On February 16, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing men's aerial skills final was held, and in the first round of the final, 6 of the 12 players entered the championship battle. The first jump Qi Guangpu was 3rd, and Jia Zongyang was 5th. In the second jump, Jia Zongyang made a mistake, ranked 7th, unfortunately did not qualify for the final, he was the runner-up of the last Winter Olympics, this time did not have the opportunity to compete for the championship, Qi Guangpu entered the final.
In the qualifying competition, two of the four Chinese players advanced, and the veterans Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu both locked in the promotion quota on the first jump, and got high scores, ranking in the top two. Sun Jiaxu and Wang Xindi regretted that they did not qualify for the final, the final had 12 players participating, the first round final had two jumps, and the top two players entered the second round of the final to compete for the gold medal.
Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu were in the top two places in the qualifying round, and in the final, the two of them were the last to start. In the first jump of the first round of the final, 5 players have scored more than 120 points, which also put pressure on Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu. Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu's difficulty is 4.425, Jia Zongyang took the lead in the debut, his performance is also very outstanding, high-quality completion of the action, landing is also very stable, got 123.45 points, ranking 4th.
Qi Guangpu's action was also completed very well, CCTV commentary praised quite high quality, showing domineering, he scored 125.22 points, ranking 3rd, Jia Zongyang slipped to 5th. In the second jump, Schönifeld and Brov surpassed Jia Zongyang, Jia Zongyang slipped to 7th place, and he needed to have better results to reach the final. Jia Zongyang's second jump was 4.525 difficulties, only 0.08 points away from the 6th place, but unfortunately, he made a mistake and missed the final. Qi Guangpu entered the final.