Sochi’s slopes crashed China’s dreams for a gold medal in freestyle skiing women’s aerials at the Winter Olympics.
Xu Mengtao missed her landing Friday after leading the second final with a high score of 101.08. Xu said the slope felt steeper than normal. The 23 year-old from China’s northeastern Liaoning province earned silver with 83.50 points, behind Belarus skier Alla Tsuper’s 98.01.
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