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in the final of the 2024-2025 fis freestyle skiing halfpipe world cup in cardrona, new zealand, chinese athlete gu ailing won the championship and won the 15th world cup championship in her career. another chinese athlete zhang kexin won the runner-up. chinese athletes won the championship and runner-up.

gu ailing competed with a shoulder injury, but her performance was still strong. she scored 90+ points in all three rounds and was the only athlete to score over 90 points. she finally won her first championship of the season with 96.00 points.

this is gu ailing's 15th world cup championship. she broke the international ski federation record and ranked first in the history of the male and female athletes list.

according to reports, in the 2023 season, gu ailing broke her shoulder during training at an austrian ski resort, but she still played with the injury. in the end, she won four championships this season, bringing her career world cup championship number to 14. after that, gu ailing did not undergo surgery, but chose conservative treatment for her shoulder injury. according to gu ailing's family, her shoulder injury has not healed. in the new season, gu ailing started training and competition mode with a shoulder guard.

after the game, gu ailing posted a message saying: "today's first world cup of the season held in new zealand has special significance. i won the 15th world cup gold medal and set a new record in the history of the international ski federation freestyle skiing world cup for men and women."

"i will continue to work hard, stay true to my original aspiration, and break through the boundaries. thank you friends for your support despite the wind and snow and jet lag. your love and encouragement have also inspired me! let's work hard together!"

this championship is of great significance to gu ailing. so far in her career, gu ailing has achieved the grand slam in the freestyle skiing world cup, world championships, winter extreme games xgames, winter youth olympics and winter olympics, becoming the gold medalist with the most gold medals in the field with 24 gold medals.

gu ailing was born in san francisco, california, usa in 2003. she is a chinese female freestyle skier.

in june 2019, gu ailing officially announced that she would represent china in the 2022 winter olympics and changed her nationality to china. in february 2022, at the beijing winter olympics, gu ailing won two gold medals in freestyle skiing big air and freestyle skiing halfpipe.

source: jingchu.com, cctv sports, cctv news, jiupai news, gu ailing's weibo, etc.