Uppercase performance of Tess Ledeux. The world number 1 in big air flew over the event at the Winter X Games, two weeks before Beijing Olympics, by winning gold for the third time thanks to an exceptional jump at 1620°, never before performed in competition by a woman.
The Frenchwoman dropped with joy on the snowy track of Aspen (Colorado), her eyes full of stars after her third flight, still not coming back from her exploit. A suspended time at four and a half laps (4×360° plus 180°) in rear reception, rewarded with a score of 49/50, which is almost perfection.
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CONTINUE TESS! ??
Tess Ledeux crushes the competition at @XGames d’Aspen and won GOLD in the Big Air event. ?? pic.twitter.com/YtL91ZVTFC— FFS – French Ski Federation (@FedFranceSki) January 21, 2022
She had fallen on her second attempt, on an equally risky combination, and we wondered if she could recover. She therefore reacted like a champion, securing her victory with a fourth jump scored 45/50, for a final average of 94/100.
Second gold in Aspen
« This victory is so special, I missed the X Games so much, I’m very happy, it’s an incredible feeling “, reacted, as moved as smiling, the one who adds to her collection a second gold medal in Aspen after 2020, a third in total counting that gleaned in Norway in 2019.
Last year she had been forced into the package, due to the death of her father at the same time.
A message to the competition before the Olympics
Ledeux, who succeeds the Chinese Eileen Gu, absent this year, beat the Canadians Megan Oldham (89 pts) and Olivia Asselin (72 pts).
The one who took these X Games “ a bit like a big rehearsal » in view of the Beijing Games (February 4-20), sent a very strong message to the competition. And it may not be over, because she is also in contention on Saturday in slopestyle, an event for which she will aim for a first victory, after a silver medal in 2017.
Friday’s result
1. Tess Ledeux (FRA) – 94 points
2. Megan Oldham (CAN) – 89
3. Olivia Asselin (CAN) – 72
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