she took out a "pie" and ate it. In the post-game interview, Gu Ailing revealed that it was a leek box, and the reporter saw that after the game, she was still holding a plastic bag in her hand, which also contained two that she had not had time to eat.
In this qualifier, there is another Chinese player, Yang Shuorui. In the previous big jumping competition, Yang Shuorui finally ranked 20th due to an eye injury and failed to advance to the final. But she continued to compete with an injury, and she still completed the race with one eye barely visible, which is commendable for her tenacity.
In the slope obstacle course qualifying tournament, Yang Shuorui made a mistake in the props area in the first round and had no choice but to give up the first round of the competition. In the second round, although she completed the competition, she also made mistakes, only scored 39.05 points, and finally ranked 23rd among the 26 players, and did not qualify for the final.
Although there are some regrets, you can see that the injury on Yang Shuorui's face is not completely better, and there is obvious swelling. Although he failed to qualify for both events on his first trip to the Winter Olympics, Yang Shuorui still showed the appearance of an extreme sports player.
On February 15, Beijing time, Gu Ailing will usher in the second final of this Winter Olympic Games, looking forward to it together.
Run with Gu Ailing: You dropped the leek box down the mountain...
Similar to the qualification of the big jump, Gu Ailing still played a little heartbeat in the slope obstacle course qualification match, and in the case of mistakes in the first round, Gu Ailing once again ushered in the last jump of the backwater battle.
In the end, there was no danger: Gu Ailing changed the choreography of the prop area, appropriately reduced the difficulty, and played smoothly in the subsequent jumping area, and finally scored 79.38 points and successfully advanced.
It is worthy of Gu Ailing: there is a thrilling way to qualify, and the steady jumping area is quickly grabbed by the cake she pulls out of her arms while waiting for the result!
For a time, people had different opinions about what kind of cake Gu Ailing was eating: some said that this was a meat sandwich bun, "I have seen the gap cut by the knife": some said that this was a leek box, "You see this stuffing is green..."
Netizens have said: Look hungry!
In the end, in the post-match mixed mining area, Gu Ailing gave the answer: the leek box went to the next city first!
After a short stay in the mixed mining area, Gu Ailing quickly carried her double board and advanced towards the ropeway area, ready to go up the mountain.
In the process of putting on the snowboard again, Gu Ailing handed over the leek box she ate after the game to the management of the national team, and when the management confirmed whether to bring the cake to the mountain, it seemed to get a negative response from Gu Ailing, and in this way, Gu Ailing left her leek box under the mountain...
In the process of preparing to go on the ropeway, the Chinese media and volunteers behind Gu Ailing have been cheering for her, and some people shouted "Ailing! Give everyone a hand! Gu Ailing waved with his back to everyone after holding on to his helmet, and then he also made a one-handed comparison of hearts, and then climbed up the ropeway and disappeared into everyone's field of vision.
On February 14, Valentine's Day, Gu Ailing's one-handed heart and leek box, the romance of life and the pyrotechnics of chai rice oil and salt, rising on the snow slope...
It's nice to be young: you can eat bread outdoors in the field of nearly 30 degrees below zero in the eyes of the people of the whole country, which in most northerners' childhoods is seriously forbidden by parents: "Just a moment?" Can't you wait to go back to the house to eat? ”
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