On December 30th, Beijing time, just over a month before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the freestyle skiing U-shaped venue skills and snowboard slope obstacle skills competition will usher in the New Year’s Eve World Cup at the Olympic Park in Calgary, Canada. , Chinese star Gu Ailing was included in the official list, but according to the latest information from the International Snow Federation, she will be absent from this Canadian station in order to avoid injuries.
Calgary is the second stop of the Freestyle Skiing World Cup Tour. Gu Ailing temporarily chose to retire during the first race held at Copper Mountain in the United States earlier this month, but the Chinese star will still be in the next few competitions. Found the status in, and won the championship many times. It is reported that this time in Canada, Gu Ailing entered the big list again, but in order to avoid injuries, she still decided not to play.
At the Canada station, the Chinese female players on the squad were Zhang Kexin, Wu Meng, Li Fanghui and Zhang Ziyi.
Estonian star Kelly Sildaru did not participate in the competition, which means that Canadian player Rachel Kaker, who won the silver medal in the United States, will become Gu Ailing’s biggest rival for the title. Of course, another Canadian player, Cassie Sharp, won’t be too young. After all, she won the gold medal in this event at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. In the 2018-2019 season, Sharp and Kak won the first and second places in this project respectively.
In the men’s event, Alex Ferreira of the United States is undoubtedly the one who has the highest demand for the championship. He won the silver medal in the event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. His goal is to compete again at the Beijing Winter Olympics in February. Achieve good results.
New Zealand’s world champion Nicole Portus and the United States’ double world champion Aaron Brunk both missed the round, but the Canadian Brendan McKay, who finished third in the Copper Mountain last time Perhaps it will create some difficulties for Ferreira to win the championship. Chinese male players Wang Haizhuo and He Binghan will play.
At the same time, this season’s Snowboard World Cup slope slalom will also begin in Calgary for men’s qualifying. For men, the slope obstacles of last season and the champion of the season, Marcus Cleveland of Norway, will be an invincible opponent.
The host Canada team has a strong lineup led by Liam Breerley, who was second only to Cleveland in the World Cup rankings last season. The US team’s lineup is also very in-depth and is expected to include Reid Gerrard, the champion of the project in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
On the women’s side, Austria’s Anna Gasser won one victory and three top five finishes in the slope obstacle competition at the end of the shortened 2020-2021 season, and won two second places in the big platform this season. .
Australia’s Tys Cody ranked third in the slope skiing rankings last season. Her goal is to maintain her stable performance in the previous competition. She has been on the podium four times in five races. . American Jamie Anderson won the slope skiing gold medal at both the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Last year’s Aspen World Championships’ slope skiing gold medalist, New Zealand’s Zoe Sadowski-Sinnott is also expected to win the gold.
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