2月9日上午，在冬奥会单板滑雪女子U型场地技巧资格赛上，一位来自马耳他的“吃货”选手被网友逮到了，这名叫做珍妮丝·斯皮泰里（Jenise Spiteri）的选手在等待分数时掏出半个豆包津津有味地吃了起来，还不时冲着镜头竖起大拇指。
虽然她的成绩最终无缘晋级决赛，但她乐观的态度给观众留下了深刻印象。不少网友表示，她真的很享受冬奥比赛。
接受采访时，珍妮丝对记者表示，这种红豆馅儿的包子她每天都会吃6个，早、午、晚各两个。不过当天早上因为赛前太紧张了，吃不下东西，于是她就把豆包放在了背包里，同时口袋里面也装了一个。第一轮动作完成后，她说：“我终于可以吃上一口了，我爱豆包，味道好极了。”
I've been eating six red bean paste buns everyday. I have two for breakfast, two for lunch and two for dinner. And this morning, I was too nervous to swallow any food, so I just put them in my backpack. And then I had one in one of my pockets. When I did the runs, I was like "Oh, Ok, I can finnally eat. I love it. I think it's so good."
事实上，珍妮丝最爱的中国小吃是麻团。
你知道那种芝麻球吗？油炸的，外面是芝麻籽，很有嚼劲，里面是豆沙。我可以吃100个。 You know the little sesame balls? Deep fried with sesame seeds. They are chewy with red bean paste inside. I want to eat a hundred of those.
马耳他唯一的参赛运动员
在冬奥会开幕式上，头发一半蓝色一半粉色的珍妮丝作为马耳他旗手，也是该国代表团唯一一名参赛运动员，蹦蹦跳跳地进场，脸上洋溢着激动和兴奋。
“走进这么大的体育场参加开幕式真的太刺激了，抵达北京后我才睡了4个小时，所以如果没有视频证明，我都以为是在做梦。”她在社交媒体上写道。
Walking into the huge stadium for opening ceremonies was such a crazy experience. I've slept for about 4 hours arriving in China so if there wasn't video proof I would've thought I dreamt this.
珍妮丝在推特上庆祝自己拿到北京2022年冬奥会参赛资格
据《马耳他时报》介绍，珍妮丝1992年出生于美国旧金山，父亲是马耳他人，母亲是美国人。小时候的梦想是成为一名演员，高中18岁时才决定成为职业滑雪运动员。
图源：马耳他时报
珍妮丝起步晚，又没有足够资源，开始学习滑雪时就很艰难。
In January 2012, Jenise Spiteri, then a college student, posted a Facebook status that read, "Wanted: someone to teach me how to ride pipe tomorrow. anyone available??" The post garnered two likes, 10 comments and one share. 2012年1月，还是大学生的珍妮丝在脸书上发布了一篇帖文称“招人：有谁愿意明天教我滑钢管吗”？帖子只有两个赞，10个留言和一条分享。
为省房租睡面包车
单板滑雪是一项需要高投入的体育项目，而珍妮丝的训练费用大部分都是自筹。因此她需要省吃俭用，经常用着老旧的装备，不时还需要打零工挣钱。
Her journey is largely self funded. But snowboarding is expensive, so Spiteri lives off a modest budget, reusing her gear from season to season, and has picked up odd jobs.
为了省下租金，珍妮丝曾经在科罗拉多州和华盛顿州训练时都住在车里，她因此懂得了哪些食物不需要冰箱保存（比如金枪鱼罐头和奶酪调味料），哪些生活用品可能会被冻住（比如牙膏和隐形眼镜），并且学会了如何用信用卡刮去车里风挡上的薄冰。
To offset her rent, Spiteri lived out of her vehicle while training in Colorado and Washington during her early years. She quickly learned which foods she liked that don’t require refrigeration (canned tuna and cheese seasoning), what personal items were likely to freeze (toothpaste, contacts) and how to use a credit card to scrape away frost from the inside of her windshield.
在训练期间，她也尽可能地缩减支出费用。单板滑雪U型场地需要交900美元季度通票和125日单日费用，为了省下这笔钱，她自己带着装备爬坡一英里多上到斜坡，为的是能有更多钱请教练。
但每天的长途跋涉让人望而生怯（But the daily trek was daunting）。
"Three days into hiking I was like, 'Why am I doing this?'" Spiteri recalled. "I am training for the Olympics, and I already hiked for an hour before I got to training." 我爬了三天就开始质疑自己了，“我为啥要这样做啊，我是来备战奥运会的，但我训练前就爬了一个小时的山。”
登上冬奥会舞台，珍妮丝最想完成的一件事就是告诉大家，无论境遇如何，只要有梦想就坚持，相信一定能实现。
“我希望这能激励那些有梦的人，一切皆有可能。”
编辑：焦洁
来源：央视新闻 新民晚报 纽约时报