(East-West Question) Short Comment: What's behind the "Gu Ailing Phenomenon"?
China News Agency, Beijing, February 12th: What is the light behind the "Gu Ailing phenomenon"?
China News Agency reporter An Yingzhao
Gu Ailing became popular.
From the valiant and heroic appearance on the field, to the chatty and laughing during the interview after the game, she became a "phenomenal" star behind her, and let the world see three colors.
Gu Ailing let the world see the background of sports.
On February 8, Gu Ailing won the freestyle skiing women's platform jumping championship at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Jun
In the freestyle skiing women's big platform final, Gu Ailing did not compete easily.
After the first two rounds, she, who was only ranked third, was faced with a dilemma: seeking stability and securing the top three, or seeking change and striving for the first place.
In the end, the 18-year-old Gu Ailing won the gold with a high score in the third round.
The pursuit of perfection and the challenge of impossibility are precisely the charm of competitive sports. Gu Ailing's free will not only create history, but also make the Olympic motto of faster, higher and stronger - more united reflected in the Beijing Winter Olympics. on the field.
On February 8, in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women's Grand Jump final held at the Beijing Shougang Ski Jump, Gu Ailing won the championship.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
Faced with questions with ulterior motives after the game, Gu Ailing said bluntly, "Sports can unite all people, and sports do not need to be related to nationality." Sports has nothing to do with politics, and athletes' constant exploration of challenging human limits also transcends national boundaries.
The International Olympic Committee added "more unity" to the centennial Olympic motto, hoping that sports can promote unity rather than create differences. Gu Ailing's answer shows the background of sports, and audiences at home and abroad should refocus their attention on the arena. not in the whirlpool of public opinion.
On February 8, Chinese athlete Gu Ailing won the championship in the women's freestyle ski jumping final of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics held at the Beijing Shougang Ski Jumping platform.
The picture shows Gu Ailing (right) helping each other with other athletes.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
Gu Ailing also let the world see the true nature of "Generation Z".
In addition to the halo of world champion, Gu Ailing is also a "post-00".
On the field, she won 6 championships in 36 days, and used diligence to fulfill her talent; off the field, she faced criticism and doubts, and used humor to resolve embarrassment; in life, she is also gluttonous, playful, lazy, and uses sleep to adjust her state.
This is "Generation Z", who dare to challenge difficult problems, dare to explore boundaries, and are good at learning skills.
More importantly, most of them, like Gu Ailing, are not afraid of "falling in love with fear".
Photo by China News Agency reporter Ren Haixia
Throughout the ages, many great achievements have been achieved in youth.
During the war years, Huo Qubing sealed the wolf Juxu and was only weak, and Zhuge Lianglong's countermeasures had not yet been established.
In the history of art, Wang Ximeng painted "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" at the age of 18, and Botticelli completed "Spring" and "The Birth of Venus" before the age of 42.
In the field of science, Einstein proposed the special theory of relativity at the age of 26, Yang Zhenning at the age of 34, and Li Zhengdao at the age of 30 discovered that "parity is not conserved"...Youth has never been a shackle to limit success, but is often a weapon to break through secular stereotypes and overturn traditional constraints. .
Gu Ailing also let the world see the harmony and the different colors.
The cultural background of China and the United States intersects, so that Gu Ailing has her own "topic attribute".
Since she first represented China in the competition, some Western media began to set up "issue traps" in her interviews, trying to induce her to praise the United States and criticize China.
But Gu Ailing can always respond with the most authentic performance: when she won the first championship in North America in 2022, she wore a cowboy hat and held champagne; "Treading the Snow to Find the Dragon" is particularly eye-catching.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
Gu Ailing's success in "breaking the circle" is due to the accumulation of exchanges and cooperation between China and the United States in the past decades, and it also reflects the "chemical reaction" generated by the collision and integration of sports cultures of the two countries.
As she said in the interview, "I feel very comfortable when I am in the United States and China." It is this rare "comfort" that makes Gu Ailing an international idol, and also shows the world that beauty that transcends ideology is the real beauty Harmony and difference, beauty and beauty.
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