Eileen Gu breaks Chinese social media after winning Winter Olympics gold
Eileen Gu amassed an army of cynics when she spurned Team USA to represent China at the Beijing Games.
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Eileen Gu soars to Olympic gold as China embraces dual-culture star
With the pressure of more than a billion people on her shoulders, Eileen Gu soared and spun high into the Beijing sky before landing a stunning double cork 1620 to take Winter Olympics gold. Then, in another considerable feat of nimbleness, the 18-year-old deftly avoided attempts by the world’s media to drag her into a diplomatic incident with the skill of a UN veteran.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Freestyle ski star Eileen Gu breaks the internet with big air gold for China
If there was any doubt that Eileen Gu is one of the biggest stars of the Beijing Winter Olympics, that can surely be put to rest now — after she broke the internet in China. After winning what she hopes will be the first of three golds of the Games by taking victory in big air, the freestyle skier and model was flooded by congratulatory messages — which temporarily crashed social media channel Weibo, China’s version of Twitter.
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Winter Olympics 2022: ‘Real camaraderie’ – Eileen Gu consoles Tess Ledeux after snatching big air gold
Eileen Gu comforted a tearful Tess Ledeux after snatching the gold medal away from her in the women’s freestyle skiing big air final at Beijing 2022. The Chinese sensation, 18, trailed France’s Ledeux and Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud heading into the third and final jump but dropped a career-first double cork 1620 to catapult up the standings. Ad/> She reacted in disbelief after landing the trick, which she said she had never even attempted, as she secured China’s third gold medal of the Games.
‘The level was insane’: British teen Kirsty Muir proud of fifth on Olympic debut
British teenager Kirsty Muir branded the standard in the women’s Freeski Big Air contest as “insane” after finishing an inspiring fifth on her Winter Olympics debut.
Eileen Gu wins debut of freeski big air at 2022 Winter Olympics
The debut of women’s freeski big air at the 2022 Winter Olympics featured perhaps the best showing of women’s freeskiing in history.