In the just-concluded Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing women's aerial skills final, China's Xu Mengtao won the championship! This is the first Olympic gold medal of the four-time Olympic veteran and the first Olympic gold medal of China's freestyle skiing women's aerial skills.
In the first round of the final, Xu Mengtao jumped 103.89 points and locked up the seat in the second round of the final. In the second round, she took out the move of 4.293 difficulty and successfully completed it. She landed firmly, her fingers roaring in celebration. She won the championship and made history!
Xu Mengtao
After the afternoon qualifying match, Xu Mengtao said: "See you in the evening." For me, everything goes back to zero. The previous games are in the past tense, and I have to focus on the present. "Focus on the moment, she did it!
Xu Mengtao's signature action: than the heart
"Retire without winning gold!" She broke her word
As the leader of China's freestyle skiing, although he has already held many World Cup gold medals, xu Mengtao has repeatedly rubbed shoulders with gold medals in the Winter Olympic Games. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 6th in her first appearance at the Winter Olympics. Winning the silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics gave her hope of winning gold.
Before participating in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao once said: "Competitive sports are cruel, but also fair, it makes the strong stronger, let the value bloom!" Today, if I don't win the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation, I retire! ”
However, in the end, he made a mistake while challenging the difficult action and only won the 9th place.
In the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics freestyle skiing women's aerial skills final, Xu Mengtao fell during the competition
But the pursuit of her dreams does not stop because of failure, and she reneges on her promise.
She has a champion heart
After returning from PyeongChang, Xu Mengtao was hospitalized for leg surgery and completed meniscus surgery on both legs.
On August 11, 2018, she said on social platforms: Today is really a memorable day. Today is the first special lesson after the double leg surgery on March 14, 2018, and the first stage jumping class after the PyeongChang Winter Olympics on February 16, 2018. The most attractive thing to look like is when you put on this outfit. The brave are from where they fall, where they get up, don't they? Don't try how to know you can't!
Yes, this brave girl is back!
On December 3, 2021, Xu Mengtao won the first championship of the new season in Finland at the FIS Freestyle Skiing Aerial Skills World Cup, and then in the mixed team competition, she and her teammates Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu won another gold medal.
This World Cup trip also announced that Xu Mengtao's state had returned to the peak again.
In the Winter Olympics freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team competition on February 10, Xu Mengtao and teammates Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu won a silver medal.
She has won the Individual World Cup 27 times, breaking the world record held by Australian star Cooper and becoming the first person in the history of World Cup aerial skills. Today, she used a Winter Olympic gold medal to complete her career!
After the game, she asked the camera in disbelief:
Am I number one?
yes! You are the first!
Congratulations to Xu Mengtao! You are the champion!
Thank you for breaking your word!
Let us see the power of persistence and love!
The conversation box is synthesized from: CCTV Sports, Southern People Weekly, @ Xu Mengtao
Editor: Chen Wen
Editor-in-Charge: Cheng Chen
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