Winter sports superstar Gu Ailing just leveled up her legend 🌟! The Chinese freeski phenom crushed the competition at the FIS World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, defending her slopestyle title with a jaw-dropping 85.13-point run. This marks her 20th World Cup victory – talk about #Goals! 🎿
Gu dominated the innovative course featuring a spherical rail obstacle and butter-pad jumps, leaving American silver medalist Marin Hamill (71.38) and Austria's Lara Wolf (67.85) in her powder trail. This win hits different – slopestyle was the only event where she didn't strike Olympic gold in 2022, taking silver instead. Now she's charging into next month's Milan-Cortina Winter Games as the athlete to beat! ⚡
Meanwhile, Chinese snowboarder Su Yiming kept fans on edge 🤯, barely qualifying for Sunday's men's slopestyle final after a rhythm hiccup in his first run. The 18-year-old Beijing Olympic silver medalist will need to bring his A-game as he enters the final as first rider.
Not to be outshined, China's 'Snow Princess' 👑 Cai Xuetong carved her way to bronze in the women's halfpipe, scoring 75.25 points behind the Republic of Korea's Choi Gaon (92.50) and Japan's Rise Kudo (82.75).
All eyes now turn to Cortina d'Ampezzo as these athletes prepare for Olympic glory! ❄️🇮🇹
