China's Gu, Liu secure spots in women's freeski big air final at Milan-Cortina

LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion Gu Ailing of China advanced to the final of the women's freeski big air event at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics along with teammate Liu Mengting here on Saturday.

Gu, the first to take the run in the qualifications, opened with a rightward takeoff double cork 1440 with crail grab, landing cleanly to earn 86.00 points. On her second attempt, she tried a leftward takeoff double cork 1080 with blindside grab but fell on landing, earning only 20.75 points. She repeated the trick on her third run and landed it successfully, scoring 84.75 points.