China News Service, Beijing, March 11 (Reporter Liu Xingchen) Gu Ailing won the gold medal again.
On the 10th local time, Chinese freestyle skier Gu Ailing ended her competition in the 2024 Dew Tour annual event. She won the gold medal twice in 15 hours.
The competition was held in Copper Mountain in the United States. Gu Ailing participated in the freestyle skiing U-shaped field skills and street skills competitions.
In the freestyle skiing halfpipe skills competition, she won the championship with a score of 97.66 points.
The picture shows Gu Ailing celebrating her victory.
Image source: Gu Ailing Weibo
"Thank you to my friends for their support and encouragement at every moment of making history. Let's continue to work hard together!" Gu Ailing wrote after the game.
At this point, Gu Ailing has ended her entire journey this season.
In the 9 competitions she competed in (freestyle skiing halfpipe, slopestyle and street skills), she handed over 7 gold medals and 2 silver medals.
At the end of November last year, Gu Ailing accidentally broke her shoulder while training in Austria, but she chose to play with the injury in the 2023-24 FIS U-shaped Track World Cup Genting Station in early December.
It was also her first domestic appearance after winning the Beijing Winter Olympics.
In the end, Gu Ailing won the gold medal with 94.25 points, winning her first championship of the season.
At that time, she said: "I have no confidence in myself. It is impossible for others to have confidence in me. I must challenge myself. My biggest wish is to perform for everyone."
The picture shows Gu Ailing being interviewed after the FIS U-shaped Field World Cup Genting Station competition.
(File photo) Photo by Liu Xingchen
After that, she flew to the United States and won back-to-back championships at the Copper Mountain Station of the Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe World Cup, winning two championships in a week.
In January this year, Gu Ailing competed in the 2024 Lakes Open Freestyle Slope Skills competition, and finally won the silver medal with a score of 78.13 points in the second round.
In the Xgames (World Extreme Games), Gu Ailing, who competed with injuries, won the U-shaped field skills championship with a score of 95.66.
During the competition, she posted a photo with the words "Pain is temporary" written on her hand.
Image source: Gu Ailing Weibo
In early February, Gu Ailing participated in the Mammoth Mountain Competition of the Freestyle Skiing U-shaped Track Skills World Cup.
In the qualifying round, she placed second.
Since then, due to continued unfavorable weather that could not guarantee the safety of the competition venue, the final was forced to be cancelled, and the qualifying rankings were used as the final results.
Gu Ailing won the silver medal with 83.50 points.
In Calgary, Canada, this season’s Freestyle Skiing World Cup comes to a close.
In the first competition of U-shaped field skills, Gu Ailing got the highest score in both the preliminaries and the finals and successfully won the championship.
The on-site commentator sighed: "Gu Ailing cannot be defeated!"
"This is my blessed place. Four years ago, I won my first U-shaped World Cup gold medal here when I was only 16 years old." Gu Ailing said after the game.
In the second back-to-back U-shaped field skills final, Gu Ailing scored 94.25 points in the first round and 95.25 points in the second round.
With the championship already locked in, she scored 97.00 points in the third round and won her 14th World Cup title.
She became the first person in history to win the number of men's and women's freestyle skiing World Cup titles.
After lifting the crystal ball trophy symbolizing the season championship, Gu Ailing sent New Year greetings to the Chinese audience.
The picture shows Gu Ailing celebrating her victory.
Image source: Gu Ailing Weibo
Since then, Gu Ailing chose to receive conservative treatment for the injury and returned to the competition in the 2024 Dew Tour annual event, eventually winning two gold medals.
"There are still classes tomorrow." After the game, Gu Ailing revealed that she would go back to school non-stop.
She has already adapted to such a fast-paced life.
While achieving excellent results on the field, Gu Ailing did not delay her studies.
Training and competing while studying has become the norm in Gu Ailing's life.
The picture shows Gu Ailing being interviewed after the FIS U-shaped Field World Cup Genting Station competition.
(File photo) Photo by Liu Xingchen
During last year's FIS U-shaped World Cup Genting Station competition, it coincided with Gu Ailing's preparation for the school's final exam, and she needed to switch states frequently during exams and competitions.
"I just handed in a final paper this morning, and I have to hand it in tomorrow, and I have an exam the day after tomorrow." After winning the gold medal in the women's freestyle skiing half-pipe skills final, Gu Ailing revealed that the day before the final, she had been preparing early in the morning The final paper took 12 hours to write.
Talking about the relationship between training and competition, Gu Ailing said frankly that she needs to focus on doing everything well.
“When you’re skiing, you don’t think about anything else, and the same goes for studying.”
This focus is the key to her success.
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