On February 16, Beijing time, the men's aerial skills final of the Beijing Winter Olympics was staged, and China's Qi Guangpu played, his performance was very outstanding, scoring 129.00 points and winning the gold medal, the four dynasties elder finally realized his dream. Counting Xu Mengtao's previous gold medal and the team silver medal, the Chinese Air Skills Team won 2 gold and 1 silver, a big victory.
In the preliminary round, the two Chinese players performed well, advancing with one jump and ranking in the top two, becoming the favorite to win the championship. Both are veterans of the Four Dynasties and have a lot of experience, having previously joined forces to win a silver medal in the team, and 31-year-old Jia Zongyang won a bronze medal in Sochi and a silver medal in Pyeongchang, leaving only one Olympic gold medal in his career.
The final is divided into two rounds, the first round has two jumps, the top 6 advance to the finals, and the second round of the players jump to determine the winner and loser, which is very exciting. In the first move of the first round, both Chinese players performed well, With Jia Zongyang ranked 5th and Qi Guangpu 3rd. In the second action, many players increased the difficulty, Jia Zongyang made a major mistake, fell to the ground, and did not have a chance to compete for the medal in advance, and Qi Guangpu advanced to the finals.
The grand finals were won by a one-jump victory, and the winner or loser of the game depended entirely on the quality of the action, with Schönefeld, who came first, making a mistake and scoring only 106.50 points, and the defending champion Abramenko, who then appeared, also finished averagely, scoring 116.50 points.
Qi Guangpu made his third appearance, his movements were very beautifully completed, scoring 129.00 points, and Qi Guangpu was very excited. Lillis, the American who then came on, made a mistake and scored only 103 points. Swiss youngster Werner made his fifth appearance and failed to surpass Qi Guangpu, and the last to appear was Russia's Brov, who failed to score more than Qi Guangpu, who won the gold medal, which was the seventh gold medal of the Chinese delegation.
The 32-year-old Qi Guangpu as the elder of the four dynasties finally realized his dream, before participating in the Winter Olympics three times, Qi Guangpu won the seventh, fourth and seventh places respectively, and now he uses his perseverance to finally realize his Olympic gold medal dream and become another Grand Slam winner, such an experience is undoubtedly very inspiring, teammate Jia Zongyang also gave him applause.
Both men and women in aerial skills won gold medals, the team won silver medals, China won 2 gold and 1 silver in the air skills events, Qi Guangpu and Xu Mengtao, two elders of the four dynasties, both realized the dream of gold medals, the only regret is Jia Zongyang, who once again rubbed shoulders with the gold medal.