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With the Tokyo Summer Olympics behind us, people are turning their eyes to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games 【小题1】 will start in five months. Freestyle skier Gu Ailing, 18, looks to be one of the superstars of the event. Born to a Chinese mother and an American father, Gu. decided to compete 【小题2】 China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in June 2019. Just two months 【小题3】(late), she bagged her first gold medal for China at the Australia New Zealand Cup. Her strength continued to grow as she won one bronze and two gold medals at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in March.

People say she is 【小题4】 (talent), but Gu says it is her hard work 【小题5】 counts. While going to school in San Francisco, Gu could only practice on weekends. She spent eight hours 【小题6】 (go) to the ski hill and back. She did her homework on the way and made full use of her time at the hill 【小题7】 (practice) skiing.

Gu wants to encourage more girls in China to try skiing and other extreme sports. “Skiing gives me 【小题8】 (free) and creativity, especially when I control my body and do tricks that others cannot do.” she said.

Now she 【小题9】 (prepare) herself for the Winter Olympics as a full-time athlete, hoping to bring out her own style 【小题10】(perfect).