They have made me the skier I am."Īffectionately known as the 'Snow Princess', Gu is also the champion from the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lausanne 2020, and before the final in Beijing took time out to speak exclusively with about life in the athletes village and how meditation and piano playing have helped her. She also praised her fellow competitors including silver medallist Tess Ledeux Gu added that she hoped others would be inspired by her performance, saying "If I can do it, they can do it." The 18-year-old freestyle skiing prodigy from China claimed the gold medal in the women's freeski big air on Tuesday (8 February), performing a 1620 on her final run to claim the win. "I was guaranteed a podium spot when I dropped in, I was only 0.25 points behind Mathilde (Gremaud) and I was thinking, 'Should I improve on my previous one and go for the sliver or should I whip out this random trick I’d never done before and go for gold?' Ailing (Eileen) Gu credited 9 years of piano playing for her gold medal win at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. ![]() It's something that I wanted to show the world." More than anything I felt it was an opportunity to represent myself, and this message that I've always had to break my own boundaries. The wind in my ears, the speed in my turn as I spin, it speeds up. "I think of all my tricks as a rhythm, and music. ![]() River Prodigy was named Recommended Product at the Music China Shanghai Show. ![]() I've played piano for 9 years, so I am very attuned to a sense of rhythm," Gu shared in her post-event press conference. Developed by The Pearl River Piano Group and PianoDisc, Prodigy wireless. "I've never done it before, but I actually felt pretty confident going into it. Ailing (Eileen) Gu credited 9 years of piano playing for her gold medal win at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
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