On the morning of February 10, Beijing time, the winter Olympics snowboarding women's U-shaped venue skill final was staged, and China's Liu Jiayu scored a total of 73.5 points, ranking 8th.
Born in 1992, Liu Jiayu is the best female performance holder of mainland snowboarding, and she is also affectionately known as the "snow elf" by ice and snow sports enthusiasts. In 2018, Liu Jiayu won a silver medal in the women's U-shaped pool at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which was the first time that a mainland athlete stood on the Olympic podium in the event, and the "first person to snowboard" was well deserved. On January 21, 2021, Liu Jiayu completed the difficult action front foot forehand blade two weeks backflip (D-crippler) in the U-shaped field training in Salzburg, Austria, becoming the first snowboarder in China and the third in the world to complete this difficult action, and in training, he tried the backfoot front blade backflip that no female athlete had completed for two weeks. She believes that the history she has created will be broken by herself again.
In the qualification tournament of this Winter Olympic Games, Liu Jiayu successfully qualified under great pressure. In the final, she was ready to do a two-week backflip (D-crippler) in the game, but unexpectedly made a mistake in the first two rounds. In the third round, Liu Jiayu gradually adjusted his state and successfully completed the complete set of choreographed actions including Haakon 720, Reverse Foot Outreach 720, Air to fakie, Forward Foot Outreach 540, Mctwist 540, and the referee scored 73.5 points for this set of actions.
After the game, Liu Jiayu said that he regretted not being able to complete his difficult action D-crippler, but he was also proud of being able to withstand the pressure and successfully complete the choreographed action in the last round of the competition. "Whether it's four Olympics or preparing for the next, the reason I've stuck with it is because I believe I can make a better breakthrough and that I was right in my thinking and decision." "I love skiing and will grow old with snowboarding."
With the boom of the Winter Olympics, ice and snow sports are also heating up, especially snowboarding has become a favorite "cool sport" for young people. In his sports career for many years, Liu Jiayu has always demanded himself with the "faster, higher and stronger" of the Olympic spirit, constantly challenging the limits and breaking through himself. I also look forward to Liu Jiayu to continue to bring better performances on the field, "Snow Elf" will always be active in the ice and snow field, we will walk through the wind and rain with her, greet the rainbow, and "go to the future together"!
Looking forward to the next four years of fulfilling the dream!
Column Editor-in-Chief: Chen Hua Text Editor: Shi Jiani
Source: Author: Shi Jiani