At the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing won the gold medal in the freestyle ski women's big bobswirt competition on February 8, the silver medal in the freestyle ski women's slope steeplechase on February 15, and the gold medal in the freestyle ski women's U-shaped track skills competition on February 18.
Off the field, she is a school bully, proficient in Chinese and English at the age of 13. In order to buy time, she often used the short time to study in the restaurant after ordering, and eventually entered Stanford University with a SAT score of 1580 out of 1600. She is also a model, the darling of the fashion world, but also a sports talent, riding, surfing, long-distance running, archery and so on.
Mother's teaching and care
Gu Ailing has such achievements today, inseparable from the mother's care and training, Gu Ailing's mother Gu Yan can be said to be the first teacher of Gu Ailing skiing, as the mother Gu Yan, she taught Gu Ailing to ski when Gu Ailing was young, skied with her, cultivated the child's sense of identity with the motherland, and gave Gu Ailing meticulous care. Once, Gu Ailing New Zealand fell and was injured while participating in U-slot training. Mom was not at ease, and traveled thousands of miles to visit and encourage her from the United States.
The triumph of genius is often accompanied by sweat, frustration and bloodshed
Gu Ailing's achievements in the Winter Olympics are certainly enviable, but behind her success is also the unbearable efforts of ordinary people. Gu Ailing insists on five hours of ski training every day.
Gu Ailing has fallen many times in skiing, even seriously injured, and she has suffered brief memory loss from three major falls. Before the start of an INTERNATIONAL SNOW FEDERATION freestyle skiing World Cup, Gu Ailing fell seriously during training, experiencing the third transient amnesia situation, her mother took Gu Ailing to the hospital for examination, the result was capillary bleeding, under the strong recommendation of her mother and doctors, Gu Ailing had to give up the next day's competition. At a FIS Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships, Gu Ailing had to compete without a cane due to a fracture of his right hand and a ruptured ligament in his thumb shortly before the competition. However, it was a points race, she could not give up, and in the end she played perfectly and won the championship. In Gu Ailing's view, injuries have become a part of skiing.
Optimism is also a key factor in victory
Many people's success is inseparable from their optimistic mentality, and Gu Ailing is no exception. Once, when Gu Ailing could not participate in the competition due to serious injuries, and people felt sorry for her, Gu Ailing's answer was: "I just fell off my head, and I can't skate for a month at most." ”
Maybe everyone's path to success is different, Gu Ailing told us in practice, successful geniuses account for only a small part of more than 99% are hard work!
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