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China soars to 5 medals in aerials

XU Mengtao won the gold medal to lead a Chinese sweep of the women's podium, while Jia Zongyang and Liu Zhongqing earned first- and second-place finishes for the country's men's team in World Cup aerials competition at the Olympic Jumping Complex in Lake Placid, New York, on Friday.

Xu had 93.06 points, Cheng Shuang was second with 85.65 points and Kong Fanyu was third with 81.20.

Olga Volkova of the Ukraine finished fourth with 71.97 points.

Jia claimed the victory in a very close competition between the three men's medalists, winning with 128.51 points. Liu was runner-up with a Super Final jump totaling 127.83 points and Anton Kushnir of Belarus rounded out the podium in third.





 

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