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Canada's Olivia Asselin squeezed her way into the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle final, finishing 11th in the qualification round on Monday at the Beijing Olympics.
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:
China está pendiente de Eileen Ailing Gu. «Poder inspirar a millones de jóvenes allá donde nació mi madre es una ocasión única de contribuir a promover el deporte que amo», explica la portentosa deportista de esquí acrobático nacida en San Francisco hace 18 años y que en 2019 tomó la decisión de representar al país de nacimiento de su progenitora que no permite la doble nacionalidad por lo que debía renunciar a ser norteamericana. En los Juegos de Pekín, los chinos le han señalado como el icono y emblema de su orgullo nacional y Gu no está decepcionando.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Heavy snowfall brought a wintry atmosphere to the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday (Feb 13), as well as disruptions, forcing the postponement of home favourite Eileen Gu's qualifying run in the freeski slopestyle to Monday.
A worker shovels snow in preparation for freestyle ski and snowboard events at Genting Snow Park prior to the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Zhangjiakou, China, Jan. 31, 2022.
BEIJING : Every Olympics produces a handful breakout stars and at the Beijing Winter Games those have been Big Air gold medallist Eileen Gu and doping scandal-hit figure skating teen Kamila Valieva.
Heavy snow fell throughout Sunday at the Beijing Winter Olympics disrupting several events and forcing athletes to battle through treacherous conditions in the pursuit of gold. Californian-born Chinese sensation Eileen Gu was among the competitors affected when her bid for a second gold medal was temporarily derailed by the postponement of qualifying for the freeski slopestyle. The second of three training runs for the women's downhill skiing was cancelled and women's freestyle skiing aerials qualification was also postponed. Environmentalists in the build-up to the Games in the Chinese capital had voiced concern about an Olympics taking place in one of the driest parts of China and relying almost entirely on man-made snow.
Birk Ruud is a part of Olympic history already after an incredible performance to win big air Olympic gold at Beijing 2022. The 21-year-old is also taking some inspiration from another Olympic great: Usain Bolt.