CHANGCHUN, Northeast China, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Australian Jacqui Cooper beat a strong field of Chinese to claim her second straight win at the 2007-2008 freestyle FIS World Cup events here on Saturday.

    Cooper reaped 204.28 points from two jumps to reach the top of the podium in the women's aerials for the second time in two days.

    "I feel really relieved, and it's been two big days for me," said Cooper. "I had very short preparation before coming here, but the outcome is very good and I am very happy."

    Olympic silver medalist Li Nina of China settled for the silver medal with 195.81 and her teammates Cheng Shuang and Dai Shuangfei came in third and fourth respectively.

    "I am worried," said Cooper while talking about the Chinese team. "China is an amazing team and Nina (Li) is a beautiful competitor."

    Coming off a disappointing 12th finish in Friday's competition, Li recovered to take her first medal of the season.

    "I am contented with my performance," said Li. "I was in much better form than yesterday."

    In the men's category, Dmitri Dashinski of Belarus held off Olympic champion Han Xiaopeng of China for the title.

    Dashinski, who finished fifth in Friday's action, collected 247.23 points for the top honor, 6.13 points ahead of the silver medalist Han.

    "I am very tired after two consecutive days of competitions, but I am very happy to win," said Dashinski.

    "I was competing with myself, not other jumpers, and I think I did a good job today."

    Han, who became the first Chinese to win an Olympic gold medal in snow sports when crowning at the Turino Games in 2006, missed the chance to grab his first World Cup title again.

    "I have won gold medals at the Olympics and the World Championship, but I have never had any victory at World Cup events. I really wanted to win this title in front of home fans, but maybe I put too much pressure on myself," said Han Xiaopeng.

    "But that's OK, the silver is not bad," he added. "I think it's just a matter of time for me to claim my first win at the World Cup. I still have a bunch of opportunities in the rest of the season."

    Canadian Steve Omischl, the defending overall World Cup champion and the winner in Friday's opening event, slipped to the third place with 237.60.

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