Gu wins women's free ski halfpipe, her second gold for China at Beijing 2022

Xinhua/chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-02-18 10:59
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Chinese athlete Gu Ailing celebrates after the freestyle skiing women's freeski halfpipe final of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei province, Feb 18, 2022. [Photo by Wei Xiaohao/chinadaily.com.cn]

Best at halfpipe in the three events she attended, Gu scored 93.25 points in her first run to lead the 12-strong final standings, collected 95.25 points in her second run to extend the lead and sealed the win before her third run.

Gu was the last competitor came out in every run in the final as she topped the qualification with 95.50 on Thursday. Before her third run on Friday, all the other finalists could not surpass her definitely. Then Gu made an easy run to celebrate her triumph.

On how she outdid herself in her second run, Gu said, "It was pretty windy today, I was struggling during practice especially with speed and so in my first run it just felt so good to put it down and to be able to have a score.

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