Qi Guangpu won the gold medal in the men’s freestyle skiing final of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. How would you evaluate his performance?

China’s seventh gold medal! Qi Guangpu, a veteran of the Four Dynasties, realized his dream. This is the first time in 16 years since Han Xiaopeng in 2006 that a Chinese athlete won the gold medal in men's aerials in freestyle skiing.

He deserves it! The runner-up of the 2011 World Championships, the champion of the 2013 World Championships, the champion of the 2015 World Championships, and the runner-up of the 2017 World Championships. He has stood on the podium of freestyle skiing aerials, which is more accidental, for many years in a row. Who said he is the uncrowned king? It’s just that the goddess of luck did not favor him at the Olympics. He placed 7th at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, 4th at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and 7th at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. He was always a little short of the podium. Compared with his good brother Jia Zongyang, who has never won a world championship but has won 1 silver and 1 bronze in Pingchang and Sochi, Qi Guangpu undoubtedly has a greater desire for Olympic gold medals.

The final was thrilling. In a competition format where one jump determines the outcome, five of the six players used the most difficult moves with a difficulty coefficient of 5.0, and the competition for medals became fierce. This move requires three somersaults in the air and five turns. Due to its high difficulty, Qi Guangpu has only practiced it less than 10 times in the past year, with a success rate of less than 50%. "Their determination also inspired me, and I fought hard at the last moment!" With the belief that he must win, Qi Guangpu challenged the most difficult action and completed it brilliantly.

As the host, adding a freestyle ski aerials mixed team event is in line with the International Olympic Committee’s call to promote gender equality. On the other hand, it is also natural for the Chinese team, which has a balanced and outstanding male and female strength. "Selfish". The women's teams of Russia and Switzerland are weak, and the men's teams of Australia and Belarus are weak. Only the United States team has no obvious weakness, but its performance is not as stable as the Chinese team. Through three-person team fighting, each other can make up for the loss of gold caused by one person's abnormal performance. The situation occurs again.

But it is too difficult to calculate. Jia Zongyang accidentally lost control on the Back Full-Double Full-Full with a difficulty of 4.425, while American teenager Christopher LILLIS performed the Back Double Full-Full-Full-Full with a difficulty of 5.0. The movements were performed perfectly. Xu Mengtao and Qi Guangpu were unable to fill the 40-point gap. This time, there was still no gold medal. After the game, both of them comforted Lao Jia, but everyone knew in their hearts that the veterans of the four dynasties had only one goal in going out for the competition - the gold medal.