平昌冬奥会刘佳宇独家专访：“为中国夺得第一枚奖牌是我的光荣！”

China’s snowboarder Liu Jiayu bagged a silver medal with 89.75 points in the women’s snowboard halfpipe final at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Tuesday. CGTN’s Tracey Holmes did an exclusive interview with the snowboarder after her podium finish.

2月13日，在2018年平昌冬奥会上，中国单板滑雪运动员刘佳宇以89.75分的成绩摘得银牌。在登上领奖台后，中国国际电视台的特雷西·霍姆斯对她进行了独家专访。

The silver medal is the first medal for China’s team in PyeongChang and China’s first medal in snowboarding in any Winter Olympics.

这枚银牌是中国代表团在平昌的第一枚奖牌，也是中国在冬奥会上首次获得单板滑雪奖牌。

As Liu said, it is a great honor to win the first medal for China in PyeongChang Olympics, she’s so proud of showing Chinese athletes’ ability to win a medal in snowboard halfpipe in Winter Olympics.

正如刘佳宇所说，在平昌奥运会上为中国赢得第一枚奖牌是一项巨大的荣誉，她为能让中国运动员在冬季奥运会上赢得一枚滑雪板奖牌而感到骄傲。

The snowboarder’s halfpipe journey began in China since 2003. The PyeongChang Olympics is the third Olympics Liu Jiayu has competed. She finished at fourth place in the 2010 Vancouver Games, ninth in the 2014 Sochi Games, and finally won a silver medal in PyeongChang.

从2003年开始，单板滑雪板比赛开始在中国举行。平昌奥运会是刘嘉宇第三次参加奥运会。她在2010年温哥华冬奥会上获得第四名，在2014年索契冬奥会上获得第九名，并最终在平昌获得一枚银牌。

“S. Korea is so lucky for me,” Liu said, “I’ve won the first world championships in Korea for China, and now I have an Olympics medal!”

刘佳宇说，我很幸运，我在韩国赢得了第一个世界冠军，现在我获得了一枚奥运奖牌!

As Liu said, she would definitely compete in Beijing 2022 if she’s healthy four years later. She is super passionate about snowboard and she wishes to represent China to compete in the Olympic Games.

正如刘佳宇所说，如果四年后她的健康状况良好，她一定会在2022年北京奥运会上竞争。她非常热爱滑雪板，她希望代表中国参加奥运会。

Meanwhile, Liu hopes the silver medal could inspire the younger generation to join snowboard half-pipe, winning one medal is not her goal, but to show how fun and how cool this sport is to audiences.

与此同时，刘佳宇希望银牌能够激励年轻一代加入到单板滑雪的行列中，赢得一枚奖牌不是她的目标，而是向观众展示这项运动对多么酷、多么有趣。

Liu mentioned that snowboard is not only about medals – athletes are friendly to each other, and their relationship is what they want people to know.

刘佳宇说，滑雪板运动不仅仅是奖牌的争夺，而是想让人们知道运动员间的关系有多么友好。