Facing question&love,Genius girl creates mania after historic...

With International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach's applause and the cheering of flag-waving audience, China's 18-year-old freestyle skier Gu Ailing Eileen, with hands on her head and a look of great excitement, captured the gold medal of the women's freeski big air final at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

The win is a historic achievement as Gu is China's first women's Olympic gold medalist on snow sports.

There's a "Chinese dragon" on Gu's outfit to win the gold medal which is designed by herself. 

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"This is the best moment in my life, moments like this make everything so worthy," Gu said in a post-game interview and she thanked the home audience for their huge support. 

Gu's performance was steady and faultless in her first two runs, giving her a good score.

On her final run, which made Chinese spectators breathless, Gu nailed a double cork 1620, with unprecedented difficulty, to take over first spot, surpassing Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland who finished third and Tess Ledeux of France who got the silver. 

With a combined score of 188.25 points - 93.75 from her first run and 94.50 from the third - Gu came back strong from third place before the final run to take the gold as the event made its Olympic debut.

Some netizens said she is a perfect image that could not even be designed in a movie, while some others said she is so close to our lives that both her excellence and imperfection seem very real.  

The prodigy was admitted to Stanford University with a near-perfect SAT score in the run-up to the Winter Olympics.  

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"Every time I see her on TV, she's smiling and confident and optimistic, which is really inspiring to us," said a Weibo user."

The harvest of medals and applause has been reflected in Gu's commercial value. According to media statistics, in 2021, she signed up with about 30 domestic and foreign brands, and she stands to earn over 100 million yuan ($15.7 million).  

More and more people become familiar with Gu, a girl who loves to eat dumplings and Peking roast duck, especially when they found out that Gu's Putonghua with a Beijing accent is "more standard than my own."  

Facing the questions, she fought it back. 

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Source:globaltimes

Editor: CH

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