"What to eat tomorrow, I haven't thought about it yet. One of the first two days..." Gu Ailing couldn't remember the name for a moment, "Is there a sesame seed that, sweet, brown sugar cake?" If I can find it tomorrow, I'm ready to eat this. If not, I'll pick one. On February 17, after the Beijing Winter Olympics freestyle skiing women's U-shaped track skill qualification, the topic of "rations" after the Gu Ailing race continued to ferment.
In fact, she was holding a packaged chocolate food in her hand, but when she was interviewed in the mixed interview area, she accidentally fell on the snow between the athlete and the reporter. Later, the well-meaning volunteers found out about this and picked it up and handed it back to Gu Ailing, but the girl did not open it and eat it.
Yeah, leek box, meat bun or what tomorrow is, is that interesting? Doesn't anyone think that her eye-catching purpose is to convey something she wants to convey? So, what exactly makes Gu Ailing? Who is Gu Ailing? This may be the more important and more important thing to understand.
What helped her the most
Gu Ailing speaks quickly, whether in English or Chinese, although her Chinese expression is not so authentic, but accurate delivery is not a problem at all. But sometimes she gets stuck and stops to think about it. For example, after the game on February 17, when the topic of "who helped you the most" was brought to her, she "Hmm... I think it's... Well, there are a lot of people... Of course the coach is a part, of course my mom is a part... Well..." The process took at least ten seconds, and then she made up her mind and gave the answer, "I think it's the other athletes." Because I learned a lot from other athletes, a lot of them didn't teach me directly, but I'm a person who likes to observe and learn. Sometimes I see other people making mistakes, and I don't make mistakes myself. If they do well, I learn. Including psychology, I studied very carefully other athletes, why they have been doing well for so long, why some people are stressed and can't do it. These are all things that I study and research on my own, and I think it helps me a lot. ”
"So practicing a lot of projects from a young age, for you..." Before the reporter finished speaking, Gu Ailing quickly took over, "Yes, right, right." She said four "yes" in a row, and then resumed speaking very quickly, "I think it's very important to experience a lot of different sports since I was a child." Since I was a child, I have played basketball, played football, run cross-country, skiing, played piano, rock climbing, ballet jumping, horse riding, surfing, skateboarding, these have all tried, I am not all professional, especially now that I am growing up, I have less time, I can only focus on one, but I have experienced, there is this foundation, there are many are common, which has helped me a lot. ”
She wants to be the dragon of man
Hearing the Japanese reporter inquire about the dragon-shaped pattern on his coat, Gu Ailing turned around very cheerfully, lifted the number vest, and showed them the rising dragon. In fact, the dragon pattern is also on her skis and helmet, and the dragon contains a personal idea that she wants to convey to the outside world. "I designed it myself." She said, "The snowboard reads 'Dragon among Men' in English. I especially like it because I feel that dragons are particularly confident, particularly powerful, and not influenced by other people. I want to be a dragon, I want to be myself. "After saying that, Gu Ailing turned around and showed the pattern on his helmet to everyone." This helmet and clothes, I'm the only one wearing, but the snowboard is all people who slip this one, like Kelly (Hildaru) in Estonia also slip this. "So, you're invisibly passing on a culture and ideas to someone else?" "Yes, yes, yes!" Gu Ailing said four "yes" in a row, and she continued, "I want to share Chinese elements and culture and this spirit that I like with everyone." I also love fashion and model, so I also want to be able to bring some fashion elements with me, which is great. ”
Mom was like another her
Before the final jump of the big jump final, Gu Ailing's mother advised her not to challenge the high difficulty of 1620, but Gu Ailing finally jumped. Before the second slide of the slope obstacle course final, her mother told her that she should think of this slip as the last slip, otherwise she would fall, but Gu Ailing still fell. In the U-shaped field skills qualifier, Gu Ailing called her mother 10 times, but somehow her mother did not answer.
There is no doubt that her mother plays an important role in Gu Ailing's game, and Gu Ailing regards her mother as another self. "We are always together. She was watching my game. Gu Ailing said, "I talk to her a bit like I'm talking to myself." Because she knows me very well, knows my thoughts and the process of thinking. So a lot of times, she knows what I need to hear and will talk to me. But that doesn't mean Gu Ailing is a "mommy," and it's clear that she didn't listen to her mom during the big jump and slope obstacle course competitions. "All the decisions were made by myself and she didn't help me make any decisions. I also decided on these moves by myself, she is not my coach. Gu Ailing said, "I mean that she is more psychological to me, and she always lets me make my own decisions." ”
She just wants to be herself
As the only female athlete to enter the three finals of the freestyle ski event of the Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing has not been idle since the first day of the competition, and the whole person is also very tired, but she is actually prepared. "Didn't I come to China during the summer vacation?" During the month of quarantine, I ran half a horse every week and exercised for 4 hours a day. Train yourself because I know the Olympics must be tiring. According to Gu Ailing, her half-horse pace can reach "8 minutes a mile", and the 4-hour training without a coach, without any supervision, just on their own. "I ski for myself, I play for myself, I get medals for myself, I take the initiative to do it, it's all done for myself, because I love and enjoy it." "But from another point of view, the game is for myself, but the words I said after the game, 'I hope more people will touch the ice and snow', these are for everyone, all friends." So what some people say to me, negative or positive, doesn't have a big impact. If they don't like it, do it yourself. I want to do myself well. If they don't believe me and think I'm wrong, they can do what they want and don't care about me. Just be yourself. ”
The biggest gold medal in my heart
There is no doubt that even people who do not like Gu Ailing cannot avoid the fact that at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing was very successful at the competitive level. But her own view of gold medals and medals is completely different. "It means a lot to me." "But I think that getting a medal for me may be the happiest second in my life, but what about the other seconds, hours, days and years?" So I think the biggest and most important part is that the Winter Olympics have given me a platform, which is the best opportunity for more people to get in touch with the sport, for more people to hear about my love for the sport, and hopefully they can experience it too, especially for young people. Because this sport has promoted my growth, taught me to fall and get up, continue to challenge, teach me confidence and friendship, so a lot of things I learned from skiing I really want to share with other people. This is the biggest gold medal in my heart, and I hope to have the opportunity to change the way some little girls think about sports. ”
Source: Beijing Daily Client | Reporters Li Yuanfei, Chen Jiakun, Deng Fangjia, and Pan Zhiwang
Process Edit: U022