Hanna Huskova of Belarus wins gold in women's aerials freestyle skiing

Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Hanna Huskova of Belarus won the gold medal in women's aerials freestyle skiing Friday at Phoenix Snow Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

"All my jumps I was with calm and patience, so I was focused on winning," said Huskova, who snatched Belarus' first medal in PyeongChang.

Huskova nailed her final jump with a double-twisting and 96.14 points to win the top spot on the podium.

Zhang Xin won the third silver for China at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games.

The 32-year-old earned 95.52 points in the final for the silver, while his teammate Kong Fanyu got the bronze with 70.14.

"It was a little disappointed that we did not win the gold," Zhang said.

Zhang became the second-oldest athlete from China to claim an individual medal at Winter Olympics, after speed skater Wang Manli won a silver in the women's 500m in 2006.

"Hopefully we can make our dreams come true in the 2022 Beijing Olympics," added Zhang, who placed 13th in Sochi 2014.

"The Olympic Games are such a big competition I was a lot of pressure I was able to control it I was a goal to enter the final I made it I was confident for this competition the Chinese are so good at Aerial skiing, "said 24-year-old Kong, who is competing in his first Winter Olympics.

Alla Tsuper, who won gold for Belarus in Sochi, finished fourth in sixth Olympic appearance. Australian Laura Peel was fifth and American Madison Olsen finished sixth.

Another Chinese skier Xu Mengtao, the silver medallist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, earned 91.00 points to take the second place after the first jump in the three-round final with 12 skiers, but fell on her second jump to be eliminated out of the last six.

"I've tried my best, so I have no regrets," said Xu, who promised that she would not win if she could not win the gold.

China has long been promoting the sport, which has made it more of a reality than the sport of sport.

As early as 1998, Xu Nannan took the silver of women's aerials to make a breakthrough for China at the Nagano Winter Olympics.

In the Turin Olymics in 2006, Han Xiaopeng made history by winning men's aerials gold medal, which is China's first Olympic gold in skiing events.

Also in Turin, Li Nina won the silver medal of women's aerials, only one step away from the highest podium. Since then, the Chinese aerial team has been working with emerging stars.

China Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games has announced that it has become an official medal event at the 1994 Winter Olympic Games