(Beijing Winter Olympics) The Chinese delegation's third gold: Gu Ailing's big platform reversal to win the championship

  China News Agency, Beijing, February 8 (Reporter Xing Chong) On the 8th, the Shougang Freestyle Ski Jumping Platform witnessed the birth of the third gold medal of the Chinese delegation in this Winter Olympics.

In the women's final, Chinese player Gu Ailing made the last jump quite stably to complete the ultra-difficult 1620-degree turn, thus reversing her opponent and winning the championship.

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

  This is the third gold medal won by the Chinese sports delegation at the Winter Olympics, and the first gold medal in snow sports won by a Chinese female athlete at the Winter Olympics.

Also more significant is that this is the first women's freestyle ski jumping gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympics.

  As a new item in the Beijing Winter Olympics, many famous freestyle skiers also participated in this competition.

Although Gu Ailing is quite capable, her big diving training time is only about a year. In this event, French player Tess Luder and Swiss star Mathilde Gremo are quite competitive.

  The competition of the day was mainly the competition of these three people.

In the first round, Gu Ailing chose her best move, the 1440-degree turn, which was her move to win the World Cup this season.

She was skating off the field, her take-off and flight were quite smooth, and she landed very steadily, scoring a high score of 93.75.

  Tess Rudd showed off the most difficult 1620-degree turn for a current female player in the first round, which she won at the X Games last month.

Her performance is also quite stable. The three referees scored a high score of 95 points, and the final average score was 94.50, surpassing Gu Ailing to rank first.

  In the second round, Mathilde Gremore was equally difficult, scoring 93.25 points with a 1440-degree turn.

Tess Luder also chose to turn 1440 degrees, but it was more difficult to catch the board in the air, and the center of gravity was slightly unstable when landing, but she still got a high score of 93.00.

Gu Ailing's second round was slightly less difficult, scoring 88.50 points.

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.

After learning that she had won the championship, Gu Ailing knelt down and cried.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun

  After two rounds, Gu Ailing ranked third.

In the crucial third round, the three played in reverse order.

Gu Ailing, who was the first to play, chose a move that she had never tried before in the competition - turning her left body 1620 degrees to grab the board safely, but she played very well, scoring a high score of 94.50, jumping to the first place in the total score.

  Mathilde Gremore and Tess Ludd, who played afterwards, both made mistakes, scoring 26.00 and 73.50 respectively.

In the final, the best results of the two rounds were added together. Gu Ailing surpassed Tess Ludd's 187.50 points with 188.25 points and won the gold medal in the freestyle ski jumping platform.

  Gu Ailing said after the game that she wanted to break through herself.

"Skiing promoted my growth, taught me to stand up when I fell, and helped me make many friends. I also hope that through my experience, more people will experience skiing and try more."

International Olympic Committee President Bach celebrates with Gu Ai Ling boxing.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun

  Bronze medalist Mathilde Gremore said after the game that the competition that day was "crazy" and everyone was pushing themselves.

"Gu Ailing is very talented. She has a special position in the ski industry. She can not only inspire us to work hard, but I believe she can also drive more Chinese people to participate in this sport." Silver medalist Tess Ludd said, Gu Ailing Very hard work and she deserves the gold medal.

  In this Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing participated in three competitions.

Next, she will move to the Zhangjiakou competition area to participate in freestyle skiing U-shaped venues and slope obstacle skills competitions.

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