Competitors from Tonghua of northeast China's Jilin Province swept medals of K90m ski jumping in China's 11th Winter Games held on Wednesday.
Tian Zhandong, 26-year-old ski jumper who had played the game for more than 10 years, won the Gold medal with a total score of 239.5 points.
In the event consisting of two rounds jumps, Tian made a steady performance in each, 91 meters in the first and 91.5 meters in the second.
A group of five umpires also gave a consensus in styling scores for Tian's performance which made his winning more unshakable.
Tian's other two teammates Li Yang and Wang Jianxun grabbed theSilver and Bronze with total scores of 234 and 220 respectively.
Li Yang flied 92 meters in the second jump, the longest result during the whole event, but his first jump, 89 meters, dragged himfrom challenging Tian.
"Each of our three medalists has the ability to win the Gold, it depends on our condition and performance in today's event," Tian said.
Tian achieved the fourth place in the 10th National Winter Games. Before the Winter Games, Tian and other national players ofski jumping had participated a train in Europe.
"We admire the European ski jumpers for they can continue their training on ski jumping track in summer season," Tian told Xinhua.
The head coach of China's national team of ski jumping Piao Xuefeng said that compared with foreign ski jumpers, Chinese have little physical disparity.
"The only obstacle which disturbs Chinese improvements is the lack of a ski jumping course available in summer season," Piao said.
"There is good news for a summer course has been under construction in Changchun," he added.
Source: Xinhua
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