Beijing, 14 Feb (Xinhua) -- Xu Mengtao, 31-year-old "elder of the Four Dynasties" of the Winter Olympics, has finally fulfilled her dream in Beijing, where she won the gold medal in women's aerial skills in freestyle skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics on 14 February. This is the fifth gold medal won by the Chinese delegation at the Winter Olympics, which is equal to the best number of gold medals in the Winter Olympics of the Chinese delegation. The two "post-00s" Su Yiming and Gu Ailing also both advanced to the finals of their respective events and will shoulder the responsibility of creating the best record in history on the 15th.
On February 14, China's Xu Mengtao celebrated after the women's aerial skills final of freestyle skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiao Yijiu
Xu Mengtao, who played in the Winter Olympics for the fourth time, performed almost perfectly, from the qualification round to the final, she scored more than 100 points in each jump, playing amazingly stable. Belarusian Hannah Khushkova, the first to appear in the final, jumped a high score of 107.95, putting great pressure on the other five players. Xu Mengtao, who appeared in the penultimate appearance, chose a set of actions with a difficulty factor of 4.293 and scored 108.61 points. Four of the six contestants in the final chose this difficult move, but only Xu Mengtao successfully completed it.
With this jump, Xu Mengtao finally realized her dream, which was the first time that a Chinese female athlete won a gold medal in the Winter Olympics event, and it was also the fifth gold medal of the Chinese delegation at this event, equaling the best record in the history of the number of gold medals created by the Chinese delegation at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
On February 14, China's Xu Mengtao played in the women's aerial skills final of freestyle skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xiao Yijiu
It is worth mentioning that the Chinese delegation won the most medals in a single session of the Winter Olympics was 11, which was achieved twice at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin (2 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze) and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics (5 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze). After Xu Mengtao won this gold, the Chinese delegation has won 5 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze at the Winter Olympics, which is only one step away from the medal record.
The "seniors" are proud, and the "juniors" are also working very hard. The two "post-00s" of The Valley of the Day valley and Su Yiming successfully advanced to the freestyle ski women's slope obstacle course and snowboard men's big jump finals respectively, and they will both launch an attack on the podium on the 15th, which is expected to create new history for the Chinese delegation.
On February 14, China's Su Yiming competed in the Men's Big JumpIng Qualifying Tournament for Snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ziheng
The women's single snowmobile, a new event in the Winter Olympics, ended on the 14th, with China's Huai Mingming and Ying Qing ranking sixth and ninth, and The United States' Kelly Humphreys won the championship. The Chinese duo of Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu also refreshed the best record of the Chinese team's ice dance at the Winter Olympics, as the only Asian combination in the final, the two finally ranked 12th, and the French combination Papadagis / Xi Zelong won the gold medal in the figure skating ice dance event with an overwhelming advantage.
Chinese athletes Wang Shiyue (left) and Liu Xinyu at the Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating ice dance free dance competition on February 14. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Can
However, the biggest news of figure skating on the day was that Russia's Vallieva "lifted the ban", and the International Court of Arbitration for Sport announced on the 14th that it rejected the appeals of the International Olympic Committee, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Federation, allowing Vallieva to continue to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
A total of 4 gold medals were generated on the 15th, which was the smallest number of gold medals since the opening. Norway continued to lead the way with 9 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze in the medal table, and the Chinese team ranked seventh with 5 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze.
Editors: ShuWen, Wu Bowen, Cao Yibo, Zhang Yumeng (Intern)