(Beijing Winter Olympics) Qi Guangpu men's aerial skills won the championship The Chinese team ended with 2 gold and 1 silver
Zhangjiakou, China News Service, February 16 (Reporter Wang Yu Chen Lin) In the beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing men's aerial skills final held on the evening of the 16th, Qi Guangpu, the "elder of the four dynasties", successfully challenged the most difficult action in the whole field to win the championship, helping the Chinese team to win the gold medal in the project after 16 years. The Chinese Air Skills Team finally won 2 gold and 1 silver at this Winter Olympics.
Freestyle skiing aerial skills are the traditional strength of the Chinese Winter Olympics. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Han Xiaopeng won the first gold medal in snow sports for The Chinese team in the men's competition. But in the next three Winter Olympics, no Chinese athletes have ever stood on the highest podium in the event.
On February 16, China's Qi Guangpu celebrated after completing the action. On the same day, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle Ski Men's Aerial Skills Final was held in Zhangjiakou Division, and Chinese Player Qi Guangpu won the championship. Photo by China News Service reporter Tomita
According to the rules, the men's aerial skills final of the Beijing Winter Olympics will be contested in two rounds. The top six players in the first round advance to the final, and the second round final is "one jump to determine the winner". Qi Guangpu played well in the first round of the game and successfully advanced as the fourth, and Jia Zongyang, who is also a fourth-time veteran, ranked seventh, regrettably stopping.
In the second round of the final round of the "One Battle", five players invariably increased the difficulty coefficient of the action to 5.0, including the "difficulty king" Qi Guangpu. In the case of mistakes in the first two players, Qi Guangpu, the third player, successfully completed the highest difficulty move of flipping backwards for three weeks and turning for five weeks, scoring 129 points.
The subsequent appearances of the United States' Christopher Lillis and the Swiss player Pirmyn Werner failed to successfully challenge the 5.0 difficulty factor and withdrew from the championship competition. The last Russian Olympic Committee player, Ilya Brov, took the initiative to reduce the difficulty of the action before taking off, and although the high-quality completion was completed, the score of 114.93 was not enough to challenge Qi Guangpu's first position.
In the end, Qi Guangpu, who participated in the Winter Olympics four times, realized his Olympic championship dream in the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and achieved the achievement of "Grand Slam" in his career. After the game, looking back at his four Winter Olympics, he sighed with emotion, "These 16 years are not easy, from the moment I stood on the field, I fought for the final champion, and the regrets of the previous Olympic Games forced me to go all out and let go." ”
On February 15, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle Ski Men's Aerial Skills Qualification Tournament was held at the Zhangjiakou Genting Ski Park, and China's Jia Zongyang advanced to the final with the second place. The picture shows Jia Zongyang in the game. Photo by Zhai Yujia, a reporter from China News Service
As Qi Guangpu's teammate who has been fighting side by side for many years, Jia Zongyang has witnessed the persistence and dedication of the former in the past four Olympic cycles. When Qi Guangpu successfully won the championship, he couldn't help but shed tears, "These 4 years of preparation are very difficult for both of us, including physical strength and competitive state ups and downs. His final success speaks to the strength of our (Chinese Aerial Skills) team. ”
At this point, the freestyle skiing aerial skills competition of the Beijing Winter Olympics was completed, and the Chinese team won 2 gold and 1 silver in the project. In addition to Qi Guangpu winning the men's championship, veteran Xu Mengtao also successfully won the women's championship, and the two also won the mixed team runner-up with Jia Zongyang. (End)