On January 20, Beijing time, Gu Ailing won the first championship of 2023 and the 20th title of her career in the women's halfpipe competition of the Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Calgary, Canada.
In the first round of the competition, Gu Ailing scored 90.00 points, far ahead of the other players, and the second-ranked host player Kakel scored 81.75 points. In the second round, after the other players competed, Gu Ailing had already sealed the championship early, because no one scored more than 90 points, and the host player Kakel scored 89 points.
Gu Ailing was easy to play, perfect aerial posture, coupled with superb skills, scored 95 points, and won the championship undisputedly.
Gu Ailing can be said to be fault-leading, winning this gold medal, which is also her 20th title obtained by naturalization of China. After the race, Gu said, "I like Calgary very much, I have achieved good results here, I like this place, I like the people here, I like the track, I had a lot of fun skating tonight, this is when I come back to the race after 11 and a half months, and it feels very good to put on the snowsuit again." Of course I was a little nervous, but overall, it felt very good. I love skiing so much. ”
For the coming season, Gu Ailing said, "I'm very excited, I just want to skate out of my best form and enjoy everything. I'm still a freshman at Stanford and I'm trying to balance studying and skiing, which is a new challenge for me, but I really love everything I do now, and I have a lot of great friends who support me, and I'm very grateful. ”
It is worth mentioning that when this competition was held, Gu Ailing still took time to catch up with papers in the middle of the competition, and it was too strong to win the championship in this case.