In 2015, Beijing and Zhangjiakou won the right to host the 24th Winter Olympics in 2022, which means that the capital Beijing became the first city in the world to win the right to host the Winter and Summer Olympic Games.
As soon as this news came out, the people of the whole country boiled over again, and all of them lamented the strength of the motherland.
On that day, an 11-year-old American girl just happened to be practicing skiing at a ski resort in Beijing, and after hearing the shocking news, she set a goal in her heart: to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics as a Chinese athlete and win the gold medal.
So in 2019, the little girl announced on social platforms that she had withdrawn from the United States and officially transferred to Chinese nationality.
This little girl is the "Chinese beauty" Gu Ailing.
At the age of 15, he took the initiative to join the Chinese nationality and won 7 gold and 2 silver for China in seven months.
At the age of 17, he was admitted to Stanford University with a difference of 20 points.
Now that she has joined hands with Yi Qianxi to participate in the Winter Olympic Torch Relay story short film "The Covenant of Ice and Snow", Gu Ailing's experience TV series does not dare to act like this, right?
So, what is Gu Ailing's ability?
One
Born in San Francisco in 2003, Gu Ailing is a mixed-race Girl of Chinese and American descent.
Her mother is from Beijing, her father is American, her parents are high intellectuals, her mother graduated from Stanford University, her father graduated from Harvard University, and even her grandfather is a graduate of Stanford University.
In such a family atmosphere, admission to Stanford University is Gu Ailing's goal since childhood.
And her path to skiing was influenced by her mother.
Gu Ailing's mother, Gu Yan, was once a ski instructor, she loves skiing very much, and she also intends to cultivate her daughter's love for skiing.
When Gu Ailing was three years old, Gu Yan began to take her into contact with the ice and snow world.
Gu Ailing, who already has a sense of the outside world, became extremely excited as soon as she stepped on the ski slope, pestering her mother to teach herself some simple movements.
Gu Yan saw her daughter's actions and was overjoyed, she prepared the best equipment for her daughter, and offered her best efforts to cultivate her.
Gu Ailing seems to be born for skiing, no matter how difficult the action, her mother teaches twice, she can master, and Gu Ailing also likes to study some new actions by herself, which makes Gu Yan very happy.
In 2011, when Gu Ailing and Gu Yan were skiing in the ski resort, they were accidentally seen by a professional ski instructor, who thought that Gu Ailing was the "son of heaven" and suggested that she go to a professional training team to systematically learn to ski.
Gu Ailing immediately told her mother that she was willing to participate in professional training, that year, Gu Ailing was 8 years old, she came to the Lake Tahoe Professional Ski Team and began to learn freestyle skiing.
There is only one female team member in the team, Gu Ailing, facing teammates who are stronger than herself, she never has fear and timidity at a young age, but strengthens her training and vows to surpass her teammates.
After receiving a year of professional training here, Gu Yan felt that her daughter's progress was rapid, and her skiing skills had far surpassed her peers, so she encouraged her daughter to participate in some competitions and have the courage to show herself.
In 2012, Gu Ailing participated in the National Freestyle Ski Competition with the encouragement of her mother, and unexpectedly, the talented girl gradually emerged and won the championship of the junior group in one fell swoop.
Talented, this is the audience's first impression of Gu Ailing.
In this regard, Gu Ailing's confidence increased greatly, and the "small universe" began to erupt, wandering around the scene of major competitions, and with her in the competition, the gold or silver medals would not fall into his hands.
At the age of 9, he won the championship of the National Ski Junior Group, at the age of 13, he won the championship of the adult group, and at the age of 15, Gu Ailing reached the top of the international federation overall standings, and in the American skiing industry, the name of the talented girl is well known and has countless fans.
In her home there is a wall covered with medals won by Gu Ailing.
What we see is the honor of a wall, but for Gu Ailing, the hardships behind this comeback are not experienced by ordinary people.
Gu Yan once said: "For skiing, Ailing is very active. ”
Skiing this sport on the athletes are extremely demanding, diet, rest and other aspects need to pay attention to, from the age of 14, Gu Ailing refused to high oil, high salt and high sweetness of food, and work and rest regularly, never stay up late.
These habits are not so difficult to hear, but few people can do it, after all, the age of 14 is still a child in everyone's impression, and for children, the most important thing is to eat, drink and play.
Gu Yan will be ashamed of herself whenever she mentions her daughter's life schedule.
In the face of these challenges, Ailing said bluntly: "Although training is tiring, it is fun to enjoy." "She spends all her time skiing training except studying to sleep.
With three points of talent and seven points of hard work, according to this situation, Gu Ailing will be a shining new star in the American skiing world, and perhaps create her own era.
However, at the age of 15, she made a decision that surprised everyone.
Two
In 2019, 15-year-old Gu Ailing announced that he gave up his American citizenship, officially joined the Chinese nationality, and became a "Chinese athlete", and posted: "Chinese freestyle skier Gu Ailing registered!" ”
What makes a little girl voluntarily give up the American citizenship that many people "flock to"?
In fact, this also stems from the influence of mother Gu Yan.
Gu Yan was born in Beijing, although she later settled in the United States, she still has not forgotten her hometown, from the time When Gu Ailing learned language, her mother told her Chinese and Chinese fables, so that she could feel the culture of China for five thousand years.
Ever since Gu Ailing remembered, she remembered that every winter and summer vacation, important chinese holidays, she would come to Beijing with her mother for a vacation. Therefore, Gu Ailing, who grew up in the hutongs of Beijing since childhood, Chinese very fluent, and even slipped his mouth.
