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SCMP Sport

China’s strong performance at the FIS Freestyle World Cup continued with gold in the aerials mixed team event in the United States.
The trio of Xu Mengtao, Sun Jiaxu and Li Xinpeng overturned a third-place finish in the first round by dominating the superfinal on Sunday in Lake Placid, New York state.
They recorded three clean landings, scoring 328.41 points to claim the top spot.
Alexandra Montminy, Miha Fontaine and Alexandre Duchaine scored 289.17 points to win silver for Team Canada 2. Australia’s Abbey Willcox, Laura Peel and Reilly Flanagan were third with 277.63 points.

Xu had won the women’s individual aerial category the day before – a feat matched by Sun, with his shock success in the men’s.
“It was quite difficult for us today,” Xu said.
“I’m very happy that we’ve got one more win at Lake Placid, and that this is the first World Cup win for my teammate Xinpeng. Thanks to everyone who gave us support here.”
The Chinese team were a mix of youth and experience, with 34-year-old Xu – widely regarded as the country’s best freestyle skier – having competed at four Winter Olympics, winning one gold medal and two silvers.
Sun, 25, a silver medallist in the 2019 world championships, took gold on Saturday in the men’s aerial, an event in which five Chinese skiers finished in the top six, including Li, 19, who earned bronze.
Sunday’s final was a fiercely contested affair and competition was sufficiently stiff that both of the teams fielded by hosts the US, the reigning world champions, failed to make the cut for the superfinal.
China’s dominance came as the country gears up to host the Asian Winter Games in Harbin next month.
The flame for those Games was lit on Monday at Harbin’s Sun Island Scenic Area, as the city, in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, prepares to welcome the continent’s best in winter sports from February 7 to 14.


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Xu Mengtao of China warms up before the women’s aerials in Lake Placid. Photo: Getty Images

Xu Mengtao celebrates winning the women’s aerials on Saturday. Photo: Getty Images

Xu Mengtao celebrates with a Chinese flag after winning the women’s aerials at FIS Freestyle World Cup at Lake Placid, New York on Saturday. Photo: Getty Images

Eileen Gu during the final run of the slopestyle World Cup event in Laax on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Xu Mengtao warms up before the women’s aerials qualification at the Freestyle World Cup. Photo: Getty Images

Yang Wenlong won his first FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup gold in Austria. Photo: Getty Images

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Superfinal of the mixed team event in Lake Placid settled by dominant display from the Chinese trio


Superfinal of the mixed team event in Lake Placid settled by dominant display from the Chinese trio.
