The lively and cute snowsporter Gu Ailing was born in the United States in 2003 to a Chinese mother and an American father, half of whom are of Chinese descent. She liked her mother's motherland and Chinese culture very much, as well as the loyalty and kindness of Chinese, and still followed her mother Gu Yan to China and joined the Chinese nationality.
She is a girl who loves sports, especially ice and snow sports is her favorite. After years of training and improvement, she has gradually matured in all aspects, made great progress, and has become a world-class snow athlete, and sports such as freestyle ski women's big jump, freestyle ski slope obstacles and freestyle ski women's U-shaped track skills have been able to cope naturally and master it easily. Last year, he competed in the World Championships for the first time, and won two golds and one bronze in the women's U-shaped field, slope obstacle course and big jump. He then won the 2021/2022 FIS Freestyle Ski U-Track World Cup in Calgary, Canada, and on January 10, 2022, he finished second in the women's final of the Mammoth Mountain Station of the USA at the Freestyle Ski Slope Obstacle Course World Cup, and won the World Cup overall championship trophy in the U-shaped track event.
This year's Beijing Winter Olympics is her bigger stage, giving her more opportunities to show herself. She lived up to expectations, fought hard, galloped the field, first in the Freestyle Ski Women's Big Jump Final on February 8, with a high score of 188.25 points, defeated all opponents, won the championship of the event, and stood on the highest podium, the first gold medal ever won by a mainland athlete in snow sports. It has filled a gap in the mainland and promoted the development of ice and snow sports on the mainland.
On February 15, just as the people of the whole country were celebrating the Lantern Festival, Gu Ailing's second sport, the freestyle ski women's slope obstacle course final, began again. The first jump results were not ideal, only 69.9 points, temporarily in eighth place; the second jump mistake fell, did not successfully complete the game, only scored 16.98 points; in the face of the pressure of strong opponents and second jump mistakes, timely adjustment of mentality, defiance of difficulties, and finally did not disappoint everyone, the third jump she scored 86.23 points, only 0.33 points lower than the champion Swiss player Grimaud 86.56 points, relegated to second place, won a silver medal.
On February 17, in the freestyle ski women's U-shaped track skills qualifier, the first round became the only player to break through 90 points, ranking first with 93.75 points; the second round was even more than expected, continuing to rank first with 95.50 points, ranking first in two consecutive rounds, and successfully advancing to the final of the next day. The competition in the final on February 18 was even more intense, with all the athletes working hard to achieve the best results. Gu Ailing cherished this opportunity even more, and as always, concentrated on the game, and strived to do every action well and show the best side to everyone. With her efforts, she completed all the actions with high quality, won the championship again with a high score of 95.25 points, won the second gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and once again stood on the highest podium and won glory for the Chinese team.
The outstanding performance of the Beijing Winter Olympics made Gu Ailing shine, and one person won two gold and one silver, becoming the leader of mainland female athletes in ice and snow sports. At the same time, it will also play a certain role in promoting the further development of ice and snow sports on the mainland.
Congratulations to Gu Ailing, congratulations to the Chinese team for achieving the best result in history!