Freeskiier Eileen Gu was born in San Francisco but represents China when competing internationally. Here’s five things to know about the freeskiing star.
American-born Eileen Gu earned the first of what she and her many fans in Beijing hope could be three medals for China last week by cranking out the first 1620 of her career in the Olympic debut of women's freestyle skiing big air.
She followed that up with a silver medal in the slopestyle final, her second medal in these Games. Now, the 18-year-old is searching for her third Olympic medal in the halfpipe event.
Watch full replays of all of Gu's events in the 2022 Winter Olympics below.
Eileen Gu's Near-Perfect Halfpipe Final Run to Win Gold
Hitting nearly 14 feet on her opening rightside 900 cork Buick grab, China's Eileen Gu upped her score in the halfpipe final by adding back-to-back alley-oop flat spins at the end of Run 2 to score a 95.25.
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Eileen Gu Puts Down 'Safety' Run of 93.25 in Halfpipe Final
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Eileen Gu threw back-to-back 900s in both directions to start her first run of the halfpipe final, then kept the rest of her routine relatively mellow, scoring a 93.25 to take over first by four points.
Eileen Gu of China Ups Halfpipe Qualifying Score to a 95.50
Eileen Gu improved on her first run of freeksi halfpipe qualifying with a similar routine, adding a cork to her right 900 Buick and a 540 flat spin to her right alley-oop air for a 95.50.
Eileen Gu's First Halfpipe Qualifying Run
Eileen Gu put down a smooth, seemingly effortless first run in halfpipe qualifying, hitting back-to-back 900s to start and finishing with a pair of alley-oops to score a 93.75 and take the lead.
Full Replay: Eileen Gu Finishes Second in Slopestyle
Eileen Gu missed out on her second gold medal of the Beijing Winter Games by just fractions of a point, losing out to Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud. Gu would ave to settle for the silver.
China's Eileen Gu Stomps Final Slopestyle Run to Win Silver
Eileen Gu sat in eighth place entering her last run in the slopestyle final. She stuck it to secure silver, narrowly missing out on gold after she won the big air event earlier at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Full Replay: Eileen Gu qualifies for slopestyle final
See the full replay of the women's freeski slopestyle qualifying from Genting Snow Park at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
China's Eileen Gu advances to slopestyle final, eats lunch
U.S.-born Eileen Gu of China had trouble 630'ing out off a rail on Run 1, then cleaned up with a switch 900, cab 720 and 900 Buick in Run 2, receiving her score of 79.38 while eating lunch to make the slopestyle final.
Full replay - Eileen Gu wins gold for China in freeski's big air event
See the women's freeski big air final from Shougang Industrial Park at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Full replay - Eileen Gu places fifth in freeski big air qualifier, advances
U.S.-born Eileen Gu of China landed a double cork 1080 with Safety and Japan grabs and a 900 with a Buick grab on Runs 1 and 3 to score a 161.25 and place fifth in women's freeski big air qualifying, making to the final.
