As the Winter Olympics approach, China's Gu Ailing is definitely one of the hottest sports stars and champions.
A once-in-a-century freestyle skiing genius, the first woman ever to win three medals in her debut at Xgames, a student bully who was admitted to Stanford University with a super high score...
Born in 2003, this mixed-race girl has recently attracted the world's attention.
In the just-concluded 2021-2022 freestyle skiing World Cup season, Gu Ailing, who has been suspended for one year, made a stunning appearance.
In just six weeks, she competed in nine competitions and won 6 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze.
In other words, all the projects she participated in, won medals.
On the freestyle ski U-shaped course, Gu Ailing's advantage is overwhelming, and he is the well-deserved first person in the project this season, scoring an unprecedented high of 97.5 points and making the best move ever recognized by the International Snow Federation.
In the other two events, the freestyle ski jump and the slope obstacle course, she also has the strength to attack the gold medal.
The INTERNATIONAL SNOW FEDERATION said: "This season Gu Ailing did nothing but win. ”
In 2019, 15-year-old Gu Ailing announced that she had officially begun to represent the Chinese team.
Since then, this mixed-race girl between China and the United States has gradually entered the public eye.
When the gaze falls on her, it is difficult not to be attracted to her - she has a vigorous and positive vitality, a sword-like light shining in her healthy posture, and the power of self-confidence emanating from the inside out, infecting everyone around her.
When she galloped on the vast white snow, like a dexterous snow swallow, she made one incredible movement after another.
She said: "It's like a bird, flying up, and then landing on the ground... The feeling of flying is addictive to me. ”
But after walking down the snow field, she was not cold at all, and her personality was cheerful and playful.
Some people call her a "doll", and Gu Ailing retorted: "I am not a doll, I am a Haidian child who grew up watching "Nezha". ”
Yes, although she was born in the United States, she is self-aware of herself as an authentic "Beijing girl".
Gu Ailing's mother is a Beijing girl who graduated from Peking University, so she also speaks fluent Beijing films from childhood, and every summer vacation, she has to attend a math cram school in Huangzhuang.
The reporter asked her: "Where did you learn Chinese?" ”
Her reaction was, "Do Chinese want to learn?" Isn't that something that can be born? ”
Someone asked, "When was the first time I came to Beijing?" ”
Her answer was also very 'authentic': "Since I have a memory, I have thought about when I can go back to Beijing every year, come back to play, eat delicious food, I don't remember when I first returned to Beijing, but it was a part of my life." 」 ”
There is no doubt that Gu Ailing is dazzling.
Known as the "Snow Princess" by fans, she has excellent results in all aspects.
Rock climbing, horseback riding, surfing, soccer, basketball, and even finished second in the cross-country tournament.
(Attended the Met Gala)
She is also a frequent feature of fashion magazines, including ELLE, Vogue, and Harper's Bazaar.
In terms of learning, it is "someone else's child".
Attending high school in San Francisco, she was nominated for the Presidential Scholars Program, one of the highest honors an American high school student can earn.
Each year, in every state, only 40 people are shortlisted for the nomination.
And her SAT story in 2020 is even more shocking.
At that time, it was the epidemic situation, and many SAT tests in the United States could not hold tests as scheduled, so Gu Ailing took the Swiss SAT test by the way when she went to Switzerland to train.
The day before the exam, she flew from the training city to the exam room city at a late time, landing at 11 o'clock in the middle of the night; the next morning, because of the heavy rain, the reserved car did not come to pick her up as promised.
She braved the rain to run to the exam room and arrived 15 minutes before the exam, but in this case, she scored a staggering score of 1580 out of 1600, and was admitted to Stanford at the age of 17.
Such a decathlon genius girl naturally shows commercial value.
Now, Gu Ailing has at least 23 cooperative brands, including China Mobile, Estée Lauder, Victoria's Secret, LV, Tiffany& co-ordination, IWC and so on...
At the age of 18, he became a luxury brand spokesperson, a talented athlete, a fashion industry darling, a Stanford scholar, and Shuangwen did not dare to write like this...
Such a dazzling little girl resolutely announced that she would represent China and win glory for the country.
Of course, in our opinion, it is very reasonable, after all, people's self-perception is beijing big girl, and her mother is also from China, which is very normal.
But when she announced that she was competing for China, the extranet set off an Internet storm against her.
At just 15 years old, she received thousands of bad reviews, even death threats.
"At that time, I was directly overwhelmed by information, and at that age when I was susceptible to outside influence, it was a very difficult thing to get out of thousands of messages with hatred and malice."
Even now, three years later, foreigners still haven't let her go.
As the Winter Olympics drew nearer, foreign media began to report on her again, accusing her of returning to china.
The Wall Street Journal:
Gu Ailing - Born in the United States and now living in the United States, Gu Ailing is a Chinese ski star.
In the article, they sourly state:
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, which opens on Feb. 4, the 18-year-old girl, who grew up in San Francisco, is clearly the most powerful medal contender in three events.
However, she will not play for team USA.
The Daily Mail:
Why are iconic American brands Cadillac, Tiffany & Co. and Visa still throwing money at 18-year-old California-born ski girl Gu Ailing?
She refused to represent the United States in the Winter Olympics, but instead represented China, and gave China a big gift that could be used for publicity?
And under these articles, there are also all kinds of yin and yang weird comments.
"She should be permanently banned (cancelled)!" What a disgusting betrayal! ”
Such sour remarks are just incompetent and furious, and it feels really pitiful to see.
For China, for Gu Ailing, there will be no impact.
The Winter Olympics will start in ten days, and Gu Ailing's first game will soon begin, and there is nothing more important than calming down and preparing seriously.
Gu Ailing once said that her dream is to win the winter Olympic games.
"My goal is to win the Winter Olympics, which is the sport's unquestionably highest honor."
Wishing her all the best.
Also attached is the valley Ailing Winter Olympic schedule:
February 8 Final 10:00-11:20 Freestyle Ski Women's Big Jump
February 14 Final 09:30-11:00 Freestyle Ski women's steeplechase skills
February 18 Final 09:30-11:00 Freestyle Ski Women's U-Shaped Venue