Xu Mengtao (right) and Wang Xindi won two medals for the Chinese team. Picture/Xu Mengtao
Beijing News (reporter Sun Haiguang) Freestyle Skiing Aerials World Cup Moscow standing at the end of Beijing time this morning, Xu Mengtao picked a bronze medal. Wang Xindi won a men’s silver medal, and the current total score ranks second in the world.
On February 16 last year, in the women’s final of freestyle skiing aerials in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao made a mistake in the 2nd jump and missed the 3rd jump. Before the game, Xu Mengtao once made an oath to retire without winning the first gold for the Chinese delegation.
After the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Xu Mengtao performed leg surgery again. In ten years, four major surgeries have been performed. After months of recovery, 28-year-old Xu Mengtao chose to stick to it and follow the national team to prepare for the 4th Winter Olympics.
Xu Mengtao is in good condition this season. Xu Mengtao won the 21st gold medal in the World Cup at Lake Placid, which ended earlier. In the following world championships, Xu Mengtao won a bronze medal, and her medals were recorded in the world championships six times.
The World Cup moved to Moscow this week, and Xu Mengtao’s state is still stable. In the final ended this morning, Xu Mengtao won a bronze medal with 89.88 points, which was exactly the same as her score when she won the Championship in Lake Placid last month. Ramanoskaya, a Russian with the highest difficulty coefficient, won the championship with a super high score of 105.93.
Coincidentally, the Moscow final day is also the first anniversary of the women’s aerials final of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Xu Mengtao also felt some emotion, “from the night of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics final to the end of today’s Moscow world cup, A whole year has passed! Today is also a variety of experiences and moods commemorating one year ago than in the Winter Olympics. Today, one year later, I will also commemorate the precious bronze medal gained by the super tired day.” After more than ten years of career, Xu Mengtao said that he would be happy no matter what his grades were, as long as he tried his best.
In terms of men, Wang Xindi won the second silver medal in the World Cup this season, with the current total points ranking second in the world.