The three chinese women in the snowboard U-shaped pool will advance to the final

(Beijing Winter Olympics) Snowboard U-shaped pool China's three women will advance to the final

Zhangjiakou, China News Service, 9 February (Reporter Wang Yu Wang Hao) The Beijing Winter Olympics snowboarding U-shaped pool began a qualifying competition on the 9th. After two rounds of fierce competition, China's Liu Jiayu, Cai Xuetong and Qiu Leng successfully advanced to the women's final. Defending champion Sean White of the men's U-pool advanced to the final with a brilliant second-round play.

On February 9, in the women's U-shaped venue skills qualification tournament of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's Liu Jiayu, Cai Xuetong and Qiu Leng successfully advanced to the final. Liu Jiayu and Cai Xuetong, who are also the elders of the four dynasties of the Winter Olympics, are the favorites to win the event. The picture shows Liu Jiayu in the game. Image source: Visual China

As the first runner to start the qualifiers, Liu Jiayu made a mistake in the first round of skating and scored only 15.25 points. Fortunately, she adjusted in time, and scored 72.25 points on the second skate, ranking seventh, and according to the rules of the top 12 promotions, she successfully won a final seat.

After the game, when talking about the mistake of the first jump, Liu Jiayu said that he was also surprised, "I also wanted to ask myself what happened in the first round, it was good at the beginning, I was quite surprised to fall, and the coach was also very surprised." This is competitive sports, and there is no way to ensure 100% success. But I was still very satisfied with my performance, and the second time I slid very well under pressure. ”

Looking forward to tomorrow's final, Liu Jiayu said he would "amplify the move". She said she felt very happy and relaxed at her own "blessed land" Genting Ski Park competition. Finally, Liu Jiayu jokingly said with the reporters present: "Tomorrow you will pray (for me)!" ”

China's Cai Xuetong, who ranked first in the total points of the project this season, played well. With 83.25 points from the first round of gliding, she finished third to advance to the final. After the game, she said that today's purpose is to advance to the final, as the elder of the four dynasties of the Winter Olympics, she feels like participating for the first time, "Today is very happy, the most important thing is to stand on the field and enjoy the field."

Four years ago at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, American "gifted girl" Chloe King won the gold medal with outstanding performance in the women's U-shaped pool of snowboarding. In today's qualifying round, she also ranked first in the final with a high score of 87.75 points. Speaking of this formidable opponent, Cai Xuetong said: "I have actually been challenging her (Chloe King) and I also appreciate her competitive ability in the competition. She is a very talented player, and everyone can see the promotion of this project. Chloe King is constantly increasing the difficulty, which makes all the girls constantly break through themselves. ”

In addition, Qiu Leng, a young player born in 1997, ranked 12th in the risky promotion. The final of the women's U-shaped pool for snowboarding will be held at Genting Ski Park on the morning of the 10th.

In the men's U-pool qualifiers, defending champion and American star Sean White began his journey to the fifth Winter Olympics. With just 24.25 points in the first round of errors, he slid 86.25 points in the second round to advance to the final in fourth place, with Japan's Hirano Bumon in first place.

The Chinese team sent Four players, Gu Ao, Fan Xuebing, Wang Ziyang and Gao Hongbo, to participate in the men's competition, but unfortunately they failed to advance to the final. Among them, Gu Ao ranked 14th with 58.5 points. (End)