Winter Olympics: Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes miss out on freeski slopestyle medals
Team GB's wait for a 2022 Winter Olympic medal goes on after freestyle skiers Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes finished short of the slopestyle podium.
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Beijing 2022 preview for 15 February: Key events not to miss at the Olympic Winter Games
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Eileen Gu and Kirsty Muir made to wait as slopestyle qualifiers postponed due to snowfall
Eileen Gu, Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes will have to wait for the chance to impress in the women’s freeski slopestyle after Sunday’s qualifiers were postponed due to bad weather. The first qualifying run had been set to start at 02:00 GMT but was initially delayed due to heavy snow – the first to fall in Beijing at the 2022 Winter Games.
Eileen Gu: When does she next compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Eileen Gu is one of the biggest breakout stars from the Beijing Winter Olympics. The freestyle skier had already made a name for herself in China by claiming X Games golds in the superpipe and slopestyle events last year and she now has an Olympic gold to add to her CV at just 18 years old.
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.
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.