There is a fresh good news about the performance of Sichuan athletes in winter sports events: From Nov 12th to 13th, the first and second leg of the 2021/2022 Europe Cup Skeleton Championships were held in Lillehammer, Norway. The girl called Li Yuxi from Mianyang, Sichuan, has won two consecutive champions, which has achieved a new breakthrough of Chinese women skeleton event.

Li Yuxi ranked first in the first two rounds of the first race on Nov 12th, and finally won the gold medal with a total time of 1 minute 47.45 seconds. The second race was held on Nov 13th, Li Yuxi continued her excellent performance in the previous day's race, and her total time was 1 minute 47.00 seconds, which refreshed the best women's performance within those events held in Lillehammer, Norway.

Li Yuxi comes from Mianyang, Sichuan Province. Her sports talent first shone when she was in junior high school. In the last year of junior high, Jiangyou Middle School selected her as a sprints-specialized student. According to Coach Chen Yuan of Li’s high school, Li Yuxi has always been the best in women's sprint events and trained very hard. "Yuxi's family is also very supportive of her. Her father is a sports fan and often comes to the school to communicate with us." Chen Yuan told the reporter, Li Yuxi is nothing different with an ordinary girl. She is outgoing, cheerful and carefree. She always gets along well with her classmates. Her best friend is also devoted to sports. The two girls often encourage each other.

At present, Li Yuxi is also a member of China's 2022 Winter Olympic Skeleton National Team. Sincerely hope Li Yuxi can make persistent efforts to create more surprise in snow and ice events in the approaching Olympic!