Gu Ailing is one of the top medal hopefuls in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Earlier this month, she made history by1the first Chinese gold medal winner in the women's freeski big air.
Gu is a talented skier and she also does 2 in her study. She graduated from high school a year early and became a student at Stanford University. 3, Gu is crazy about many other sports and school activities.
When Gu began to learn to ski, many people said that girls were not 4 to learn to ski, because women might suffer more risks than men. But Gu believes that's simply because there aren't enough women players. She 5 her dream and practiced even harder. She became an excellent professional athlete 6.
Although Gu was born and grew up in the US, she took Chinese 7 when she was 15. She decided to represent China in international competitions, hoping to 8 more Chinese young people to take part in ice and snow sports. She hopes to use sports as a 9 between China and the US. She said in an interview, "if a girl in China falls in love with skiing or even changes her lifestyle because of me, I'll feel like I've 10 my goal."