China’s Liu Mengting just made winter sports history 🏂! The 21-year-old clinched her first-ever Freeski Big Air World Cup title in Klagenfurt, Austria, after a nail-biting final decided by just 0.20 points. 🥇
Liu dominated early, landing two flawless Double 1080s to score 170.60 points – nearly sealing her win before her third run. \"I'm so happy. My first World Cup win, it's so cool!\" she gushed post-victory.
Italy’s Flora Tabanelli put up a fierce fight, scoring a jaw-dropping 91.00 in her first run with a left double cork 1260 safety. But two lower-scoring attempts left her just short of catching China’s new snow queen. 👑
Liu joins Olympic champion Gu Ailing as only the second Chinese athlete to win a Big Air World Cup. Meanwhile, New Zealand’s Luca Harrington crushed the men’s event with a gravity-defying switch right triple 1620, proving winter sports are heating up globally. 🌍❄️
