Silver medalist Li shrugs off gold chances at Sochi Winter Olympics

CHENGDE, Hebei province - After winning two consecutive Olympic silver medals in women's freestyle aerials skiing, Li Nina has accepted the fact that not all great athletes are destined to win Olympic gold.

Li, dubbed "Princess of the Snow" who finished second in women's freestyle aerials skiing at the Winter Games in Turin in 2006 and Vancouver this year, revealed to China Daily that "the Olympic gold is not her goal anymore".

"First, I worry about my nagging back injury, it even hurts when I stand or sit for a long time and there is no radical treatment. And I'm already 27 and I will be 31 by the time of the Sochi Games," Li said during the Olympic Day Run in Chengde, Hebei province, on Saturday.