The teenager laced up for the first time at 5 years old. Now she's going for gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
are underway in Beijing and some of the most anticipated events, including women's figure skating, start this weekend.
"I was really nervous, and then I got the news that I made the team and I started crying with joy," she said."I was like, 'I thought it was over.'" "One day my dad took me and my sister to skate, and I really liked falling and sliding on the ice," she recalled."Which – I'm not supposed to fall right now, but that's what got me into skating."
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