Forever young on the road to dreams! This time Xu Mengtao smiled to the end! On February 14, in the freestyle ski women's aerial skills final, veteran Xu Mengtao successfully won the gold medal! The skier, born in 1990, has always been the highlight of China's participation in this Winter Olympic Games. This time, she finally realized her dream of the Winter Olympics, and she also cried with joy when she won the gold medal, shouting excitedly: "Am I the first?" And I believe that the national audience will respond to her loudly: "Yes, you are the champion!" ”
Xu Mengtao's athlete career was not smooth. She was a gymnast before her transition to freeskiing, and in August 2002, she officially started freestyle skiing training, and in 2007, she successfully let the world see her light, winning her first World Youth Championship! However, just as Xu Mengtao started her own skiing journey, a series of injuries also became her obstacle.
In 2007, Xu Mengtao suffered a serious knee injury and underwent knee nail surgery. However, after recovering from injury, Xu Mengtao immediately showed excellent competitive level and soon became the world's top freestyle skier. At present, she has the world's first difficult action, the total points also ranked first in the world, and this Winter Olympics, after many times of baptism of competition, she finally fulfilled her dream of being an Olympic champion and successfully won the gold medal!
Xu Mengtao has always been a competition-type player, no matter how important the competition is, we can see the smile on her face, dare to fight is her personal label, in the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games, she was pinned high hopes on her and failed to win a medal, and this regret has always been the driving force for her bone training, in 2022 Beijing, she finally took back what she had lost! As the elder of the four Winter Olympics, in the face of the young players around her, she never felt that she should stop chasing her dreams! Before the game, she said that winning a championship at the Beijing Winter Olympics is the yearning of life! She did it!
Let's congratulate 31-year-old Xu Mengtao! May she still be the teenager she once was on her future journey, without a single change! A veteran who has worked hard for 4 Winter Olympics, a body injured, removed 70% of the meniscus, said a body: thank you!