[Sports Road News]Eileen Gu, a mixed-race skier from the United States who turned to represent China, won the freestyle skiing women’s U-shaped field skills final of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday (18th), with the first two rounds. Jumping out of the high-level performance of more than 90 points, he won the gold medal with an absolute advantage, increasing the number of individual medals in this Winter Olympics to three, and becoming the first person in the history of the Winter Olympics to win three consecutive medals in one event. Freestyle skier!
Gu Ailing was the only player who scored more than 90 points in the qualifying match yesterday (17th), and she scored more than 90 points in both rounds of qualifying matches, so she was no match for winning the championship. Sure enough, after a night’s rest, Gu Ailing once again showed her superior strength in the 12-player final. She scored 93.25 points in the first round, more than 4 points higher than the closest Canadian player, Cassie Sharpe, who was striving to defend her title. .
In the second round, although Canada’s Sharpie scored 90 points, Weigu Ailing’s performance improved to a higher level, scoring 95.25 points, further consolidating her leading position. In the last round of the competition, even though the score obtained by Sabie, who came in second from the bottom, increased again, but failed to get ahead of Gu Ailing, Eileen was determined to win the gold medal before the last round of competition. She won the gold medal in the third round. Playing with a relaxed mind, although he only scored 30 points, Gu Ailing won the gold without damage. This is also her second gold medal in this year’s Winter Olympics after the women’s big platform diving. Together with the silver medal in the women’s slope obstacle course, it is her third Winter Olympics medal. Coincidentally, Gu Ailing also won the same medals in these three events at the Winter Youth Olympics two years ago.
Gu Ailing said after the game: “I can’t believe it, I want to remember this moment forever, I enjoyed this Olympic trip so much, I am so happy. I am honored to be here, to come to the Olympic platform, so that I can convey A message that inspires young girls. My passion for the Olympics is to spread the sport to more young people, and I feel like I finally deserve the love and expectations that everyone has in me.”
It is worth mentioning that since the Winter Youth Olympics in 2020, the Extreme Games in 2021, the World Championships in March of the same year, and the 4 World Cups from the end of last year to the beginning of the year, Gu Ailing has all been sealed after the women’s U-shaped venue skills, together with the Beijing Winter Games. Austria’s gold medal can be said to have achieved a very difficult Grand Slam.
Canada’s Sharpie failed to defend her title, but still won a silver medal with 90.75 points. Another Canadian player, Rachael Karker, who lost to Gu Ailing at last year’s World Championships, won the bronze medal with 87.75 points. As for the other two Chinese representatives Li Fanghui and Zhang Kexin who entered the finals, the former scored 5th with 86.5 points, and the latter scored 7th with 78.75 points.
This article was originally published on “[Beijing Winter Olympics]Gu Ailing makes history and becomes the only freestyle skier in history to win three consecutive medals” by “Tilu Sportsroad”
