China's Olympic champion Xu misses National Games freestyle aerials medal

HOHHOT, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's veteran women's freestyle aerials skier Xu Mengtao, the Beijing 2022 Olympic champion, finished only fifth at the 14th National Winter Games on Wednesday due to a faulted landing.

30-year-old Kong Fanyu, bronze medalist at PyeongChang 2018, won the event for Heilongjiang Province with 94.82 points. This is Kong's first National Games title in three attempts.

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