On December 16, Beijing time, the candidates for the 2022 Lawrence Sports Awards were announced, Gu Ailing was shortlisted for the Best Extreme Athlete of the Year Award candidate, and the 18-year-old Chinese naturalization star has recently been in excellent shape, and has won 2 consecutive championships. Moreover, in the freestyle ski women's U-shaped field competition, Gu Ailing ranked 1st in the qualifiers and advanced to the final, impacting the 3rd crown in half a month. In addition, Olympic champions Quan Hongchan and Cao Yuan were also selected.
In 2021, it belongs to Gu Ailing! At the Freestyle Ski World Championships in March this year, Gu Ailing won 2 gold and 1 bronze, making history.
In the recent World Cup matches, Gu Ailing was in excellent form, 11 days ago, in the freestyle ski jump world cup competition, Gu Ailing won the championship with a total score of 184.25 points. 5 days ago, in the women's skiing U-shaped track skills final, Gu Ailing won the championship again!
Today, in the freestyle ski women's U-shaped track competition, Gu Ailing played well in the qualifiers, ranking 1st with 93.50 points, in addition, Li Fanghui ranked 4th and Zhang Kexin ranked 8th, both of which entered the final! That is to say, in less than half a month, Gu Ailing will launch an attack on his third champion!
Of the remaining Selected Chinese Athletes, Cao Yuan is a candidate for Male Athlete of the Year, who will face off against well-known superstars such as Messi, C Luo, and Djokovic. Jeon Hong-chan was shortlisted for the Breakthrough of the Year Award, after all, her first international competition was the Tokyo Olympics, and she finally achieved outstanding results, winning the gold medal at the age of 14.
Recently, Quan Hong Chan also has a "competition" mission. At the 15th FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships in Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Quan Hong Chan will appear in the Diving Exhibition Tournament! Unlike regular competitions, this exhibition match is held outdoors, and the jumping platform is set up on the seashore, and Quan Hong Chan will perform "jumping into the sea"!
Judging from the current trend, Gu Ailing will compete with Quan Hongchan for the first sister in the Chinese sports world, and at present, the first sister in the Chinese sports world should be Zhu Ting. But Gu Ailing is 18 years old, and Quan Hongchan is 14 years old, even younger. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, if Gu Ailing can win the gold medal, her popularity will further soar.