On February 24, Beijing time, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation against the Donbass region of Ukraine, and tensions in Ukraine escalated, with explosions in at least 15 Ukrainian cities and a sharp rise in security risks.
In the Chinese sports world, there is a 14-year-old rhythmic gymnast, who was born in Ukraine and officially naturalized in China a year ago. Now, she is very concerned about her parents who are far away in Ukraine.
The girl, named Guo Meilin, was born on March 27, 2007, she has been practicing rhythmic gymnastics since she was a child, and she has won the National Junior Championship of Ukraine (Ukraine is a traditional power of rhythmic gymnastics).
Guo Meilin's father was an athlete in the Chinese canoe national team, participated in the Asian Games, retired from the military and studied at the Wuhan Institute of Physical Education, met and fell in love with a Ukrainian female student who practiced martial arts, and later went to Ukraine to live together, gave birth to a son and a daughter, and trained her daughter to become an outstanding rhythmic gymnast.
In the past two years, Guo Meilin has been training in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. On March 14, 2021, Guo Meilin announced that she had obtained Chinese nationality, showing off her Chinese passport, household registration book, and making a short video with the text: "Come on, I love China!" ”
Guo Meilin is talented and has the facial features of An Eastern European beauty Peugeot, and she is expected to become another outstanding mixed-race beauty athlete in The Chinese sports world after the beijing Winter Olympics two-gold winner Gu Ailing.
The current situation in Ukraine is very worrying for Guo Meilin. On the evening of February 24, Guo Meilin posted a video through Weibo expressing concern, in which she captioned: "Why fight? I pray for Ukraine! I was born and raised here, and my parents are in Kiev. Peace in Ukraine! No war! ”
Netizens have expressed their hope for world peace and hope that Guo Meilin's family can be safe.