Chinese skiers settle for third at Aerials World Cup

Home>>Sports

Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, February 16, 2004

Chinese skiers settle for third at Aerials World Cup

Chinese Qiu Sen came in third in World Cup aerials event at the Longzhu slopes in Heilongjiang province, Northeastern China on Feb. 15.

DISCUSSION

CHINESE

SEND TO FRIEND

Chinese Qiu Sen came in third in World Cup aerials event at the Longzhu slopes in Heilongjiang province, Northeastern China on Feb. 15.

Qiu finished on a score of 233.61, while Steve Omischl of Canada ranked first with 246.71, and Joe Pack of the United States second with 237.68. All three men completed quadruple twisting triple somersaults.

Omischl leads the overall standings of men's aerials with 738 points, followed by Belorussians Dmitri Dashinski with 612 points, and Alexei Grichin with 419.

Olympic champion Alisa Camplin of Australia held on her overall lead in women's competition with 768 points despite finishing third in Sunday's event.

Her compatriot Lydia Ierodiaconou placed first winning 193.82 points. Anna Zukal of Russia came second with 177.29, followed by Camplin with a score of 172.70.

Wang Jiao of China was fourth with 164.18, followed by countrywoman Song Shuyao in fifth place with 161.34.

Source: Xinhua

Questions?Comments? Click here

China to host World Cup freestyle skiing

CEO of Indian Wipro Industries: Chinese software industry can't catch up with India's ( 6 Messages)

US media urge gov't not to surrender China market to EU ( 19 Messages)

UK monitors Chinese mission in the UN ( 4 Messages)

Why is it hard to stop the US dollar falling ( 2 Messages)

Japan decides to further cut back economic aid to China ( 46 Messages)