China's Cai, Liu, Qiu enter women's snowboard halfpipe final at Beijing 2022
CHONGLI - China's seven-time World Cup halfpipe crystal globe winner Cai Xuetong, Liu Jiayu and Qiu Leng qualified for the women's snowboard halfpipe final at Beijing 2022 here on Wednesday.
Cai and Liu are both veterans who participated in their fourth Winter Olympics. Cai notched a high score of 83.25 points in the first run to rank the third in the table. Winning a ticket for the final, she tried a bolder last trick in the second run but failed.
"My major goal today is to advance to the final. I planned to well perform a backside in the second run but I did not make it. I will try more difficult tricks tomorrow, otherwise, my four years' efforts will be useless," said Cai.
Unlike her compatriot, Liu slipped in the first run, only completing half of her tricks. In the second run, she managed to raise her ranking to the seventh with 72.25 points.
