Beijing girl, this is Gu Ailing's name for herself, although born in the United States, but her mother Gu Yan began to cultivate her Chinese and learn Chinese culture when she was a child, plus Gu Ailing herself liked the hutongs of Beijing very much and spoke an authentic Beijing dialect, the title of "Beijing girl" is extremely appropriate.
Kill to win the championship
In the women's freestyle skiing event at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing advanced to the final with a third place in the qualifying round. This is not her strength (her strengths are U-shaped pools and women's slope obstacle skills), after a ski blogger once stated on a short video platform that "Gu Ailing won the most bronze medals in the women's big jumping project", Gu Ailing himself responded in the comment area "Do you not believe me so much?" As a result, she completed her self-proof in the final.
After Gu Ailing's first two jumps, The score came to 182.25, lower than the French players and Swiss players, if the third jump can not create a miracle, then she may only get a bronze medal; but this Beijing girl does not believe in evil, she is not satisfied with her performance, in the third jump to come up with her own big move, never before a female player to make an action - deflection body 1620 degrees, this jump directly conquered the referee, got a high score of 94.50, two rounds of scoring to 188.25, more than the French player Ludd 0.75 points, the victory! It is worth mentioning that she won the championship in the women's big jumping event after only practicing for more than a year.
Social media hit back at the unfair remarks
Figure skater Zhu Yi played abnormally in the women's singles short program of the team competition on the 6th, ranking at the bottom, and there were some critical remarks on the Internet; who knew that these remarks were taken by the extranet media Insider to publish false reports, which said: Zhu Yi, a figure skater born in the United States, gave up her American identity to play for the Chinese team; and because of her poor performance at the Winter Olympics, she was suffering from the cyber attacks of Chinese netizens.
Gu Ailing hit back after seeing the news, she said: "As someone who does use Chinese social media, I would say that more than 90% of the comments are positive and friendly; criticism is part of competitive sports, and I think everyone can understand." In order to maintain the image of the country, Gu Ailing chose to fight back, which is really fantastic.
It is worth mentioning that Zhu Yi also cried on the ice after the end of the women's singles free skating program, and after the game, she said that she was particularly moved, touched by the support of coaches and teammates, but also from the shouts and cheers of the audience.
25 endorsements become darlings
Gu Ailing with the super strength in skiing and outstanding temperament and appearance, has become our popular athletes, but also become the darling of advertisers; according to a media reveal, Gu Ailing currently carries 25 endorsements, including skiing and sports equipment, car brands, food, skin care and other fields, advertising endorsement revenue is expected to exceed 200 million yuan.
This is gu Ailing deserved, at present, China's skiing is just getting started, she played in this Winter Olympics, has broken the embarrassment of 0 gold medals in skiing for China (U-shaped pool and slope obstacle skills are also expected to win gold); at the same time, the 18-year-old will also become a role model for many young skiers, which will promote the development of skiing in China.
Athletes who have great achievements in a certain sport will become the darlings of advertisers, like Liu Xiang, Su Bingtian and others before her; and Gu Ailing is no exception, her achievements in skiing are enough to make her a spokesperson for many brand pursuits, proud of her!