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Qi Guangpu, a 31-year-old veteran and "elder of the four dynasties" of the Winter Olympics, won the Olympic gold medal for the first time in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing men's aerial skills final on the evening of February 16, winning the seventh gold for the Chinese delegation and achieving a career Grand Slam at the same time!
The second round of the final, one jump is set! Qi Guangpu challenged the ultra-difficulty action with a difficulty coefficient of 5.0 and achieved a high score of 129 points, leading runner-up Abramenko by 12.50 points to win the Olympic gold medal, and achieving the "Grand Slam" of the World Cup, the World Championship and the Olympic Games.
Qi Guangpu's stunning jump also drew a successful end to the last Winter Olympics of China's "Four Dynasties Elders".
Of the 176 athletes from the Chinese delegation participating in the Winter Olympics, a total of five athletes were the "Elders of the Four Dynasties" who began their campaigns at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, while the aerial skills team accounted for three places, namely Qi Guangpu, Jia Zongyang and Xu Mengtao.
Xu Mengtao is the holder of the record for the highest score of 116.9 points in women's freestyle skiing aerial skills, but she is also a national champion, world champion, World Cup champion and World Youth Champion, and she lacks a Winter Olympic gold medal. In the previous three Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao only won a silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
On the evening of February 14, Xu Mengtao made a perfect jump and won the gold medal with 108.61 points, which was the first Winter Olympic gold medal won by the Chinese team in the event, and the first gold xu Mengtao won at the 4th Winter Olympic Games. Xu Mengtao finally fulfilled his vow of "retiring without seizing gold".
After regrettably winning the silver in the air skill mixed team competition, Qi Guangpu and Xu Mengtao successfully reached the top in their respective best freestyle ski aerial skills individual competitions, and finally achieved a happy ending to their careers before retiring, which is gratifying.
The most regrettable is the 29-year-old veteran Cai Xuetong. Cai Xuetong, who is known for her "outstanding talent", has been debuting for more than ten years, and won the gold medal in the World Cup and the World Championships, but she only lacks an Olympic medal. Unfortunately, on her last trip to the Winter Olympics, she finished fourth in the women's U-shaped field final on snowboarding, passing by the medal.
Not everyone can become the "Elder of the Four Dynasties", and not every "Elder of the Four Dynasties" can realize the dream of the Winter Olympics. It is not easy to participate in the Winter Olympics for four consecutive times. Therefore, whether it is Qi Guangpu and Xu Mengtao, who have successfully reached the top, or Jia Zongyang, who picked silver, or even Cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu, who have no medals in the account, they are all good, they are all Olympic heroes in our minds.
Attached: The results of the Beijing Winter Olympics of the "Four Dynasties Elders" of the Chinese Legion
Xu Mengtao Women's Aerial Skills Gold Medal Aerial Skills Mixed Team Silver Medal
Qi Guangpu Men's Aerial Skills Gold Medal Aerial Skills Mixed Team Silver Medal
Jia Zongyang Aerial Skills Mixed Team Silver Medal Men's Aerial Skills 7th place
Cai Xuetong Snowboarding Women's U-Shaped Track Skills 4th Place
Liu Jiayu Snowboarding Women's U-Shaped Track Skills 8th place