Chloe Kim defended her snowboard women’s U-shaped field skills. Chinese player Cai Xuetong ranked fourth.
Xinhua News Agency, Chongli, Hebei, February 10, Beijing Winter Olympics snowboard women’s U-shaped field skills final ended at Genting Ski Park in Zhangjiakou Division on the morning of the 10th. American Chloe King defended her title with a score of 94.00 points in the first skate, and China’s Cai Xuetong ranked fourth, refreshing her best ranking in the Winter Olympics.
On February 10th, American player Chloe King was in the competition. Photo by Xinhua reporter Xiao Yijiu
The Chinese team in the snowboard U-shaped field skills event at the Winter Olympics achieved full participation. Four men and four women participated in the competition. Among them, the women’s two “veterans of the four dynasties” Cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu joined hands with Qiu Leng to advance to the finals, while Wu Shaotong stopped in the qualifying round. The finals will be played in reverse order according to the qualifying rankings, and the best results will be ranked by sliding three times.
Qiu Leng, who took the lead, scored 53.75 points in the first round of sliding. Facing the camera, she held her hands to her heart, with the words “Lao Wu, come on” written on her palm, cheering for Wu Shaotong, who missed the finals. Liu Jiayu, the runner-up in Pyeongchang who won the first medal of the snowboard Winter Olympics for China in 2018, made her sixth appearance. , As in the qualifying round, she made a mistake in the first slide. Cai Xuetong, who ranked third in the qualifying round, then played. After the game the day before, she said that the final would be “difficult”. She scored 81.25 points with two 900 moves.
Defending champion Chloe King competed in the first round finale and completed the slide with a set of difficult moves of 1080 followed by 900 followed by 540 and then 1080. The referee also gave a high score of 94.00 points. Tomita Sena, who scored 86.00 points, ranked second, and Cai Xuetong ranked third.
In the second round, Qiu Leng and Liu Jiayu made mistakes one following another. Tomita Sena set a new record with 88.25 points. Castellet, a Spanish veteran of the five Winter Olympics, scored the highest 90.25 points in the round with two 900 connections. Cai Xuetong, who was squeezed into fourth place, also took out his first 1080 action, but the completion was slightly flawed, and he scored 64.50 points.
On February 10th, Chinese player Cai Xuetong was in the competition. Photo by Xinhua reporter Wu Zhuang
In the last round, Cai Xuetong continued to perform 1080 moves, but landed on the ground to help snow, and finally finished the game with 75.00 points, failing to surpass. In the end, Chloe King, Castletree, and Tomita Sena won the championship, second, and third place respectively. Cai Xuetong, Liu Jiayu and Qiu Leng ranked fourth, eighth and 12th respectively. Jin, who has no ranking pressure for a long time, tried to challenge 1260 in the game but failed to fully succeed.
“It hurts to fall. “Chloe King talked regarding her movements, causing a burst of laughter, “But it’s worth it, it’s worth a thousand percent. This is the motivation to promote my progress. I hope I landed smoothly, but I didn’t.” I did it once during practice, and the effect was not bad. Let’s try once more another day. ”
The fifth place in Pyeongchang was Cai Xuetong’s previous best record in the Winter Olympics. This time, he advanced by one place, but he was still one step away from the podium. When asked regarding his future plans, Cai Xuetong said: “In the future, I hope that everyone will pay more attention to this project, and then I hope to see that I can still be on the court through the competition. If I have the ability to continue to challenge my limits or explore my potential, I will continue. ”
