At the Beijing Winter Olympics, there are many athletes who are participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time, and they are in a hot state and have a good chance to shine. The IOC Information System (info) lists 10 rising stars of ice and snow athletes who are eager to make a splash in Beijing.
Gu Ailing
Camilla Vallieva
Mason McTavish
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Freestyle skiing
Ailing Gu (China)
Born in September 2003, Gu Ailing will compete in three events: freestyle ski jumping, freestyle skiing U-shaped track skills and freestyle slope obstacle course skills at the Beijing Winter Olympics. In these 3 projects, Gu Ailing has a certain degree of competitiveness. In 2021, Gu Ailing competed in the World Championships for the first time, and won 2 gold and 1 bronze in these 3 events, winning gold medals in U-shaped track skills and slope obstacle course skills. In the 2021-2022 season, Gu Ailing continues to create the history of snow sports in China, winning 6 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze in various competitions in 37 days. Participating in the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Gu Ailing is very excited and excited, she hopes to realize her dreams, and she also hopes to pass on the charm of skiing to more people through her own efforts.
Snowmobiles
Laura Nauert (Germany)
Laura Nault was born on November 23, 1998. A year after his first snowmobile attempt, Nauert won the solo bobsleigh title at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, followed by the 2021 European Championships double bobsleigh title. In addition, she won bronze medals in the women's doubles and solo snowmobiles at the 2021 World Championships. "In the beginning you go full speed, and once you're on a snowmobile, you have to concentrate to get through the corners well. Snowmobiles also have a lot of variations and can be driven in different ways on many different tracks. Nauert says she's particularly fascinated by the speed- and attention-demanding project of snowmobiling.
curling
Bruce Moat (UK)
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1994, Bruce Moat won the men's curling runner-up and mixed doubles title at the 2021 World Championships. "I love curling, I like to use strategy, you have to have good leg and upper body strength to win in mixed doubles." Winning a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is Moat's goal. "I've had two chances, of course the 'doubles' are better, success doesn't necessarily come as quickly as you want, but if you keep trying, it will come eventually."
Cross-country skiing
Frida Carlsson (Sweden)
Norway's Johog has won gold medals in all three minor events of cross-country skiing at the last two World Championships. Born on August 10, 1999, Swedish cross-country skier Frida Karlsson is a girl with a great chance of challenging Joho haug. The 22-year-old Winter Olympic debute is very versatile, winning 2 silver and 1 bronze at the 2021 World Championships and beating Joe Haug in the short distance 10 km race from 2021 to 2022. Carlsson's mother, Ann Marie Carlsson, was also a cross-country skier and also competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.
Biathlon
Elyvilla Auberge (Sweden)
Born on 26 February 1999, Alyvera Auberg won three consecutive biathlon biathlon world youth championships and was named Rising Star of the Year by FIS in 2020. Her sister Hannah Auberge was the gold medalist in the women's 15km individual 2nd winter biathlon at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. In the 2021-2022 FIFA World Cup in Annecy, France, Alivera played well, winning the women's 10 km pursuit and the 12.5 km group start championship in a row. Alyvila thinks she's got the best time of her career.
speed skating
Stolz (USA)
Stolz was fascinated by the speed skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics on TV when he was 5 years old, and then began practicing speed skating. In 2021, the teenager ushered in the golden period of his sports career. In the 1000m final of the 2021-2022 Speed Skating World Cup in Calgary, he lost to China's Ning Zhongyan but still won his first World Cup medal. A month later, he won the 1,000m at the U.S. Winter Olympics trials, establishing himself as a medal contender for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
Nordic binomial
Johannes Lampart (Austria)
Johannes Lampart was born on 8 November 2001 as an Austrian Nordic biathlete. He made his world cup debut in 2018 and then won two gold medals at the 2021 Oberstdorf World Championships in Germany (individual big jump + 10 km cross-country skiing, team sprint), becoming the youngest Nordic biathlon world champion in 32 years. In the 2021-2022 season, Lampat won three World Cups, 9 podiums and ranked first in total World Cup points. He said: "My heart is burning for the Nordic two. ”
figure skating
(Russian Olympic Committee)
Born in Russia in April 2006, Camilla Vallieva, the 15-year-old athlete who was recently crowned women's European champion, took the figure skating scene by storm in her first season on the adult international stage. She set a world record at the Grand Prix russia in November 2021, completing Axel's three-week jump, rear outer point ice four-week jump and rear inner point ice four-week jump, and also set a world record with a total score of 272.71 points, pushing women's scoring to new heights.
Alpine skiing
Marco Oldmatt (Switzerland)
Marko Oldmatt was born in Switzerland in 1997. He won five gold medals at the 2018 World Youth Championships in Davos, Switzerland, where he won five gold medals in the 2018 World Youth Championships. "Alpine skiing was chosen because of speed. In nature, in the face of so many new challenges, either don't do it or do it to do it best. Oldmat said. He finished first in the overall World Cup table for the 2021-2022 season and won 6 World Cups in the Grand Slalom and Super Slalom.
ice hockey
Mason McTavish (Canada)
Born on January 30, 2003, Mason McTavish is the youngest player on the Canadian men's ice hockey team. He was the third pick in the first round of the 2021 National Hockey League (NHL) Draft and was selected by the Anaheim Ducklings as the 2021 NHL Scout. He has played nine games this season, scoring goals in his first game, becoming the youngest NHL shooter in the club's history. At the 2021 U18 World Championships, he won the gold medal with his Canadian teammates, scoring 11 points in 7 games, making him the top three players on the team to score.
Source Beijing Evening News
Reporter Chen Jiakun
Process Editor Wu Yue