On February 15, in the final of the women's steeplechase in freestyle skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's Gu Ailing made a mistake in the second jump and fell on the snow, but still won a valuable silver medal by relying on the perfect performance of the third jump.
In the freestyle ski women's slope obstacle course qualifying, Gu Ailing advanced to the final by relying on the perfect performance of the second jump when the first jump was not playing well.
Gu Ailing has already won the gold medal in the big jump. The second freestyle ski women's slope obstacle course is Gu Ailing's strong point. She won the gold medal in this event at the World Championships in March 2021. As long as Gu Ailing plays steadily, there is a hope of winning the gold medal. Unfortunately, Gu Ailing still left a trace of regret.
As Gu Ailing was third in the qualifiers, she made her third-to-last appearance in the final. This order of appearance is still very good. Originally, there were 12 participants in the final, but The American Marlene. Hamill had physical problems and withdrew from the game. The final turned out to be 11 participants. In the final, each contestant jumped three times and was ranked with the highest score.
In the first round of the final, Gu Ailing chose a relatively safe way and scored 69.90 points.
The results of the first round are as follows: Kelly of Estonia. Hildaru jumped 82.06 points, France's Tess Ludd jumped 72.91 points, Gu Ailing jumped 69.90 points, Britain's Katie Summerhead jumped 60.01 points, and Italy's Silves Bertania jumped 48.50 points. Gu Ailing temporarily ranked third.
In the second round, Gu Ailing made a mistake and fell down when he landed in the last moment, scoring only 16.98 points.
Second Round Score: Mathilde of Switzerland. Greymored scored 86.56 points, Maggievoydine of the United States 74.28 points, Russia's Olympic Team Anastasia Tatary 74.16, Norway's Johanne Kili 73.11 points, Britain's Kirsty Muir 71.30 points, Britain's Katie Summerhead 64.75, Estonia's Kelly Hildaru 46.71 points, France's Tesslerd 23.08 points, Gu Ailing 16.98 points.
In the two rounds of rankings, Gu Ailing only ranked eighth. This is very bad for Gu Ailing. If he can get a good ranking in advance, Gu Ailing can be bold in the third round and score high with high difficulty. In the big jump final, Gu Ailing did just that. But the first two rounds of rankings are so low, Gu Ailing can only choose a safe way, first save a medal.
In the third jump, many players made mistakes, and Gu Ailing played steadily, jumping 86.23 points.
Third round scores: Gu Ailing 86.23 points, Russia's Olympic Team's Anastasia Tatary 75.51 points, Britain's Kirsty Muir 69.21 points, The United States' Magivoyzin 66.03 points, Switzerland's Mathilde Grimmod 46.96 points.
Ultimately Mathilde of Switzerland. Greymoreld won the gold medal, Gu Ailing won the silver medal, and Estonia's Kelly. Hildaru won the bronze medal.
Gu Ailing created China's best individual performance in the Winter Olympics. She has received 1 gold and 1 silver. In this final, Gu Ailing played steadily in the first jump and got a fairly good result. The second jump challenged the difficulty, but unfortunately there was a mistake when landing, and only a very low score of 16.98 points was scored. That's what characterizes the sport, and it's easy to make mistakes. This time in the final, most athletes had different mistakes.
Fortunately, Gu Ailing quickly adjusted his mentality and state, and jumped 86.23 points in the third jump. In fact, the third jump valley Ailing is still a bit conservative, and does not dare to show off. This is also the second jump did not jump well, she must first play steadily, do not make a big mistake, and save a medal. This is the right thing to do.
Although he did not win the gold medal, Gu Ailing was not disappointed. When she saw Johnny. Kiley jumped out of a difficult move, and after succeeding, he hugged his opponent and celebrated together. This is Gu Ailing. She is more about enjoying the game and enjoying the joy of sports. And athletes want to innovate and challenge difficulties and limits. Once it worked out, everyone was happy.
After the race, the award ceremony was held, and the three winners received a lovely golden pier. This is the second gold pier harvested by Gu Ailing. Gu Ailing, who was standing on the podium, smiled like a flower and was not lost because of the gold medal.
The three athletes took a group photo together. Gu Ailing also has a freestyle ski U-shaped pool. She has won several titles in this project. I hope to play well in the next competition and win the gold medal.
In fact, with Gu Ailing's strength, he can completely win the gold medal. It's just that the turnover rate of this sport is too high and very unstable. If there is a mistake, even the highest level cannot be played. From this freestyle ski women's slope obstacle course final, it can be seen that there have been too many mistakes. This also makes the sport vulnerable to injury.