Freestyle World Ski Championships: China’s Xu Mengtao wins women’s aerials silver
One of three Chinese skiers in the final, Xu finishes second to Kaila Kuhn of the US
China’s Xu Mengtao won silver in the women’s aerials at the Freestyle World Ski Championships in Switzerland on Sunday.
Competing at her seventh world championships, Xu was one of three Chinese skiers to reach the final in Corviglia, along with Shao Qi and Chen Xuezheng, and she got on the podium with a score of 99.16 on her second run.
The United States’ Kaila Kuhn scored 105.13 for gold, while Danielle Scott of Australia finished third with 96.93.
Chen took fourth place and Shao was sixth.
In 2022, Xu became the first Chinese woman to win Olympic gold in the aerial ski event, at the age of 31. At this year’s Asian Winter Games in Harbin, she won two gold medals and a silver.