In the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, some young athletes have made names for themselves. AFP Sport picks out four talents who seem to set to shine brightly in the future.
Gu Ailing
Gu, 18, began competing for China in 2019, and was already well-known before the Games.
However, her three medals in freestyle skiing-gold in both Big Air and half pipe, and a silver in peristyle-inspired her to an even wider international audience.
Hoping to inspire the next generation onto the snow, the teenager drew all the attention with her trademark eloquence（口才）, "I'm proud to have done my best to spread a positive and personal message, and to have reached audiences willing to listen to me. "
Nathan Chen
The 22-year-old American Nathan Chen was all grace and calmness as he produced a dominant performance to win his first Olympic title in figure skating.
An Olympic gold had been the only major prize eluding（避开）the three-time world champion. Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu, meanwhile, fell twice and ended in fourth in what could be his last Games.
Juraj Slafkovsky
Juraj Slafkovsky finished the Olympic men's ice hockey tournament as the leading goal scorer with seven as Slovakia won a bronze medal. Slafkovsky is the youngest player to ever represent Slovakia in Olympic hockey and was going up against some old athletes twice his age.
Zoi Sadowski Synnott
The 20-year-old snowboarder made history for New Zealand after winning the country's first ever Winter Olympics gold medal.
She came from behind to win the women's slopestyle with an incredible final run, before being gathered in the snow by her rivals（对手）in celebration at the finish.
