Changchun, January 1 (Reporter Guo Jia) The 15-2023 National Freestyle Skiing Aerials Championship kicked off in Changchun, Jilin Province on the 2024th. On the first day of the competition, Sun Jiaxu and Xu Mengtao won the men's and women's individual competition and optional action (open group) championships respectively.
Xu Mengtao in the game. Photo by Zhang Yao
The competition was hosted by the Winter Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, undertaken by the Changchun Sports Bureau, and jointly implemented by the Changchun Winter Sports Management Center (Changchun Amateur Ice and Snow Sports School) and the Changchun Ice and Snow Sports Association, with 82 athletes from Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Anhui, Hebei and other places participating.
The competition lasts for 6 days, with individual competitions and optional movements (open group, youth group), mixed team (open group, youth group), elite action, prescribed action, and double synchronous events.
In the men's individual competition on the first day, Jilin athlete Sun Jiaxu won the championship, Shaanxi athlete Zhang Yifan won the runner-up, and Liaoning athlete Wang Xindi won the third place. Winter Olympic champion Qi Guangpu did not participate due to injury.
Sun Jiaxu (second from left), Zhang Yifan (first from left) and Wang Xindi (third from left) on the podium. Photo by Zhang Yao
In the women's individual competition, Liaoning athlete Xu Mengtao won the championship, Heilongjiang athlete Kong Fanyu won the second place, and Inner Mongolia athlete Shao Qi won the third place.
Xu Mengtao (second from left), Kong Fanyu (first from left), and Shao Qi (third from left) on the podium. Photo by Zhang Yao
In the just concluded FIS Freestyle Skiing Aerials World Cup Changchun Station, Winter Olympic champion Xu Mengtao regretted not being able to stand on the podium. "It wasn't better than that, mainly because I hadn't played in 22 months, and I was a bit slower. Xu Mengtao said that this time she learned the lessons of the last game and regained her state, and she was generally satisfied with the quality of today's action.
"It's just me. Xu Mengtao said, "This is the first championship of the year, which is a new beginning." ”
Wang Xindi in the game. Photo by Zhang Yao
Freestyle skiing aerials is a traditional strength of China's snow sports, and at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Qi Guangpu and Xu Mengtao led the Chinese freestyle skiing aerials team to win the gold medal in the men's and women's events, achieving a new breakthrough in history. In the new cycle of the Milan Winter Olympics, the Chinese team has reached the replacement of the old and the new, and the excavation and training of young athletes are more important.
When it comes to young athletes competing on the same field, Xu Mengtao's evaluation is "dare to fight". "They kept learning from the race, finding their rhythm and finishing well, and even though they were only three places on the podium, the rest of the people were doing really well, which makes me very happy. (ENDS)