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About ten hours after the painful tears of the Russian skater Kamila Valieva, the radiant smile of Ailing Gu offered a striking contrast during the Beijing Games.
All the pain in the world on one side, all the happiness on the other, but in the end the impression of seeing two sides of the same cleverly marketed coin.
Except that the first saw her dream go up in smoke after the revelation of her positive doping control, while the second saw a red carpet rolled out to become the first in the history of freestyle skiing to win three medals during the same Games.
Including two titles, in the big air thanks to a sumptuous last try, and in the half-pipe during a one-way final that the Chinese crushed on her first pass.
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