I remember a reporter asking Gu Ailing: You Chinese so good, you have attended a lot of training classes, right?
Gu Ailing asked rhetorically, "Isn't Chinese born?" Gu Yan told her since she was a child Chinese, and Gu Ailing had already taken Chinese as her mother tongue.
It is under the influence of such culture that Gu Ailing has a deep sense of belonging to China, and she is also proud of her Chinese ancestry.
Because of her Western-leaning face, she is often called a "doll" when she returns to China, and Gu Ailing will answer solemnly every time: "I am not a doll, I am a Beijing girl who grew up in the hutong."
From 2003 to 2019, it can be said that Gu Ailing has witnessed the development of Beijing, she likes enthusiastic Chinese people, but also likes a variety of cuisines.
As the motherland grew stronger, in 2015, Beijing became the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics. This incident became the trigger for Gu Ailing's determination to become a Chinese citizen.
When she heard the news, she happened to be in Beijing, and Gu Ailing was once again proud of China.
Because she has witnessed the explosive development of winter sports in China, from many Chinese people do not understand the significance of the existence of this sport, to the hosting of the Winter Olympics, what has been experienced in between, no one knows better than skiers.
At that time, Gu Ailing began to consider representing China in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Therefore, in 2019, 15-year-old Gu Ailing voluntarily joined the Chinese nationality and represented China in the War Games, everything was so logical.
Perhaps, many people do not know much about "how difficult it is to join Chinese nationality", here to borrow a phrase from Jackie Chan's big brother: "Chinese nationality is the most difficult nationality to enter." ”
Jackie Chan's son became an American citizen because he was born in the United States, and later he asked Jackie Chan to help him change his nationality when he asked him to return to China.
To this end, the U.S. Embassy took pains to persuade them to stay, summoned Jackie Chan three times, and submitted various materials again and again in the middle of the way, and finally took several years to return to the motherland.
Therefore, Gu Ailing can successfully enter the Chinese nationality, and the efforts behind it are worthy of everyone's praise for her. From this moment on, Gu Ailing's fate was also changed.
In August 2019, Gu Ailing won the gold medal at the New Zealand Open in freestyle slope obstacle course, her first gold medal as a Chinese player.
This is just the beginning, the next seven months, Gu Ailing competed in major competitions, won 7 gold and 2 silver, and every medal she won belonged to China.
Gu Ailing did not live up to everyone's expectations!
Next, she put her experience in the Beijing Winter Olympics, training every day, repeating an action hundreds of times to deepen her memory, all for the skiing she loves, to fight for China!
When Gu Ailing's experience was known to the domestic public, netizens said: Gu Ailing is a proper heroine! This was followed by the pursuit of fans, and the applause of flowers once again surrounded her.
However, there are not many people who are popular, and some doubts have followed.
Three
In September 2021, in just one month, 5 brands found Gu Ailing and wanted her to endorse, and Gu Ailing's name instantly became "traffic responsibility".
Even olympic champions Quan Hongchan and Su Shen Su Bingtian are difficult to reach this level.
And in the just-released 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Torch Relay feature film "The Covenant of Ice and Snow", we once again saw Gu Ailing and Yi Yanqianxi starring together.
It is inevitable to sigh, why did Gu Ailing let the major brands choose her?
Of course, excellent competition results are the main reason.
Before the emergence of Gu Ailing, in China's snow sports, freestyle skiers were actually in a blank state.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Han Xiaopeng was the only athlete to win the aerial skills event so far.
So Gu Ailing can stand on the stage of the Winter Olympics is already the biggest attraction, if she can win the gold medal, then she is destined to be written in the history of Chinese skiing.
Just like Liu Xiang broke the men's 110-meter hurdles record at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games with a speed of 12.91 seconds, winning the gold medal and becoming the first men's Olympic champion in Chinese athletics.
Since then, the mention of Asian trapezes will think of Liu Xiang's name.
I hope that Gu Ailing can also reach such a height.
Secondly, Gu Ailing is also a proper genius outside the arena.
In 2020, at the age of 17, she completed her high school studies in advance, and the college entrance examination reached a good score of 1580 points, and the American college entrance examination scored 1600 points, and she was 20 points away from the full score!
On the day the results were released, she did not dare to inquire, because Kao Stanford was a dream from childhood, for which she worked hard for ten years, fortunately, the final result was worth celebrating, and Gu Ailing was successfully admitted to Stanford University.
Finally, Gu Ailing's self-discipline for more than ten years makes her mental outlook very full, and her excellent appearance conditions plus any advantage are Wang Fried.
The emergence of Gu Ailing can be said to be a major turning point in China's ski sports.
In order to prepare for the Winter Olympics, she took a year off school to concentrate on training. The 2022 Winter Olympics has entered the 100-day countdown, and we can believe that she has enough strength to win glory for the country.
Most importantly, let's not forget that the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics is Gu Ailing's first time to participate in the Olympic Games, and she is only 19 years old, not yet the best age for athletes, and the road that belongs to her is still very long and long.
Wanli returned, without asking questions. Gu Ailing did not join the Chinese nationality because of the phrase "like Chinese culture".
Only when the country is strong and rich can it be seen by the world and can it embark on the stage of history and become the focus, and the wanderers who are out of the country with rapid development are in the eyes.
I hope that the motherland will become stronger and stronger, attracting more talents to "return"!