On the evening of February 14, in the winter Olympics freestyle skiing women's aerial skills final, Xu Mengtao, the "elder of the four dynasties" of the Chinese team, won the championship with an undisputed advantage by virtue of the highest difficulty action in the women's arena of three weeks of backwards and three weeks of rotation, adding another gold to the Chinese delegation...
After the game, Xu Mengtao could not suppress his excitement, wearing a national flag and shouting with his arms raised, tears came out of his eyes. "The last time I stood on the podium was 8 years ago, and today I finally did it, and I'm really excited to see my efforts and efforts." Xu Mengtao was immersed in great excitement. Speaking of the final most difficult action, Xu Mengtao said that he was fully involved in the next action before leaving, and anyone could influence him. And when she stood on the podium at the Winter Olympics, the 31-year-old veteran couldn't help but burst into tears...
For Xu Mengtao, this Olympic gold medal is really not easy. In the past four Olympic cycles, Xu Mengtao has experienced too many tribulations. After more than ten years of perseverance, this "Elder of the Four Dynasties" was already scarred. Xu Mengtao's anterior cruciate ligament in his right leg was ruptured before the Vancouver Winter Olympics; the medial ligament in his right leg was torn before the Sochi Winter Olympics; and the anterior cruciate ligament in his left leg during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics cycle was ruptured. Xu Mengtao frankly said, "Lying on the hospital bed, I have thought countless times about whether to persist, and now that I have won the championship, I most want to thank myself for not giving up." ”。
He finished sixth at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, silver medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and ninth place at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. In this Winter Olympics, in the freestyle skiing aerial skills mixed team final, Xu Mengtao and his teammates won the silver medal together; in the freestyle ski women's aerial skills competition, Xu Mengtao defeated a number of world famous players with three perfect difficult moves, and finally won the first gold in the Winter Olympics, realizing his Olympic gold medal dream.
The 4th Winter Olympics harvested one gold and two silver, and Xu Mengtao, the "Elder of the Four Dynasties", went this way, it was not easy...