Xu Mengtao picked up the fifth gold for China: "I finally won at the doorstep!" ”

[Global Times reporter Sun Longfei Global Times special correspondent Luc] Eagle strikes the long sky, a jump is set! When Xu Mengtao's name appeared on the top line of the scoring screen, her eyes were full of disbelief. Xu Mengtao held up the national flag and anxiously repeatedly confirmed to the people around him: "Am I the first?" Am I really number one? The results were confirmed, and tears came out of his eyes. The 31-year-old screamed and excitedly said, "I finally won at the doorstep!" The New York Times reported on the 14th that the freestyle aerial skills competition, which was once dominated by Australian players, is now won by Chinese players, and Xu Mengtao won the championship with a near-perfect performance. Australia's Laura Peel, who was favored before the match, won the second place.

On the evening of February 14, the temperature in Yunding Ski Park in Zhangjiakou Racing Area reached minus 25 degrees Celsius. But a moment of burning passion was born here: in the final of the freestyle ski women's aerial skills of the master Rulin, Xu Mengtao won the gold medal and achieved a breakthrough of zero gold medals for the Chinese women's team. Kong Fanyu, another player from the Chinese team, finished sixth.

Due to snowy weather, the qualifiers were postponed. This means that on February 14, Xu Mengtao will usher in the double test of qualification and final. But she was not timid. The final was divided into two rounds, Xu Mengtao took out the highest difficulty action of the whole game with a difficulty coefficient of 4.293 in the first round, and with excellent performance, he advanced to the second round with the second highest score of 103.89. The second round adopts a one-jump rule. The first belarusian player, Hannah Hushkova, jumped a high score of 107.95. Xu Mengtao, who has experienced hundreds of battles, is not alarmed. Departure, take-off, take-off – still the highest difficulty action of the woman who jumped in the previous round, and landed steadily. 108.61 points, the highest score in the game!

At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Xu Mengtao was at the best in terms of age, status and technology, and participated as the world's first and silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. In the end, he failed to reach the final and ranked ninth. When great pain and loss swept through her body, she once thought about ending her career. "But fighting for the gold medal for the motherland is a mission and an honor, and I am not willing to give up like this." At such an age, can you still compete in the Olympic Games or even stand on the podium? Faced with such doubts, Xu Mengtao said: "Why can't I? "Beijing Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao finally realized her dream!"