Winter Olympics: British teenager Kirsty Muir finishes fifth in ski big air
Team GB teenager Kirsty Muir finished fifth in a pulsating ski big air final as the event made its Winter Olympics debut in Beijing.
Eileen Gu Sport News
JUEGOS DE INVIERNO El icono de China que 'traicionó' a EE UU suma su primer oro
Es un contexto geopolítico convulso como el actual, Eileen está en el ojo del huracán pese a una vida de película. Con solo 18 años, 'Gu Ailing' ha triunfado en todo lo que se ha propuesto: atleta profesional en esquí acrobático, modelo de proyección internacional, estudiante superdotada con beca en Stanford, activista por el empoderamiento de las mujeres y voz del cambio… Eileen Gu nació en San Francisco, de padre norteamericano y madre china, y 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... al menos con carácter oficial. “Cuando estoy en China, soy china. Cuando estoy en EE UU, soy norteamericana. Tengo doble identidad. Y estas dos mitades hacen lo que soy a día de hoy", dice a Olympics.com. Y explica: «Poder inspirar a millones de jóvenes allá donde nació mi madre es una ocasión única de contribuir a promover el deporte que amo», escribió Eileen Gu en Instagram para justificar su cambio de nacionalidad.
Inspired or dystopian, Beijing's Big Air venue sparks social media debate
BEIJING: One of the Beijing Winter Olympics venues, Big Air Shougang, generated buzz on social media on Monday (Feb 7) for its industrial look created by being built at the site of a former steel mill.
American-born Eileen Gu of China lands first 1620 of career en route to Olympic gold in freestyle big air
BEIJING — American-born Eileen Gu of China cranked out the first 1620 of her career on her final jump, stunning France's Tess Ledeux and earning the first of what she hopes will be three gold medals in women's freestyle big air.
Peng Shuai watches Gu win Chinese gold at Big Air
BEIJING : Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai was on hand to watch China's Eileen Gu win gold in the Big Air competition in Beijing on Tuesday.
Freestyle skiing-China's Gu wins gold medal in women's Big Air
BEIJING : China's Eileen Gu won the gold medal in the freeski Big Air event at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday.
Eileen Gu is the poster child for a new type of Chinese athlete - but one wrong move could send her tumbling
At this year’s Beijing Winter Olympics, the face of China’s sporting dreams is undeniably American.
Eileen Gu is the poster child for a new type of Chinese athlete. But one wrong move could send her tumbling
By Jessie Yeung, CNNUpdated 0730 GMT (1530 HKT) February 7, 2022Hong Kong (CNN)At this year'sBeijing Winter Olympics, the face of China's sporting dreams is undeniably American.Freestyle skier Eileen Gu's rise to the top has been meteoric — and her popularity in China has exploded in the lead-up to the Games. «Snow princess Gu Ailing set to shine at home Olympics,» read one headline in state-run media Xinhua, referring to Gu by her Chinese name.But Gu, 18, has another home: the United States, where she was born to a Chinese mother and American father, and where she first discovered her love for the sport. In 2015, just a few months after she reached her first World Cup podium, the San Francisco native announced she was switching to compete