2023-12-18 00:16:00
Original title: Cui Chenxi creates the best result in the history of Chinese skateboarding world championships
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 17 (Reporter Wang Qinou) According to the official website of the World Roller Skating and Skateboarding Federation (World Skateboarding Federation), the 2023 Street Skateboarding World Championships concluded on the 17th in Tokyo, Japan. Chinese teenager Cui Chenxi, who just won the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games this year, entered the women’s street style finals for the first time and ultimately ranked eighth. This is the highest ranking a Chinese skateboarder has ever achieved in a world championship.
Previously, the best result of a Chinese player at the World Skateboarding Championships was Zeng Wenhui’s 18th place in 2021.
On December 17, Chinese player Cui Chenxi competed.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yiyi
Cui Chenxi, who was born in 2009, is regarding to celebrate her 14th birthday. Her seven opponents in the women’s street style final that day are all “post-2005”. The youngest among them is the Australian “genius girl” Kewell, who was born in 2010. She was also the silver medalist at the last World Championships. In addition, regulars on the podium at the Olympics and World Championships such as Brazil’s Leal and Japan’s Nishiya Hana all made it to the finals.
The final consists of two rounds of routing and five ultimate moves. The highest one-round routing score and the two ultimate moves are added together to get the player’s total score. Cui Chenxi made mistakes in the ending movements of both rounds of the line, causing her to be at the bottom of the points following the line was completed. In the big move part, she made mistakes in the first four moves and received no points, which also cost her the possibility of improving her ranking. However, she successfully completed the difficult flip in the last round and scored 89.44, which was also the fourth-highest score in the day’s ultimate trick.
On December 17, Chinese player Cui Chenxi competed.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yiyi
The competition for medals was extremely fierce. Leal, the last world championship champion and Tokyo Olympics silver medalist, still maintained the lead until the third round of the big trick, but Japanese player Yumei Oda later jumped to the third place with a high-scoring move that scored 94.80 points. one. As Leal failed in his last two attempts, Oda Yumei won the first world championship of his career.
Kewell scored over 94 points in the fourth round, but ended up missing the podium by less than one point. The bronze medal was won by Tokyo Olympic champion Nishiya Hana.
On December 17, champion Japanese player Yumei Oda (middle), runner-up Brazilian player Leisa Leal (left) and third runner-up Japanese player Nishiya Hana took a group photo at the award ceremony.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yiyi
The top three men’s spots were occupied by Japanese players. Sora Shirai, Kairyu Netsuki and Tokyo Olympic champion Yuto Horiyoshi won gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
This world championship is also a points competition for the skateboarding street event of the Paris Olympic Games. After the last points competition in March next year, the top 44 male and female athletes will be eligible to participate in the Olympic qualification series to be held in Shanghai and Budapest. Who will go to Paris will be revealed following the series.
Currently, the Chinese team has 5 female players including Cui Chenxi and Zeng Wenhui among the 44 finalists.
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