(Beijing Winter Olympics) Gu Ailing: Feitian "Jade Dragon"

  China News Agency, Beijing, February 8th: Gu Ailing: Feitian "Jade Dragon"

  China News Agency reporter Xing Chong

  The golden dragon flies to the sky, she is "Jade Jiaolong"!

  On the big jumping platform shaped like Dunhuang Feitian, she soared into the air.

The wind blew her phone book, and the golden dragon behind her shone in the bright sunlight.

  The 18-year-old Gu Ailing, wearing the Golden Dragon Snowsuit, which she has personally remade five times with Chinese characteristics, soared into the sky on the Shougang platform on the 8th. She won the first gold medal in the women's snow event in the history of the Chinese Winter Olympics, and won the Winter Olympics. The first freestyle ski jumping gold medal in Olympic history.

On February 8, the women's freestyle ski jumping final of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held on the Shougang Ski Jumping platform, and 12 top players participated in the competition.

After 3 rounds of competition, Chinese player Gu Ailing won the championship with a total score of 188.25 points.

Image source: Visual China

  At the moment of landing, Gu Ailing cried with joy.

She squatted on the snow and covered her face, even she felt incredible.

Yes, Gu Ailing has just completed an incredible move. She first tried the ultra-difficult move of turning 1620 left in an international competition, which is currently the highest difficulty that a female freestyle skier in the world can complete.

  Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, who was watching the game, stood up and applauded.

The live commentator said excitedly, "You can always trust Gu Ailing!"

  If you know, under what circumstances she made this incredible choice, you will fall in love with this "Yu Jiao Long".

On February 8, the women's freestyle ski jumping final of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held on the Shougang Ski Jumping platform, and 12 top players participated in the competition.

After 3 rounds of competition, Chinese player Gu Ailing won the championship with a total score of 188.25 points.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun

  Gu Ailing also performed very well in the first two rounds. In the first round, she took out the most difficult 1440 spins she had tried before and scored 93.75 points. In the second round, she scored 88.50 points with 1080 spins, but her total score after two rounds was over. Only ranked third.

  The Frenchman Tess Ludd came in first. She showed her trump card in the first round. Before Gu Ailing's "shattering jump", she was the only female athlete who could complete a 1620-degree turn. To a first-round top score of 94.50.

Gu Ailing is also less than one point behind Swiss star Mathilde Gremo.

The key third jump three people played in reverse order.

On February 8, the women's freestyle ski jumping final of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held on the Shougang Ski Jumping platform, and 12 top players participated in the competition.

After 3 rounds of competition, Chinese player Gu Ailing won the championship with a total score of 188.25 points.

Image source: Visual China

  When Gu Ailing stood on the highest point of 60 meters on the Shougang platform, the Chinese classical music played.

"Jade Jiaolong" is about to take off. Her take-off platform is like a flying ribbon in Dunhuang murals. Behind it is an industrial relic cooling tower, and the huge Beijing Winter Olympics emblem above it shines in the warm winter sun.

  No one knew what Gu Ailing would do.

In the take-off area, Gu Ailing stretched her arms a few times, and quickly rushed down. After vacating from the platform, she flipped in the air coolly.

It turned out to be a 1620-degree safety catch on the left side of the body.

94.50 points!

Gu Ailing's score jumped to the top.

"Gu Ailing is fighting!" The commentary at the scene exclaimed.

  If you know that it is she who insists on making this incredible choice, you will fall in love with this "Yu Jiao Long" even more.

On February 8, the women's freestyle ski jumping final of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held on the Shougang Ski Jumping platform, and 12 top players participated in the competition.

After 3 rounds of competition, Chinese player Gu Ailing won the championship with a total score of 188.25 points.

Image source: Visual China

  Gu Ailing has never used this move in an official competition before, and turning left is not a direction she is good at.

In fact, even the big platform project is not Gu Ailing's strength. She successfully completed the 1440 turn for the first time in the competition three months ago, and she has only trained for this project for a year.

  Before the third jump in the final, Gu Ailing called her mother, and she would communicate with her mother before each jump.

Mom suggested putting her on 1440, "well done you can get a silver medal".

But Gu Ailing still insisted on going to 1620, and her mother said, "Okay, this is your choice."

  Gu Ailing's choice made Tess Ludd and Mathilde Gremore extremely surprised, and both of them were caught off guard and then made mistakes.

Tess Rudd was unable to get up for a long time after the fall, crying in the snow.

  Gu Ailing walked to Tess Ludd's side and hugged her tightly.

"You are really good, it is your wonderful performance that inspires me, and my gold medal is half of yours."

On February 8, the women's freestyle ski jumping final of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held on the Shougang Ski Jumping platform, and 12 top players participated in the competition.

After 3 rounds of competition, Chinese player Gu Ailing won the championship with a total score of 188.25 points.

The picture shows Chinese athlete Gu Ailing holding up her own "Golden Dundun".

Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun

  In fact, Gu Ailing is also the one who inspires others.

Mathilde Gremo kept sighing after the game that Gu Ailing was too strong.

"Today's competition is so fierce, everyone is constantly breaking through themselves, her breakthrough is more meaningful, and it will also drive us to work harder in the future."

  In fact, Gu Ailing made this incredible choice precisely because she wanted to be the one who inspires others.

"I didn't choose 1620 to defeat my opponent. I have always said before that I hope that teenagers, especially girls, can surpass themselves and constantly break the limit. Today I want to prove it to everyone."

  In the previous qualifying match, seeing Gu Ailing being so popular, a foreign reporter at the scene joked that everyone seemed to love Gu Ailing.

Today he said with more certainty, "Yes, everyone loves Gu Ailing".

  Standing on the "big jumping platform" of Feitian, Gu Ailing said that she saw the CCTV Tower, where her home in Beijing is nearby.

She is sunny, enthusiastic, confident and generous, everyone loves Gu Ailing, and everyone loves this flying "Jade Dragon".

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