Chao News client reporter Li Wenyao.
On January 28, Beijing time, the World Winter X Games (X Games) freestyle skiing women's halfpipe event competition was held in Aspen, USA. Beijing Winter Olympics champion Gu Ailing went into battle with an injury and still played well. In the first round, she finished with 9466 points to take the lead, and the third round to 95With a high score of 66, he finally won the championship, and the British player Atkin and the Canadian ** Fraser won respectively.
Second and third place.
Source: Visual China.
The annual World Winter X Games are the "palace-level" events in the minds of ice and snow athletes around the world. Before the start of this year's competition, Su Yiming said on social platforms that he withdrew from this year's competition due to injury, and his language was full of regret and reluctance.
This is Gu Ailing's fourth medal at the X World Games Winter Championships. In 2021, she won gold medals in freestyle skiing halfpipe, slopestyle and bronze in big air.
Before the game, Gu Ailing posted on social platforms: "I was unfortunately injured in training a few days ago, which caused me to be unable to walk. Despite more than three hours of physiotherapy a day, I still feel extreme pain and am unable to participate in normal training. But I decided that I would do my best today to participate in the U-pool competition of X Games. The sport requires a lot of sacrifice, and sometimes being the best is not just about beating your opponents, but also about beating yourself. Let's muster up the courage to cheer together! The accompanying picture shows her undergoing **, training, and writing a sentence on her hand: "pain is temporary & i h**e no fear." ”
Source: Gu Ailing Weibo.
Although she won the gold medal in the women's halfpipe event without any suspense, Gu Ailing still said through social ** after the game that she withdrew from the X Games slopestyle event she planned to participate in due to injury.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing won two gold medals in women's freestyle skiing big air and halfpipe, as well as a silver medal in slopestyle, becoming the first freestyle skier to win three medals at a single Winter Olympics. Recently, according to the Associated Press, Gu Ailing said in an interview that she plans to continue to represent China in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, so that thousands of Chinese girls have the opportunity to see the charm of ice and snow sports, and she also hopes to play a greater role in the broader field of women's sports.