People's Daily Zhangjiakou, February 18 (Reporter Hao Shuai) On February 18, the Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing women's U-shaped venue skills final began to compete, the Chinese team player Gu Ailing won the gold medal with 95.25 points, which was the eighth gold medal of the Chinese sports delegation at the Winter Olympics, Li Fanghui won the 5th place, Zhang Kexin refreshed the best result of the individual Winter Olympics and won the 7th place. The Canadian team finished second and third.
Gu Ailing wears a national flag. Global Times reporter Cui Meng photographed
In the first round of the competition, Gu Ailing made the finale, and the first slide established the lead with a game-high score of 93.25 points. In the second round, Gu Ailing chose a higher difficulty, and at the same time scored a high score of 95.25 to lock in the victory. In the end, Gu Ailing successfully won the gold medal and won the second gold medal and the third medal of the Winter Olympics.
Gu Ailing is very happy to win the eighth gold medal at the Winter Olympics for the Chinese sports delegation. She said: "It's incredible to be particularly happy to be able to do the best and enjoy the process, and to be able to get 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal at home." I would like to thank my friends around me for supporting me, this gold medal was not achieved by myself, but by everyone together. ”
Race moments. Global Times reporter Cui Meng photographed
Before the third jump, when she heard the radio broadcast that she had won the gold medal, Gu Ailing cried. "Because I really can't imagine that at the age of 18, I can stand on the stage of the Winter Olympics to show myself." And today's game only has three chances, and there will be a lot of accidents at the same time, I cried because I felt that I had given so much, loved this sport so much, made so much time to prepare, and then finally really did it, it felt a bit like holding my breath for a long time, and then breathing a big breath, so comfortable!"
Looking back at Gu Ailing's three Winter Olympic games, what left the deepest impression and the most wonderful moment on the audience was not today's ten-to-nine stable game, but the process of the first two small items of suspense. When talking about the difference between today's competition and the first two events, Gu Ailing said: "I always want to do my best every time I compete, everyone is very good on the field, so today's competition I can't guarantee that I can get a gold medal, but at the same time I also very much hope to win this gold medal." So it's a little bit more stressful because I know everybody wants me to win. ”
Group photo of the athletes after the race. Global Times reporter Cui Meng photographed
The experience of this Winter Olympics has also made Gu Ailing grow a lot. She said: "I will treat every competition as a learning, and the trials of the Olympic Games are very important for my growth, because I am still a child, and it is a very good learning opportunity to experience such a life experience at the age of 18." ”
In this freestyle ski women's U-shaped track skill competition, in addition to Gu Ailing, Zhang Kexin and Li Fanghui, two Chinese team players, also had good performances. Gu Ailing believes that the athletes of the Chinese team still have a lot of room for growth in freestyle skiing. "I also know a lot of national team athletes who didn't come to the Winter Olympics this time, they know very well about freestyle skiing, and their love for the sport is real, which motivates me."