Original title: The Fourteenth Winter | Freestyle Ski Slalom Hunt: Competition intensifies and medals “turn money into gold”
Xinhua News Agency, Hohhot, February 20 (Reporters Wang Jing, Zhang Rui) On the 20th, snowflakes fell in Liangcheng Division of Ulanqab City, the 14th National Winter Games, and athletes braved the wind and snow to compete. In the highly competitive open group women’s steeplechase final, the Sichuan Pan Yuchen team’s medal “turned from silver to gold”.
The freestyle ski obstacle course combines the high speed and excitement of racing events, as well as jumping, flying and other acts of skill events. It is held on a track that includes different turns, jumping platforms, waves and other landforms, integrating difficulty and speed. As one, it can be called a “fast side-by-side competition.”
On February 20, Sichuan team player Pan Yuchen (left) fell to the ground after a collision with Heilongjiang team player Zhang Xuelian (right). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Zishuo
In the open group women’s steeplechase heats, Heilongjiang’s Zhang Xuelian beat Pan Yuchen to take first place with a time of 1 minute, 09 seconds and 87 seconds. Pan Yuchen won the championship at the 2022-2023 Pursuit Freestyle and Snow Slalom National Championships. Both of them are the favorites to win this competition.
In the finals, when skiing down the slope of the last wave, Zhang Xuelian landed after jumping. Her center of gravity was obviously unstable. The skis also swerved and hit Pan Yuchen, who was almost conscious, causing the latter fell to the ground. In the end, Zhang Xuelian was the first to cross the finish line, followed by Pan Yuchen.
On February 20, champion Sichuan team player Pan Yuchen (center), runner-up Heilongjiang team player Zhang Xuelian (left), and third-placed Yunnan team player Pu Rui (right) were at the award ceremony. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhao Zishuo
Just when the audience felt sorry for Pan Yuchen’s results and Pan Yuchen himself felt offended, the result of the match was reversed – for the contact at the last second of the final, the refereeing team punished Zhang Xuelian for foul collision and won the silver Pan Yuchen won the gold medal and the Yunnan Pu Rui team won the bronze medal.
On the same day, Hastil Adlijiang from the Jilin team won the men’s obstacle course championship in the open category; Li Xueying of the Liaoning team won the women’s championship of the youth group, and Zhao Weibo of the Liaoning team won the men’s championship of the youth group. youth group.
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