On the 10th, Gu Ailing, who won the third gold medal for the Chinese delegation, appeared in the final of the women's U-shaped field skill of snowboarding at the Beijing Winter Olympics. When Chloe Kim, a talented Korean-American girl, successfully defended her title, Gu Ailing, who was watching from the sidelines, gave her a hug.
Inside the competition field, Gu Ailing needs to continue to prepare for the slope obstacle course and the U-shaped pool; outside the competition, the reports, praise and even arguments caused by this Mixed-Race Talented Girl of Chinese and American descent have completely "broken the circle", and even the two extreme tendencies of "over-deification" and "excessive consumption".
Gu Ailing is indeed very remarkable. He learned to ski at the age of 3, won the American Junior Ski Championship at the age of 9, aspired to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics at the age of 13, announced his chinese citizenship through personal social media at the age of 15, and Gu Ailing, who was less than 19 years old, represented China as the champion of the Winter Olympics. In the face of interviews with Chinese and foreign media, Gu Ailing was able to switch between Chinese and English and answered decently. ”
Young fame, good looks and strength, IQ and emotional intelligence are online, hard work to chase dreams, Gu Ailing is called a proper "Shuangwen big heroine" by netizens is not surprising. However, success is not the whole of Gu Ailing's life, and behind any success there are countless failures as a background board, and Gu Ailing is the same.
Behind the "genius girl" is unimaginable effort and persistence. In 2018, Gu Ailing fell from a high platform during training, briefly lost her memory, sat in the snow and cried, saying "I can't remember anything", and her mother's eyes were full of pain. On the eve of the Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing trained in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and has been practicing super difficult moves - "rotating to the left axis 1620 + safety grab board", but has not succeeded once. However, in the Olympic arena, Gu Ailing released a "big move" to reverse the gold.
After Gu Ailing won the gold, the outside world's attention to her has gone beyond sports itself and focused more on her life. The success of the Olympic games also makes people think of whether she has a family background and background that is "beyond ordinary people": who her parents are, which college in the United States graduated; who is her grandmother, a retired cadre of which ministry in China; Gu Ailing is so perfect, it is "because" when she was a child, she made up for the Olympic mathematics class in Huangzhuang, Haidian, Beijing... Such "over-consumption" is worrying.
In many ways, Gu Ailing has indeed shown "maturity" beyond age and beyond the identity of the player. Some people even believe that Gu Ailing represents the advantages of the fusion of Chinese and American cultures.
But we must not forget that Gu Ailing is still just a "child" who has just passed his 18th birthday after all, and he is also an ordinary person. People have to face change, face choices, and face success or failure. No matter how good an athlete is, it is impossible to only win, not lose, and it is impossible to stage the magic of the last jump forever.
For Gu Ailing, she should be given more space. Next, Gu Ailing has two more competitions, and we expect her to continue to play well in these two projects that she is better at. But even if she doesn't stand on the top podium, it's not the "end of the world." Only by treating the losers can we truly see the degree of our understanding of sportsmanship and the Olympic spirit.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Chen Hua Text Editor: Chen Hua Title Image Source: Xinhua News Agency
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