(Beijing Winter Olympics) Qi Guangpu's men's aerial skills won the Chinese team's 2 gold and 1 silver finish
China News Agency, Zhangjiakou, February 16 (Reporter Wang Yu and Chen Lin) In the Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing men's aerial skills final on the evening of the 16th, "the veteran of the four dynasties" Qi Guangpu successfully challenged the most difficult moves to win the championship. , to help the Chinese team win the gold medal in this project again after 16 years.
The Chinese aerial skills team finally won 2 golds and 1 silver in this Winter Olympics.
Freestyle skiing aerial skills are the traditional strengths of the Chinese Winter Olympic Corps.
In the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, Han Xiaopeng won the first gold medal in the snow event for the Chinese team in the men's competition.
But in the following three Winter Olympics, no Chinese player has stood on the top podium of the event.
On February 16, Chinese player Qi Guangpu celebrated after completing the action.
On the same day, the freestyle skiing men's aerial skills final of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was held in the Zhangjiakou Division. Chinese player Qi Guangpu won the championship.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita
According to the rules, there will be two rounds of competition in the men's aerial skills final of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The top six players in the first round advance, and the second round final is "one jump to determine the winner".
Qi Guangpu played well in the first round and advanced successfully as the fourth. Jia Zongyang, also a four-time veteran, ranked seventh, but unfortunately stopped.
In the second round of the final of "One Battle", five contestants raised the difficulty factor to 5.0, including "Difficulty King" Qi Guangpu.
When the first two players made mistakes, the third player Qi Guangpu successfully completed the most difficult movement of turning backward for three weeks and turning for five weeks, scoring 129 points.
American player Christopher Lillis and Swiss player Piermin Werner, who appeared later, failed to challenge the action with a difficulty factor of 5.0 and withdrew from the championship.
The last player from the Russian Olympic Committee, Ilya Brov, took the initiative to reduce the difficulty of the movement before taking off. Despite the high-quality completion, the score of 114.93 was not enough to challenge Qi Guangpu's first position.
In the end, Qi Guangpu, who has competed in the Winter Olympics four times, achieved his dream of being an Olympic champion at the Beijing Winter Olympics and achieved the achievement of a "Grand Slam" in his career.
After the game, looking back at his four Winter Olympics, he was filled with emotion, "The past 16 years have not been easy. From the moment I stepped on the field, I worked hard for the final championship. I regretted the previous Olympic Games. , forcing me to go all out and give it my all.”
On February 15, the 2022 Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Men's Aerial Skills Qualification Tournament was held at Zhangjiakou Genting Ski Park. Chinese player Jia Zongyang advanced to the final with the second place.
The picture shows Jia Zongyang in the game.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhai Yujia
As Qi Guangpu's teammate who has fought side by side for many years, Jia Zongyang has witnessed the former's persistence and dedication in the past four Olympic cycles.
When Qi Guangpu successfully won the championship, he couldn't help shedding tears, "The preparation for the past four years has been very difficult for both of us, including physical strength and competitive state. He finally succeeded, which shows the strength of our (Chinese aerial skills) team. ."
So far, the Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing aerial skills competitions have all ended, and the Chinese team has won 2 golds and 1 silver in this event.
In addition to Qi Guangpu winning the men's championship, veteran Xu Mengtao also successfully won the women's championship. The two also won the mixed team runner-up together with Jia Zongyang.
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