Beijing time on February 14 news, Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing women's aerial skills final, Xu Mengtao won the gold. The most regrettable player of this campaign is the American star Ashley Caldwell, who almost won a whole game, but made a mistake in the last jump. However, Ashley Caldwell was very personable and congratulated Xu Mengtao.
In the qualifying round, Ashley Caldwell scored higher than Xu Mengtao, the former was 101.31 points, the latter was 101.10 points. In the end, both made it easy to reach the final.
In the first round of the final, the first jump, Ashley Caldwell was 103.92 points, Xu Mengtao was 103.89 points, that is, the American star won 0.03 points. In the second jump, Xu Mengtao gave up after having locked in the qualification for the ultimate showdown and recuperated. And Ashley Caldwell is still jumping, 105.60 points, a new high.
Ashley Caldwell's form, it seemed, could not be stopped. But in fact, Ashley Caldwell came out too quickly, and Xu Mengtao raised obscurity and put the decisive battle at the end.
The ultimate showdown, a jump to determine the winner, Xu Mengtao played the second to the bottom, played well, scored 108.61 points, and rose to the first place!
The last to play was Ashley Caldwell, who had to perform perfectly, over 108.61 points, but unfortunately Ashley Caldwell made a mistake and scored only 83.71 points, not even on the podium, only 4th.
For the first time, Xu Mengtao saw Ashley Caldwell's mistake and excitedly pounded the wall, Xu Mengtao knew that his gold medal was stable. And Ashley Caldwell was very generous, she hugged the excited Xu Mengtao and said - Taotao, I'm proud of you!
After losing the gold medal, Ashley Caldwell can still say "proud of Xu Mengtao", which is really not easy, very personable.
At the Winter Olympics, Ashley Caldwell has won 1 gold in the previous mixed team competition, where she helped the United States beat China. Ashley Caldwell and Xu Mengtao felt the same way because this was also the 4th Winter Olympics of the American star, the previous mixed team gold medal, and the first Olympic gold of her career.