Beijing time on February 17 news, Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics freestyle skiing project continued in Zhangjiakou Division Genting Ski Park, the women's steeplechase elimination stage, China's Ran Hongyun, Pu Rui both stopped in the 1/8 final, Sweden's Nestlund won the gold medal.
Freestyle ski women's obstacle course, Chinese athletes debuted in the Winter Olympics, the two athletes participating in this time Ran Hongyun and Pu Rui are through the cross-border cross-border policy to join the Chinese freestyle ski obstacle chase team, before Ran Hongyun practiced martial arts, from the famous Tagou Martial Arts School, and Pu Rui is a practice athletics background, both of their physical fitness is outstanding, with the necessary conditions for obstacle chase.
After qualifying, Sweden's Sandra Neslund finished first in 1:15.21, followed by Switzerland's Fanny Smith with a difference of 1.85 seconds, and Germany's Daniela Meier in third place in 1:17.63. Both Chinese players successfully completed the race, ran Hongyun finished 24th in 1:25.85 and Pu Rui finished 25th in 1:30.01.
At two o'clock in the afternoon began to compete for the knockout round, 1/8 final, two Chinese players Ran Hongyun and Pu Rui were divided into the 2nd round, the two players skated very hard, but compared with the opponent or exposed a more obvious gap, and finally Ran Hongyun won the third, Pu Rui ranked fourth, both did not qualify, Canada's Horfus and Switzerland's Gantenbein ranked in the top two, successfully advanced.
In the third round, the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics gold medalist and Canada's Mariele Thompson ranked first, with Italy's Jole Galli, and in the seventh round, the silver medalist of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Canada's Britany Phelan, ranked first, and joined sweden's Alexandra Edbo to advance. PyeongChang Winter Olympics bronze medalist and Switzerland's Fanny Smith finished first in round 8 and qualified.
In the first round of the quarter-finals, Neslund and Horfoss ranked in the top two and successfully advanced. In the second round, Thompson and teammate Schmidt ranked in the top two and successfully advanced. In the third round, Australia's Sim and Germany's Meier finished in the top two. In round 4, Fanny Smith was in first place.
In the first round of the semifinals, Neslund ranked first and Thompson ranked second, and the two advanced together; in the second round, Meier and Smith ranked in the top two and successfully advanced.
The finalists were Sweden's Neslund (Sequoia), Switzerland's Fanny Smith (Green Fir), Germany's Meier (Blueshirt) and Canada's Mariele Thompson (Yellow Fir). The race took place in heavy snow, with Neslund leading the way, followed by Smith and Meier.
Next, Neslund was very solid in the corners, Smith and Meier were in hot pursuit, and in the sprint stage, Neslund withstood the opponent's counterattack, and finally reached the finish line first, won the gold medal, and finally reached the podium for the third time in the Winter Olympics. Thompson of Canada won the silver medal and Germany's Meier won the bronze medal.