(Beijing Winter Olympics) Su Yiming's snowboard big jumping platform won the Chinese delegation's best record in history
China News Agency, Beijing, February 15 (Reporter Xing Chong) In the men's snowboard big platform final on the 15th, Chinese teenager Su Yiming won the championship with 182.50 points.
This is the 6th gold medal and 12th medal won by the Chinese sports delegation at the Beijing Winter Olympics, which has created the best record in history since participating in the Winter Olympics.
On February 15, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Snowboard Men's Grand Jumping Final was held at the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform. China's Su Yiming won the championship.
The picture shows Su Yiming at the ceremony of awarding souvenirs.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
There were three rounds of finals on the same day. The referees scored the three rounds of movement difficulty, degree of completion and innovation, and added up the best results of each athlete's two rounds of movements in different directions for the final ranking.
In the qualifying round on the 14th, Su Yiming ranked fifth with a total score of 155.25 points.
A total of 12 players participated in the final, and Su Yiming came out in eighth place.
In the first round, Su Yiming chose to turn 1800 degrees to catch the tail of the board, which was a difficult move with Su Yiming's personal style.
He tried to catch the tail of the board in the previous qualifiers, but he landed slightly wrong.
But this time his catch quality was very high and he landed quite solidly, earning a very competitive score of 89.50.
Ranked second among all players in the first round, American athlete Chris Corning ranked first with a score of 92.00.
On February 15, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Snowboard Men's Grand Jumping Final was held at the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform. China's Su Yiming won the championship.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
In the second round, Su Yiming's performance was even better. He chose to turn 1800 inwards and grab the board with his back. The whole action was completed in one go and landed smoothly, and he got a high score of 93.00.
After two rounds, Su Yiming came to the first place with 182.50 points.
The third round will be played in reverse order according to the total scores of the first two rounds.
Before Su Yiming's last appearance, the first 11 players all made certain mistakes, and the two best scores combined did not exceed Su Yiming's 182.50 points.
In the end, Su Yiming won the championship.
On February 15, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Snowboard Men's Grand Jumping Final was held at the Shougang Ski Jumping Platform. China's Su Yiming won the championship.
The picture shows Su Yiming warming up before the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
After the game, Su Yiming couldn't hide his excitement. He said that this was his best birthday present.
In three days, Su Yiming will celebrate his 18th birthday on the 18th of this month.
"I had such a dream since I was a child, to win the championship at the Winter Olympics held at my doorstep. This is my best birthday present. I did it, and I am very grateful!"
The runner-up Norwegian Mons Reiswelland and the third runner-up Canadian Max Parrott spoke highly of Su Yiming.
They said frankly that the competition that day was quite fierce, and every player showed their skills in housekeeping. Su Yiming broke through himself, and he has infinite possibilities in the future.
So far, the Chinese sports delegation has won 6 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes at the Beijing Winter Olympics, bringing the total number of medals to 12, surpassing the historical best record of 5 golds, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes created at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
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