On February 7, in the final of the freestyle ski women's big jump at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing challenged the 1620-degree flip he had never completed before, and won the championship in one fell swoop.
In addition to the title of Winter Olympic champion, important information about Gu Ailing is:
He began practicing skiing at the age of 3, won the National Junior Championship at the age of 9, won 50 gold medals at the age of 14, and topped the ISU annual standings at the age of 15.
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After Gu Ailing became famous overnight, her family background was also pulled out: her mother Gu Yan was a Beijinger, graduated from Peking University, and later went to Stanford University for further study, and her father was an American and graduated from Harvard University. Such a superior family environment provides unique conditions for Gu Ailing's growth and talent.
In addition to Gu Ailing, at the Beijing Winter Olympics, there are also 5 Chinese-American athletes who have also attracted much attention. They are all second-generation Chinese born and raised in the United States.
The first Chen Wei, known in English as Nathan Chen, was a male figure skater. Born in Salt Lake City in 1999, he is now a shining jewel in the figure skating world and a strong contender for the gold medal in the men's singles event at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Chen Wei's father, Chen Zhidong, was a guest from Guangxi, studying at Guangxi Medical University and China Military Medical College with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, respectively, and in 1988, he chose to go to the United States for further study, and then obtained a green card and stayed in the United States.
Chen Zhidong has a successful career, not only becoming a senior researcher in the field of medicine, but also founding his own medical technology company and laboratory.
Chen Wei's mother, Wang He, a native of Beijing, worked as a translator for Chinese and was mainly responsible for taking care of the family's 5 children, Chen Wei was the youngest, with 2 older brothers who loved ice hockey and 2 sisters who liked figure skating.
Since childhood, Chen Wei has been intelligent and has a wide range of interests, enjoying ice hockey, photography, ballet, is a gymnastics level 7 player, and has won the Utah classical piano championship.
On February 8, in the winter Olympics figure skating men's singles short program, he set a world record for short programs with a total score of 113.97 points.
The second Zhou Zhifang, whose English name is Vincent Zhou, was born in 2000 in San Jose, California, and is also a brilliant figure skater.
Zhou Zhifang's parents, both from Beijing, graduated from Tsinghua University and later went to work and settle in the United States, both of whom worked in the high-tech industry in Silicon Valley.
Zhou Zhifang has studied piano, ballet, etc. since he was a child, and he is even more talented in figure skating. He won the World Youth Championship at the age of 16 and participated in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at the age of 17, finishing sixth, and he is a powerful faction second only to Chen Wei.
Unfortunately, at this Olympic Games, after two consecutive positive nucleic acid tests, he had to withdraw from the Winter Olympic Games.
The third Chen Kaiwen, whose English name is Karen Chen, is a figure skater. She was born in 1999 in Fremont, California, to parents from Taiwan, and is also a highly intelligent student.
Chen Kaiwen was also carefully trained by her parents and enrolled her in piano, dance and other art courses, but she was good at sports and found opportunities to show herself on the ice rink.
In 2017, Chen Kaiwen won the Women's Singles Championship at the National Championships. In 2021, she finished third in the Women's Singles Free Skating Competition at the American Figure Skating Championships.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chen Kaiwen and her teammates won the silver medal in the women's figure skating team competition for the United States team.
The fourth Zhu Yi, born in California in 2002, is a figure skater. Like Gu Ailing, she has previously changed her chinese nationality, and this time she is representing China in the Winter Olympics.
In 2018, Zhu Yi won the Women's Singles Championship in the Rookie Division of the National Figure Skating Championships. In November 2021, she also performed well at the Figure Skating Grand Prix in Italy.
However, in the women's singles short program of the Beijing Winter Olympics team competition, Zhu Yi played abnormally, ranked at the bottom, scored only one point, and spilled tears on the field, triggering heated discussion among netizens.
Zhu Yi's father was Zhu Songchun, born in 1968 in Ezhou, Hubei Province, graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1991 with a major in computer science, and went to Harvard University in 1992 for further study. Later, he taught at Brown University, Stanford University and other famous universities in the United States.
Zhu Songchun has many labels: computer vision expert, statistical and applied mathematician, artificial intelligence expert, and dean of the School of Intelligence at Peking University. Just listening to the name shows that it is excellent.
In addition, Liu Meixian of the American women's figure skating team, born in 2005, English name Alysa Liu, is also a second generation of Chinese.
epilogue
The second generation of Chinese in the Winter Olympics were all born in a Kochi family, and their parents were based on their real talents and practical learning in the United States.
These children not only have excellent academic performance, but also have outstanding artistic talents, and all of them are proficient in piano dance. In addition to Liu Meixian, who is still in high school, several others have entered Ivy League schools and Stanford University.
Some people say: Where the Chinese really go and where they get involved, do you think so?
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