In the freestyle ski world cup of the American Mammoth Mountain Station that ended in the early morning of Beijing time on the 9th, China's Gu Ailing rode a ride and finally won the championship with the highest score of the season of 97.5. It is worth mentioning that this is her sixth top event this season and has successfully won all the races in the freestyle skiing U-pool event. Holding up the crystal ball representing the "Best Performance Award of the Season", Gu Ailing said: "As a young player, I am very happy to receive this award. I was particularly happy to have such a performance before the Olympics. ”
The International Snow Federation posted on its official website, describing Gu Ailing as follows: "Gu Ailing has done nothing but win this season."
Due to windy weather, the final was postponed by one day compared to schedule. The adjustment of the game time did not affect Gu Ailing's performance, she played well in the first jump of the final, scoring 94.75 points; after successfully completing two air turns of 900 degrees in the second jump and landing smoothly, she got the highest score of the season of 97.50, thus locking in the championship. The other two Chinese players, Li Fanghui and Zhang Kexin, finished 5th and 7th respectively.
With the end of the game, Gu Ailing's U-shaped field game of the season came to an end. In four races of this season's U-Shaped Venue World Cup (Copper Mountain, Canada, Calgary, Canada, and Mammoth Hill), Gu Ailing won the championship and won the first season championship of his career with a very dominant performance.
Gu Ailing has not been smooth this season, because of the injury, she missed the freestyle slope obstacle course World Cup in Stubai, Austria. It wasn't until December that Gu Ailing started her new season, but after she stood on the field, she was invincible.
She won the U-shaped track and big jump at two World Cup races in early December last year, and then won a gold and silver medal at the Day Tour Tour, the top international commercial ski event.
At the second race at the freestyle skiing World Cup U-shaped venue in Calgary, Canada, in early January this year, Gu Ailing won the championship with excellent performance despite the bad weather conditions.
In the eyes of others, the 18-year-old Gu Ailing is simply a "miracle" - before the freestyle skiing world championships held last March, Gu Ailing was accidentally injured in training, resulting in a fracture of his right hand and a torn ligament in his thumb. But in order to participate in the competition, Gu Ailing postponed the operation until after the game. In her first trip to the World Championships, she won 2 gold and 1 bronze in the women's U-shaped field, slope obstacle course and big jump event.
She also became the first Chinese athlete to win two gold medals at the World Freestyle Skiing Championships, and also created the history of the International Snow Federation, becoming the first doubleboarder to win two gold medals at the same World Championships. Next, Gu Ailing will train in the final stage of preparation for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Winning all the championships in the sub-station competitions, excellent physical condition, high attention from the outside world, and sitting on the advantages of the home field, etc., make Gu Ailing the best candidate for the Winter Olympic Champion. Some netizens joked: "Directly hang the gold medal around her neck"! At the Beijing Winter Olympics, let us cheer for Gu Ailing!
Text: Gong Jieyun
Source: Shangguan News
Editors: Xie Wenyun, Yang Ye
Review: Lu Jiaqi
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