"I broke my hand a few weeks ago and was protected by a cast. I'm not sure if I can grasp the pole and slide freely."
"But I feel good now, and I look forward to participating in my first World Championship in a few weeks!"
A screenshot of Gu Ailing's personal social media
Gu Ailing, a 17-year-old Chinese freestyle skier, may have knocked out these words with his right hand in a cast.
Gu Ailing revealed through personal social media on the 3rd that her right hand was fractured a few weeks ago, she was protected by a plaster and will undergo surgery after the end of the season.
And then, she decided to take the injury to the World Championships.
Will she still create a new history for China's ice and snow when she is injured in the battle?
The answer may not be important, because no matter what the result is, people will continue to look forward to this 17-year-old girl as always.
After all, she has brought too many surprises to China's ice and snow in a long career in the past.
Gu Ailing competition performance
Not long ago, at the 2021 World Extreme Games (XGames) Aspen Station, which kicked off on January 30, Beijing time, Gu Ailing, who participated for the first time, performed well-she first won in the women's freestyle skiing super U-shaped course competition The champion, the next day, she won the gold medal in the women’s slope obstacle skills event, and counted the bronze medals in the freestyle ski jump. Gu Ailing won two golds and one bronze in the three events she participated in, rewriting Chinese players There is no gold history in this traditional event.
Gu Ailing made another history for China's ice and snow in Aspen.
Image source: Gu Ailing's personal social media
The highlights she brought to China's ice and snow are more than that.
At the 2019 FIFA World Cup Italy, Gu Ailing received her own "first experience of winning gold"-a gold medal in the slope obstacle competition.
At the age of 16, she was the youngest of the World Cup players and the only full-time high school student.
In January 2020, before the age of 17, she added another sum to her honor book.
Gu Ailing celebrates victory
In the Women's Freestyle Skiing U-shaped final of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland, Gu Ailing won the championship with the highest score of 93.00 in the second round. Only 3 days later, she won the freestyle skiing women's big jump final. He won the championship with an advantage of 1.25 points beyond the second place and achieved the double gold king of the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
As the International Snow Federation evaluated at the time, for the young Gu Ailing, there will be many times in the future for such a championship moment.
And the next time Gu Ailing won gold after that, the time difference was indeed not far away.
On February 14, 2020 local time, in the 2019-20 season freestyle skiing U-shaped venue 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.
Screenshot of FIS Social Media
The International Snow Federation sighed: “We saw the history-making performance at Calgary Station. These were the two greatest days ever in the FIS Ski Freestyle World Cup event. Gu Ailing once again wrote his name in the annals of history. !"
Originally, the upcoming World Championships was likely to be a stage for Gu Ailing to continue to shine, but the sudden injury would inevitably affect her pace of making history.
But the Chinese girl is still full of energy, because her ultimate goal has long been pointed at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Gu Ailing has been looking forward to representing China and performing at the 2022 Beijing Winter 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!"
Gu Ailing was overjoyed after learning that he won the championship
Moreover, this injury was not the only difficulty that Gu Ailing encountered while growing up.
Not long ago, Gu Ailing revealed in an interview with American media that he had been attacked by irrational American netizens for choosing to represent China.
Gu Ailing’s agent also revealed that the U.S. team paid close attention to Gu Ailing early on and identified Gu Ailing as a player with extraordinary talents.
In the end, Gu Ailing chose to fight for China.
Gu Ailing did not care about those malicious remarks. She admitted that she would not be surprised, and said that as the Olympics gets closer, those people may make more violent criticisms.
Everyone knows that this is because of Gu Ailing's ever-increasing competition in the arena.
Gu Ailing displays the national flag
Gu Ailing once said that she hopes to influence more people by gaining honor and hope that more girls will work hard for their dreams like her.
Therefore, for the young Gu Ailing, a small injury or a few unprovoked accusations are just a small background sound on her dream path.
Just like the picture she used when she announced her injury, when Gu Ailing jumped high, the only person who could stay in the picture with her was the blue sky and white snow.
Soon after Gu Ailing announced her injury, she updated another dynamic: "I think the most beautiful girl should be brave to pursue her dream, cool and sassy, girls, come on!"
Cool and sassy Chinese girl, you have to come on!