Xinhua News Agency, Shijiazhuang, February 27 (reporter Yang Fan, Li Bowen) 2018-2019 International snow Union snowboard parallel project Asian Cup kicked off on the 27th in Yunding Ski Park, Chongli district, Zhangjiakou city, Hebei province. The parallel revolution competition became the “civil war” of the Chinese team, and Zhang Xuan and Gong Naiying won the gold medals of men and women respectively.
The competition venue of this Asian Cup is exactly the venue where the snowboard parallel event World Cup competition was held before, and it is the newly built parallel event track of Winter Olympics in Genting Ski Park this season. The track is 582 meters long and has a vertical drop of 100 meters. There are 28 sets of flag gates in total.
The Asian Cup failed to attract too many players from other countries to participate in the competition and became the “civil war” of the Chinese team “. In terms of women, 16 Chinese female team members fought against each other after the start of the competition. After several rounds of competitions, Gong Naiying and Yan Ruxin met in the final, and Gong Naiying won by 0.64 seconds. In the third and fourth duel, Niu Jiaqi defeated Dong Xue with a 0.63-second advantage.
Naiying, the harem of the tournament, said: “I feel particularly tired today because I didn’t recover after the game. But I feel how slippery and comfortable this venue is, just like hanging up, so even if I am tired, I still insist on fighting until the end.”
In terms of men, Zhang Xuan, who had outstanding performance in the parallel rotation project of the World Cup, lived up to expectations and won the championship by defeating his teammate Bi Ye with a greater advantage of 3.78 seconds. Pang Zhendong lost to Sun Huan in the third and fourth finals.
On the 28th, this Asian Cup will usher in a parallel rotation competition.