Gu Ailing Eileen:Olympic Ski Superstar

供稿：王靜云

谷愛凌，2022 年冬奧會閃耀的巨星、斯坦福大學的學霸、時尚新寵、滑雪天才。有人說，她是傳奇的創造者；有人說，她就是傳奇。18 歲的她，擁有各種不同的嫻熟技能，創造著一個又一個不可思議。閱讀下文，了解更多關于谷愛凌的故事吧。

Gu Ailing Eileen is one of those who seems to do well in everything.From winning three Freestyle Skiing medals at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games,two gold medals and one silver medal in Beijing 2022 Olympic Winer Games,two Guinness records to1)gracingthe cover ofVoguemagazine,this part-time model is also a student.Her achievements amazed the world and more and more people become her fans.

1) ɡrace [ɡre?s] v.使增光

Gu Ailing Eileen was born on September 3rd,2003 in San Francisco,California,the USA.Gu has broken down boundaries on and off the snow.She began to learn skiing at 3 and won the USA Freestyle Junior Group Championship at the age of 9.When she was 14,she won 50 gold medals.Born in California and raised between California and Beijing,Gu chose to represent China to attend the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games,where her mother was born,saying she wanted to inspire a generation of Chinese girls and give them a role model.

At this year’s Winter Olympics,she once again had a wonderful performance.Gu the first ever to win three medals in three different Freestyle Skiing disciplines at Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games,after claiming halfpipe and big air gold,and silver in2)slopestyle.In the competition of Women’s Freestyle Skiing Platform,Gu made an off-axis3)rotationof 1440 degrees.She chose the off-axis rotation of 1080 degrees in her second jump.After two jumps,she scored 182.25 points,ranking third.She challenged herself in the last jump.She slid forward and turned 1620 degrees.Given the highest score of 94.5 points,she won the gold medal.

2) slopestyle [sl??psta?l] n.坡面障礙技巧（一項冬季滑雪運動）

3) rotation [r???te??n] n.旋轉

Gu’s success depends on her hard work.She can only train skiing twice a week at weekends and it takes her four hours going to the ski field.No matter how tired she is after sports,she always hurries to finish her school work.And it took her only two years to finish high school and became the first person in her school history to graduate early.In the Scholastic Assessment Test(SAT),she got 1580 points,only twenty points short of the full score.She was admitted to Stanford University.

“I always believe that sport,especially extreme sport,has no boundaries.It is one of the best vehicles to unite people,4)forgefriendships and push human limits.”she said,“I want to help introduce Free style Skiing to kids in China,where the sport is only just taking off.I get many messages from Chinese kids,saying I’m the reason for them to take up skiing.I know how much it can change a life as it has changed mine.”She encouraged more kids to try this sport.

Balancing her elite career with Ivy League education,the modelling,5)fameand6)sponsorship,she has already proved that she can handle the pressure.She shared the secret of balancing her hobbies and career,that is sleep enough,eat well,love and concentrate.Maybe you can only do one thing a day,but you must do it well.

“It’s about having fun,breaking boundaries,creating miracles.”

“If I can help inspire a young girl to break a boundary,my wishes will have come true.”

“Through skiing,I hope to unite people,promote common understanding,create communication,and forge friendships between nations.”

——Gu Ailing Eileen

4) forɡe [f??d?] v.締造

5) fame [fe?m] n.名氣

6) sponsorship [?sp?ns???p] n.贊助

谷愛凌似乎是凡事都做得很好的那種人之一。她在2020 年洛桑冬青奧會上獲得三枚自由式滑雪獎牌，在2022 年北京冬奧會上獲得兩枚金牌和一枚銀牌，擁有兩項吉尼斯紀錄并登上Vogue雜志封面，是兼職模特也是一名學生。她的成就令世界驚嘆，越來越多的人成為她的粉絲。

谷愛凌，2003 年9 月3 日出生于美國加利福尼亞州舊金山。谷愛凌已多次打破了雪上和雪下的界限。她3 歲開始學習滑雪，9 歲獲得全美自由式滑雪少年組冠軍。她14 歲時已經擁有50 枚金牌。在加州出生并在加州、北京兩地長大的谷愛凌選擇代表中國隊參加2022 年北京冬奧會。中國，是她的母親出生的地方，她說她想激勵中國女孩，給她們樹立榜樣。

在今年的冬奧會上，她再次表現出色。谷愛凌是第一個在北京冬奧會自由式滑雪女子三個不同項目中奪得三枚獎牌的運動員，她分別奪得自由式滑雪女子大跳臺金牌、自由式滑雪女子U 型場地技巧金牌、自由式滑雪女子坡面障礙技巧銀牌。在自由式滑雪女子大跳臺的比賽中，谷愛凌取得了成功。第一跳時，她空中旋轉1440 度。第二跳時，她選擇了旋轉1080 度。兩跳后，她得了182.25 分，排名第三。她在最后一跳挑戰自己，她向前滑行，空中旋轉1620 度，喜獲最高分94.50 分，獲得了金牌。

谷愛凌的成功依靠的是她的努力。她只能每周周末訓練兩次滑雪，去滑雪場要花四個小時。不管她運動后多累，她總是趕著完成學業。她只用了兩年的時間就完成了高中學業，成為他們學校歷史上第一個提前畢業的人。在美國高中畢業生學術能力水平考試中，谷愛凌考了1580 分，離滿分僅差20 分。她被斯坦福大學錄取了。

“我一直相信運動，尤其是極限運動，是沒有界限的。它是團結人們、建立友誼和突破人類極限的最佳工具之一。”她說，“我想向中國的小孩介紹自由式滑雪，這項運動在中國才剛剛起步。我收到很多來自中國孩子的信息，說我是他們開始滑雪的原因。我知道它可以改變生活，就像它改變了我的生活一樣。”她鼓勵更多的孩子嘗試這項運動。

她在優秀的職業生涯與常春藤盟校教育、模特、名望和贊助之間取得平衡，她已經證明她可以承受壓力。她分享了平衡愛好和事業的秘訣，那就是睡夠、吃好、熱愛和專注。或許你一天只能做一件事，但一定要做好。

“這是關于享受樂趣、打破界限和創造奇跡的故事。”

“如果我能幫助激勵一個年輕女孩打破界限，我的愿望就實現了。”

“我希望通過滑雪團結人們、增進共識、創造交流并建立各國之間的友誼。”

——谷愛凌