China News Service, Hulunbuir, February 23, Title: Xu Mengtao picked silver in the winter sports: satisfied with herself at the age of 33

　　Author Hao Lingyu Chang Xinyu

　　On the 23rd, in the "Fourteenth Winter" Freestyle Skiing Aerials Open Group Mixed Team Competition, Beijing Winter Olympics champion Xu Mengtao twice performed an action with a difficulty coefficient of up to 4.2930 (a backflip and triple rotation of 1080 degrees). This is exactly Her winning move at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

　　Xu Mengtao's two jump scores were 96.59 points and 93.58 points respectively.

After the competition, she lamented to reporters that she had not used the triple platform in a competition for two years.

She said that at the "advanced age" of 33 years old, she could still perform this most difficult movement for women in the competition, and she was satisfied with the completion of the movement.

　　Unlike the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao failed to win gold with this move this time.

Although the Liaoning team led by Xu Mengtao won the first place in the preliminaries that day, the three members of the Inner Mongolia team completed their movements with higher quality in the final round. However, the "veteran team" composed of Xu Mengtao, Jia Zongyang, and Wang Xindi failed to withstand the impact and ended up in the final position. Ranked second.

　　In the final of the Beijing Winter Olympics two years ago, Xu Mengtao's last jump was extremely difficult. She finally won the Winter Olympics after four games. Her tearful words after the game, "Am I number one?" became a moving part of the Beijing Winter Olympics. scene.

Her victory also marked a breakthrough for China's women's freestyle skiing aerials, which achieved zero gold medals in the Winter Olympics.

　　In fact, before preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao had undergone four major surgeries on both knees, in which 70% of the lateral meniscus of the left knee was removed and the anterior cruciate ligaments of both knees were ruptured.

After the Beijing Winter Olympics, although injuries continued to accompany her, Xu Mengtao chose to return to the competition. She began to resume training last year and returned to the competition at the end of the year, winning both the "Fourteen Winters" qualifying competition and the national championship.

On February 23, Xu Mengtao competed in the mixed team finals of the freestyle skiing aerials open category of the "14th Winter".

Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Wenhua

　　"I am now competing with players who are 15 or 16 years younger than me." Xu Mengtao once said that she did not participate in competitions for a long time after the Beijing Winter Olympics and needed to slowly regain her form.

　　In the women's freestyle skiing aerials competition held on the 21st, Xu Mengtao performed well in the first two rounds, but her performance was abnormal in the third round. She ultimately ranked fifth with 78.96 points and missed the podium.

　　Looking back at the women's competition, Xu Mengtao said: "The girls were not afraid that day as if they had been given chicken blood, but they were bold." But in fact, at the age of 33, she is still a "bold girl"; The female player with the most difficult moves in the team competition on the 23rd.

　　Xu Mengtao, who won a silver medal, seemed to be in tears while waiting for the award.

She said that the 24th was the birthday of her teammate Jia Zongyang. She originally wanted to give the mixed team gold medal to "Lao Jia" as a birthday gift, but unfortunately she failed.

"We will continue to work hard towards the goal of the Milan Winter Olympics. I hope everyone can continue to support us." (End)