Eileen Gu's China choice pays off... for now
BEIJING: When Eileen Gu won Olympic gold in the Big Air, sales of her red Anta ski suit, complete with slipdrag reduction technology, surged 20-fold on Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com.
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Snowboarding-Parrot tops Big Air qualifying, Toutant out
BEIJING : Canadian Max Parrot stayed on course for his second gold medal of the Beijing Olympics after topping the Big Air qualifying standings on Monday as his compatriot and defending champion Sebastien Toutant failed to advance after a nasty crash.
Eileen Gu makes it through 'scary' freeski slopestyle qualifiers
ZHANGJIAKOU, Hebei: China's Eileen Gu made it safely through "scary" freestyle skiing slopestyle qualifiers at the Beijing Olympics on Monday (Feb 14), roaring back in her second run with jumps and mid-air grabs to advance to the final.
‘Quick lunch!’ - Eileen Gu casually eats burger while awaiting freeski slopestyle score at Winter Olympics
A nonchalant Eileen Gu tucked into a burger while awaiting her score in the freeski slopestyle qualifying at the Winter Olympics. It is a busy Beijing 2022 for Gu, who broke the internet in China when becoming the big air champion last week. Ad/> The American-born 18-year-old, who is representing China in the Games, is chasing another medal in the slopestyle, and is balancing that with halfpipe practice as well – with that competition beginning on Thursday.
Winter Olympics 2022 – GB’s Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes reach slopestyle final, Eileen Gu third in qualifying
British duo Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes comfortably reached the women’s freeski slopestyle final as Eileen Gu finished third in qualifying. Muir — who was fifth in the big air earlier in Beijing — qualified in fifth overall in her first Winter Olympics, while Summerhayes came 10th at the Genting Snow Park H & S Stadium.
Olympics-Freestyle skiing-Wipeouts and crashes plague slopestyle qualifiers after snow
By Winni Zhou and Mari Saito
Freestyle skiing-Wipeouts and crashes plague slopestyle qualifiers after snow
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Fresh snow was a curse not a blessing at the women's freeski slopestyle qualifiers at the Beijing Games on Monday as athletes skidded, crashed and fell during what many described as a challenging and sometimes scary event.
Winter Olympics: Team GB's Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes into freeski slopestyle final
Freestyle skiers Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes will try to win Team GB's long-awaited first medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics on Tuesday after qualifying for the slopestyle final.