To limit the age in the range of "below 30 years old", it still seems too broad for Gu Ailing, after all, she is only 17 years old.

  But this will not affect her flash.

Screenshot of Forbes China list

  On the 9th, Forbes China announced the 2020 list of elites under 30, with a total of 300 outstanding young people active in various fields in China on the list.

The 17-year-old freestyle skier Gu Ailing was selected and became the youngest one.

  The entry requirement for this year's list is that they were born after January 1, 1990, and the average age of the finalists is 27.9 years old.

Other on the list in the sports field include Chen Aisen, Sui Wenjing, Chen Qingchen, Sun Yingsha, Gong Xiangyu, Han Cong, Jia Yifan, Zhang Weili, Zhao Shuai and others.

Among them, the youngest is 23 years old.

  Compared with these older brothers and sisters, Gu Ailing, who is still a child, is still a child.

To be more precise, she is what people often say, an unparalleled "child of someone else's family".

Gu Ailing celebrates victory

Minor world champion

  On April 16th of this year, the International Snow Federation announced through social media that Chinese freestyle skier Gu Ailing was awarded the “Best Moment” of the International Snow Federation 2019/2020 season.

  Yes, she was born on September 3, 2003, she was not even 17 years old at that time.

  "Gu Ailing wrote her name into the history of freestyle skiing for the first time, and there may be many more times in the future." In the evaluation, the International Snow Federation gave Gu Ailing, who was only 16 years old, a high praise.

Screenshot of FIS Social Media

  This is the praise that Gu Ailing has won for herself with performance.

  On February 14, 2020 local time, in the 2019-20 season freestyle skiing World Cup Calgary, Gu Ailing won the U-shaped venue championship with 94.00 points.

  Two days later, she won again in the slope obstacle skills competition.

With this gold medal, Gu Ailing created the history of the FIS World Cup-winning two gold medals in one World Cup.

  Therefore, the International Snow Federation sighed: “We saw the history-making performance in the Calgary Station. These were the two greatest days in the history of the FIS Snowboard Freestyle World Cup. Gu Ailing once again named herself Written in history!"

Gu Ailing was overjoyed after learning that he won the championship

  Not only that, Gu Ailing's World Cup "early experience" is not here.

As early as the 2019 World Cup Italy, she won a gold medal in the slope obstacle competition.

She was the youngest player in the World Cup at the time and the only full-time high school student.

  At the age of 16, she was already the three gold kings of the World Cup.

  In January of this year, before she was 17 years old, she added another sum to her honor book.

  In the Women's Freestyle Skiing U-pool final of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland, Gu Ailing scored the highest score of 93.00 in the second round and won the Women's Freestyle Skiing U-pool championship at the Youth Olympic Games; only 3 After days, she won the championship by 1.25 points ahead of the second place in the women's freestyle skiing finals, achieving the double gold of the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

  As the International Snow Federation evaluated, for only 17-year-old Gu Ailing, there will be many times in the future for such a winning moment.

Gu Ailing celebrates victory

Close to full marks

  Although she started to learn skiing at the age of 3 and participated in various adult competitions at the age of 13, for Gu Ailing, who is still a student, learning is the same as skiing as an important part of her life.

  And just like her performance in the snow field, she also pursues the best in the examination field.

After knowing her academic performance, you can't even easily judge, academic and "snow industry", in which field she is doing better.

  For example, on June 8 this year, which is usually the day when the domestic college entrance examination is held, Gu Ailing, who is less than 17 years old, graduated from high school.

Screenshot of Gu Ailing's personal social media

  It is understood that Gu Ailing has revealed that in order to fully prepare for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, she chose to complete the remaining two high school courses ahead of schedule in the 2019-20 school year.

  In the face of such academic pressure, Gu Ailing herself said lightly: “It’s actually okay. Just list the things that need to be done and do it one by one. I don’t think this is an impossible task. I think I have plenty of time. It will take more than 10 hours in Europe, and there must be time for homework."

  With such efforts, she became the first student to graduate early in the history of her school.

Gu Ailing posted photos to celebrate her graduation from high school.

Image source: Gu Ailing's personal social media

  Therefore, when many people were just entering high school, Gu Ailing had already posted their graduation photos, and wrote: "So far, I have been a full-time student. This year I became the first student to graduate early. , I look forward to preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics in 18 months!"

  When talking about future academic plans, Gu Ailing said: “I want to go to college in the fall of 2022. I saw some schools with my parents. I like 5 or 6 schools. Stanford University is one of them. Because it’s close to home. My mother graduated from that, so I have a good impression since childhood."

  And now she is very close to her goal.

In October of this year, Gu Ailing just received the SAT score of the American college entrance examination.

In the test with a full score of 1600 points, Gu Ailing scored 1580 points.

According to Gu Ailing’s mother, Gu Ailing scored 790 points in both math and English subjects.

After getting close to full marks, "Xueba" Gu Ailing is one step closer to her favorite Stanford University.

Gu Ailing of China

  Although Gu Ailing's excellence makes people call her "the child of someone else's family", she is also "Chinese freestyle skier Gu Ailing" and a real family member.

  "Chinese freestyle skier Gu Ailing reports."

This is a sentence sent by Gu Ailing on personal social media on June 8, 2019.

  It was also at that time that she, who was originally Chinese-American, announced that she had converted to Chinese nationality.

According to the official website of the International Ski Federation, Gu Ailing's registered nationality has changed from the United States to China as early as June 2019.

Gu Ailing will represent China in the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Image source: Gu Ailing's personal Weibo

  Gu Ailing was born in San Francisco, USA. Her father is American and her mother is Chinese.

Gu Ailing's Chinese expression is very fluent, even with a "Beijing accent".

  It is understood that since childhood, Gu Ailing and her mother will return to China to experience the customs of his "hometown" every summer.

In the words of Gu Ailing’s mother, although her daughter grew up in the United States, she is also a Chinese child and a Beijing girl.

Data Map: Gu Ailing

  And Gu Ailing has been looking forward to representing China and performing in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

As early as June 2019, she posted on Weibo: "I am proud to represent China in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in three years...Beijing, I am coming!"

  All the honors today are obviously not the limit of 17-year-old Gu Ailing.

Gu Ailing has never concealed her expectations for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, when she will only be 19 years old.

  Let us look forward to what surprises this "child of someone else's family", Chinese freestyle skier Gu Ailing, will bring.

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