![]() ![]() “I’m going to hide this silver medal and won’t take it out until I get a gold one. On the evening of February 14, local time, accelerating, jumping into the air, performing flips and twists, and landing in one smooth motion, Xu Mengtao won the silver medal with 83.50 points in the women’s aerials final.Īfter winning her first silver medal at the Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao was not satisfied. In four years, she had gained more experience and become more mature. Xu Mengtao skied back into action at the Sochi Winter Olympics. Give me four more years, and I can definitely win it.” At that time, Xu Mengtao was ambitious and had great confidence in her future. 19-year-old Xu Mengtao took part in her first Winter Olympics.Īt the Vancouver Winter Olympics, in the final of the women’s aerials, competing against formidable rivals for the gold medal, young Xu Mengtao made a mistake in her second jump and ended up in sixth place. Therefore, she became a new star enjoying great popularity in freestyle skiing aerials of Team China. ![]() In 2009, she won her first World Cup champion in Moscow. In 2007, Xu Mengtao won the first freestyle skiing aerials champion for China at the World Youth Championships. Photograph: Fu Tian/CNSĪfter switching to freestyle skiing aerials, Xu made amazing progress and soon showed her talents. Xu Mengtao’s life has changed and a “Snow Princess” was born. So that year, Xu’s father sent her to Chen Hongbin, a teacher at Shenyang Sport University and head coach of the National Team at the time, and Xu began to engage in freestyle skiing. But at that time, she was more than 1.60 meters tall and had few advantages in continuing to practice gymnastics. She was selected to the Liaoning Provincial gymnastics team at the age of eight with excellent savvy.Īt the 9th Sports meeting of Liaoning Province in 2002, 12-year-old Xu Mengtao won 3 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal. Since the age of 4, Xu Mengtao followed Zhang Liping, a coach of Anshan Military Sports School, to practice gymnastics. His father made a simple training ground to help her training. When Father discovered his daughter’s good flexibility, he devoted himself to training her to become a professional athlete.Īt that time, Xu’s family made a living by setting up a barbecue stall, so their economic situation was not good. Xu Mengtao’s father is a sports fan, and it is his lifelong dream to practice gymnastics, become a professional athlete and stand on the Olympic podium. Xu Mengtao celebrated her championship after the competition. On the evening of February 14, her dream finally came true. The 31-year-old veteran only lacks a gold medal in the Winter Olympics in her honour list. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is Xu Mengtao’s fourth time competing in the Winter Olympics. ![]() The past time has taught her that success was not as easy as she imagined. We share our ups and downs together.” Xu Mengtao said so after the competition, and there rose a stream of warmth in everyone’s heart. “There is nothing to be afraid of because we are together. When Jia Zongyang finished his moves and walked to the result-waiting area, Xu Mengtao who has already been waiting there gave Jia a warm hug. So Team China’s Jia Zongyang and Qi Guangpu and woman Xu Mengtao clinched the silver medal. In freestyle skiing mixed team aerials, China’s Jia Zongyang, who was the second on the team to jump in the final round, made a mistake while landing. ![]() This time, she could fully submerge herself in the victory.īack to the evening of February 10, at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, there was warmth of spring in the cold wind. On the evening of February 14, Xu Mengtao won the gold medal in her most familiar sport- women’s freestyle skiing aerials, in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.Īfter winning the championship, she screamed into the cold air and embraced her opponent with tears because of happiness.įrom her first show in Vancouver 2010 to her championship in the Beijing 2022, Xu has waited for 12 years. Editor's note: The translators DUO Renyue and ZHU Xuehan are students of School of Foreign Languages and Literature of Beijing Normal University. ![]()
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