On February 18, Gu Ailing's third event at the Beijing Winter Olympics ended the competition. In the final of the freestyle ski women's U-shaped venue, she won her second gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics and the eighth gold medal of the Chinese delegation with a crushing performance, ending the Winter Olympics with a record of 2 gold and 1 silver.
After the game, Gu Ailing said a bit of "Versailles" that due to the strong wind during the game, for safety reasons, she probably only came up with 60% of the difficulty.
Dance with tears and crush to win the championship
As it was Gu Ailing's last appearance at the Winter Olympics, an hour before the race, the press center of Genting Ski Park was already "full", and many reporters in the Beijing division rushed from Beijing to Zhangjiakou a day in advance for this game. Touchingly, because of the cold weather, the press center specially prepared an extra bucket of ginger soup for reporters.
In the U-shaped venue skills project, Gu Ailing is the absolute "ruler", and she won four World Cup gold medals in the just-concluded season. She has won eight times in the last fifteen World Cups and has been on the podium almost every time.
After the final began, Gu Ailing almost copied the progress of the qualification round. In the first round, she ranked first with 93.25 points, and was the only player in the round to score 90 points. She once again chose the opening two 900-degree rotational action, the whole set of sliding action is rich in form, and the grasping skills are amazing. When the score was scored, the whole audience cheered, and Gu Ailing also excitedly raised the snowboard and smiled brightly.
In the second round, all the players invariably increased the difficulty. Defending champion Canada's Kathy Sharp offered a "big move", opening with two 900-degree turns to connect a 1080, and the quality of completion was also very good, scoring 90 points. However, Gu Ailing did not panic, she slid out of the opening two directions of the 900 degree turn, the average height of 3 meters 6, the highest height of 3 meters 9, scored a super high score of 95.25.
In the third round, because the score of the players who appeared before did not exceed 95.25 points, Gu Ailing won the championship in advance! This is also the eighth gold of the Chinese delegation! At this moment, Gu Ailing cried excitedly, "I have made a lot of efforts for this, and today I got the reward of my dreams, and I am very excited." From the opening ceremony to now, my training competition has not stopped, and today I finished the last item, which is particularly incredible. It's been the most intense two or three weeks of my life so far, and my life has changed, and I'm very proud to be standing here. ”
99% is hard work and 1% is talent
Gu Ailing increased the difficulty in the second round, especially in the last trick, using a previously unused move, she said, it was the opponent Sharp who inspired her, when she saw Sharp complete a 1080 move, so she also put a big move. This move laid the foundation for her victory and allowed her to enjoy the moment of victory easily in the third round.
However, Gu Ailing revealed that she only took out 60% of the difficulty, because the wind was particularly strong during the game, she grew tall and thin, and was blown like a piece of paper by the wind, which was more risky, so she chose to finish the game safely.
In the last round, Gu Ailing, who locked in the champion in advance, casually made a few moves and slid directly to the equal division. This approach has made many reporters curious, after all, in the past two years, Gu Ailing has never chosen such a sliding method when victory has been determined. In this regard, Gu Ailing's answer was very direct, "In the past, even if I knew that I had won, I would choose to continue to challenge myself, but this time I did not want to show how strong I was, but I wanted to let everyone know how interesting this sport is, of course, it is also related to the weather." I chose some funny moves, like the hat I wear now, skiing is a very interesting thing, I put it on to make everyone think it is really funny, really cute, this is how I feel about skiing. ”
This year's Gu Ailing is only 18 years old, and she is a talented girl in people's eyes. In this regard, Gu Ailing does not seem to agree, "99% is hard work, 1% is talent, talent will only make you learn a little faster when you just ski, but when you do 1080, when you go to the gym to train, these have nothing to do with talent." ”
In addition to her efforts, Gu Ailing also shared a small secret of success with reporters: "taking a bath, playing the piano, and writing a diary." Go through what you're going to do tomorrow and don't touch your phone for 45 minutes before bedtime. ”
After all the competitions, interviews, and press conferences, Gu Ailing's heart has flown to the family and food, "I can't wait to see my mother and grandmother, they are waiting for me to eat shabu lamb!" Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Huang Qiyuan reported from Beijing
Source: Purple Cow News