Almost every season, a new crop of "genius girls" emerges in countries around the world.
Fourteen-year-old Jin Ran was one of them. She won the national championships with an inconsistent triple Axel, but suffered repeated defeats on the international stage and was forced to take time away from the ice.
At twenty-four, Jin Ran had faded into the crowd. Her technical difficulty was no longer what it had been, but she never lost the courage to return to the top. She successfully earned her ticket to the Winter Olympics and made up for the greatest regret of her career.
To many people, Jin Ran may not be the most dazzling women's singles skater in the history of Chinese figure skating, but she is certainly an indispensable one.
Theme: Face setbacks bravely and approach life with optimism.
