Feature: Chinese skier Li soars courageously through snowy skies

by sportswriters He Leijing and Lu Xingji

HARBIN, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- In just four days, China's rising skiing star Li Fanghui went from learning she would compete in the Asian Winter Games to claiming the first gold medal for the Chinese delegation.

During the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe final on Feb. 8, the 22-year-old Harbin native delivered an almost flawless performance, dazzling her hometown c