96.60 points! Su Yiming reversed again to win the gold medal in slopestyle and was crowned double champion
On February 24, 2024, Beijing time, the 14th National Winter Games ushered in the men's slopestyle final of the open snowboard group, and Olympic champion Su Yiming appeared again. After winning the big air championship, Su Yiming maintained a stable competitive state, and when he made a slight mistake in the first round of the slope obstacles, he performed a good reversal again, scoring 96.60 points in the second round of the final, winning the championship and being crowned the double champion.
Match Focus
Olympic champion Su Yiming participated in the Winter Games in China for the first time, and in the case of physical injury, Su Yiming maintained a normal training intensity, training and treatment at the same time. Due to the weather, the snowboarding competition was postponed many times, and in the men's big air competition, Su Yiming overcame the unfavorable situation of falling in the first round, and took the initiative to reduce the difficulty in the next two rounds, and won his first domestic Winter Games gold medal with high-quality rotation and board grabbing movements, as well as stable landing.
The snowboard men's slopestyle final was played after the big air, with Su Yiming competing in two back-to-back finals, and big air runner-up Yang Wenlong, who was Su's main rival for the title. From the point of view of technology and difficulty, Su Yiming is a fault leader in China, and he is also the runner-up of the Winter Olympics in this event, and the call for winning the championship is very high, but the final is only two rounds, and the error tolerance rate is extremely low.
The course of the game
In the first round, Yang Wenlong, who took the lead, focused on seeking stability, came up with a set of qualified moves, and scored 71.00 points. According to the plan, Su Yiming played in 10th place, but Wang Ziyang, who had been injured in the big air, withdrew, and Su Yiming became 9th in the game, and his whole set of moves had some mistakes, and he was far from his best level, scoring only 58.00 points in the first round. The best performance in the first round was Gao Xuesong of the Heilongjiang team, who scored 83.20 points and temporarily ranked first, Yang Wenlong ranked second with 71.00 points, Ni Bingshen ranked third with 65.80 points, and Su Yiming temporarily ranked fourth.
In the second round, Su Yiming played perfectly, both in difficulty and quality, he showed his true strength, the audience cheered for him, Su Yiming's outstanding performance also conquered the judges, two judges scored 98 points, two judges scored 96 points, and one referee scored 95 points, this round scored 96.60 points. Su Yiming staged a reversal again, winning the gold medal in the men's slopestyle in the open group with 96.60 points, and Su Yiming, who participated in the domestic Winter Games for the first time, was crowned double champion. Gao Xuesong, who scored 83.20 points in the first round, was the runner-up.