Following the Tokyo Summer Olympics,the world will have yet another Olympic feast in February 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.Gu Ailing,____9____ Chinese freeskier athlete,is aiming high.

The 18-year-old girl is one of the top medal hopefuls in Beijing 2022.Gu established ____10____(she)in just two years of international competition,____11____(win)her first World Cup event in 2019 before claiming gold medals ____12____ both big air(大跳臺)and halfpipe(U型場地)at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

Gu clinched two gold medals in 2021 ____13____ she became the winner in freeski slopestyle(坡面障礙技巧)and halfpipe in the International Ski Federation Snowboard and Freeski World Championships.

Born in the US,Gu started on the snow at the age of 3,____14____(compete)in national competitions at 9 in the US and won her first World Cup event at 15.At the age of 16,Gu decided to compete for China.She said it was ____15____(part)influenced by the country’s plan ____16____(attract)300 million people to ice and snow sports in the buildup to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

She ____17____(schedule)to start her college life at Stanford University this month.But the plan has been postponed in order to focus on training for the upcoming Winter Olympics.

“I want to win a gold medal,____18____ being my best seems more important,”she said.“I hope more youngsters,especially girls,fall in love with ice sports.”