(Beijing Winter Olympics) China's three women will advance to the final in the veneer U-shaped pool
China News Agency, Zhangjiakou, February 9 (Reporter Wang Yu and Wang Hao) The Beijing Winter Olympics snowboard U-shaped pool will start the qualifying competition on the 9th.
After two rounds of fierce competition, Chinese players Liu Jiayu, Cai Xuetong and Qiu Leng successfully advanced to the women's final.
Men's U-shaped pool defending champion Sean White advanced to the final with a wonderful performance in the second round.
On February 9, Chinese players Liu Jiayu, Cai Xuetong and Qiu Leng successfully advanced to the final in the Women's U-shaped Field Skills Qualifying Tournament for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Liu Jiayu and Cai Xuetong, who are also veterans of the four dynasties of the Winter Olympics, are both the favorites to win the event.
The picture shows Liu Jiayu in the game.
Image source: Visual China
As the first player to start in the qualifying round, Liu Jiayu made a mistake in the first round of skating and only scored 15.25 points.
Fortunately, she adjusted in time and scored 72.25 points in the second skating, ranking seventh. According to the rules of the top 12 promotion, she successfully won a finals seat.
After the game, when talking about the mistake in the first jump, Liu Jiayu said that he was also surprised, "I also want to ask myself what happened in the first round. It was good at the beginning, I was surprised that I fell, and the coach was very good. Accident. This is competitive sports, and there is no way to ensure 100% success. But I am still very satisfied with my performance, and the second skating ability is very strong."
Looking forward to tomorrow's final, Liu Jiayu said that he would "magnify his moves".
She said she felt very happy and relaxed racing at her "Blessed Land" Genting Ski Park.
In the end, Liu Jiayu jokingly said to the reporters present, "Pray (for me) tomorrow!"
The Chinese star Cai Xuetong, who ranked first in the total points of the project this season, played well.
With a score of 83.25 in the first round of skating, she ranked third and advanced to the final.
After the game, she said that the main purpose of today is to enter the finals. As a veteran of the four dynasties of the Winter Olympics, she felt like participating for the first time. "I am very happy today. The most important thing is to stand on the field and enjoy the field."
Four years ago at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, American "genius girl" Chloe King won the gold medal with her outstanding performance in the women's snowboard U-shaped pool.
In today's qualifying match, she also ranked first with a high score of 87.75 to advance to the final.
Cai Xuetong said of this powerful opponent: "I have actually been challenging her (Chloe Kim), and I appreciate her competitive ability (shown) in the game. She is a very talented player, and I am very interested in this. You can see the push for the project. Chloe King keeps making it harder, which makes all the girls keep pushing themselves.”
In addition, Qiu Leng, a teenager born in 1997, was ranked 12th in danger.
The women's snowboard U-pool final will be held at Genting Ski Park on the morning of the 10th.
In the men's U-shaped pool qualifying match, defending champion and American star Sean White started his fifth Winter Olympics journey.
With only 24.25 points in the first round of mistakes, he slipped out of 86.25 points in the second round and finally ranked fourth to advance to the finals, with Japan's Ayumi Hirano ranking first.
The Chinese team sent four players, Gu Ao, Fan Xiaobing, Wang Ziyang and Gao Hongbo, to compete in the men's group. Unfortunately, none of them made it to the final.
Among them, Gu Ao ranked 14th with 58.5 points.
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