(Beijing Winter Olympics) Looking for Gu Ailing
China News Agency Zhangjiakou, February 14th: Looking for Gu Ailing
China News Agency reporter Wang Yu Chen Lin
Gu Ailing, who won her first Winter Olympic gold medal, was even more eye-catching.
Reports about her poured in, and the cameras aimed at her were everywhere.
Gu Ailing's family, hobbies, training, and even her words and deeds... The outside world is exploring the details of this Chinese girl's growth trajectory, and is curious about the "mortal heart" under the halo of the Olympic champion.
On February 8, in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women's Grand Jump final held at the Beijing Shougang Ski Jump, Chinese athlete Gu Ailing competed with everyone after winning the championship.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
Gu Ailing's five-ring manicure became a new hot spot on the Internet after the competition; 520 drones rose up to form her portrait; her personal documentary was launched quickly, "a young role model with more affinity, attractiveness and appeal. story,” reads the introduction.
Fans played their musical instruments and sang their homemade hymn: "Gu Ailing, you are so good, you are worthy of our learning from you"; even the physics teacher was dismantling Gu Ailing's movements, to explain the common and easy-to-understand physics knowledge to the public.
On and off the field, her light shines day by day.
The International Olympic Committee website even wrote an article "exclaimed": "Gu Ailing has become the most dazzling star in the Beijing Winter Olympics, attracting everyone's attention."
As the International Olympic Committee said, in the past six days, "Gu Ailing" has frequently appeared in social media reposts and comments at home and abroad, with smiles and frowns on short video platforms, and between the lines of characters' articles.
On the evening of February 8, the award ceremony for the women's freestyle ski jumping platform of the Beijing Winter Olympics was held in Beijing Awards Plaza.
The picture shows Chinese athlete Gu Ailing, who won the championship, at the award ceremony.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Jun
But at the same time, where is Gu Ailing, who is being focused by the world?
Someone had seen her in official training.
After leaving a confident figure with a smile on the gold medal at the award ceremony on the evening of the 8th, Gu Ailing quickly moved to the Zhangjiakou competition area to prepare for the slope obstacle skills and U-shaped field skills.
A gold medal is obviously not Gu Ailing's ultimate goal.
After crossing the big platform, the most difficult challenge for her, she has the ability to make money in the remaining two events, and she wants to fulfill her talents in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Within a few days, Gu Ailing shuttled through the Genting Ski Park on snowboards, followed by her coaches and team members.
In order for her to concentrate on preparing for the battle, everyone built an invisible protective wall consciously or unintentionally.
Even in Sean White's curtain call, it still did not prevent Gu Ailing from conducting adaptive training at the venue next door.
Someone had seen her at the game.
While Cai Xuetong and Liu Jiayu were hitting the podium in the snowboard U-shaped venue, Gu Ailing quietly came to the scene to cheer for friends.
After the race, he turned around and threw himself into the slope obstacle course.
She came and went gently, so Liu Jiayu didn't even notice it.
In the mixed team final of freestyle skiing aerial skills, "Enthusiastic Spectator" Gu Ailing appeared on the field again.
While supporting the Chinese players on the court, she took out a calculator and exclaimed: "The aerial skills competition is too intense, how can I complete a triple 2880 (three weeks of tumbling plus five turns)?"
On February 10, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics women's snowboard U-shaped field skills final was held in Zhangjiakou Yunding Ski Park. The famous Chinese skier Gu Ailing watched the game and cheered for the players.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mao Jianjun
In fact, when Gu Ailing jumped out of the "stunning" anti-foot off-axis on the Shougang platform and turned 1620 degrees and won the championship, the media colleagues resident in the Zhangjiakou competition area couldn't help but sigh: "We are about to welcome the Olympic champion Gu Ailing. "
Since then, two countdowns have appeared in the minds of media reporters in the Zhangjiakou competition area: one is the closing day of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the other is the day when Gu Ailing made her debut at the Genting Ski Park.
Today, the second countdown reached zero, and Gu Ailing finally welcomed the slope obstacle skills competition.
She would have participated in the competition for the project the day before.
But an unexpected heavy snow delayed Gu Ailing's debut in the Zhangjiakou competition area.
In today's qualifying match, Gu Ailing also experienced a "twist".
In the morning, the Genting Ski Park after the snowfall blew gusts of breeze.
According to the official weather forecast, the gust of wind at the stadium even reached 9 meters per second.
Such weather has a great impact on skill-based slope obstacle events, and it also poses challenges for every contestant.
On February 14, Chinese player Gu Ailing ushered in the first show of freestyle ski slope obstacle skills.
She scored 79.38 points in the second round of qualifying.
During the aliquot, she ate the leek box.
As the first player to play, Gu Ailing had a flaw in the landing after passing the second prop, and the final score was only 57.28 points.
Seemingly dissatisfied with this result, she tilted her head and blinked before preparing for the next round.
For the second time sliding, the dashing and free Gu Ailing finally showed a perfect set of movements.
With a score of 79.38, she also secured a place in the finals.
In the waiting area, Gu Ailing, who was relaxed, unexpectedly took out a box of leeks and ate them.
What makes Gu Ailing unique is not just his amazing freestyle skiing skills.
Off the field, she is enthusiastic, approachable, and curious about all kinds of things.
Nowadays, she is keen to become a "foodie", and she does not hide her "love to eat" nature on the field.
Due to the approaching training time of the U-shaped field, Gu Ailing left the mixed mining area quickly after leaving a sentence "The leek box is very delicious".
From coming to Zhangjiakou to her debut, from completing the slope obstacle race to transitioning to the U-shaped pool, she is still so "come like the wind and go without a trace".
Gu Ailing, who has been exploring for days by the outside world, reappeared on the field and showed her talent and diligence.
Standing on the "Genting" and starting again, she, who came by the wind, will also "ride the wind" to the second gold.
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