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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.

Cross-country skiing: Russian Bolshunov withdraws from sprint freestyle event

ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Newly crowned cross country skiathlon gold medallist Alexander Bolshunov has withdrawn from Tuesday's (Feb 8) sprint freestyle race, where he had been again expected to challenge for a medal, the head of the Russian Ski Association has announced.

Winter Olympics 2022: Slopestyle next for Team GB’s Kirsty Muir after brilliant big air - then it’s back to school

Team GB freestyle skier Kirsty Muir is not focusing on a return to exam preparation yet — after making a “dream come true” by competing at the Winter Olympics and finishing fifth in her debut final — the big air competition. The 17-year-old was in bronze medal position after scoring 93.75 in her first run, thanks in part to landing her ‘dub 12’ trick, but was unable to break into the 80s over her next two runs, with China’s American-born star Eileen Gu taking gold ahead of Tess Ledeux of France and Mathilde Gremaud from Switzerland. Ad/> But Muir showed her immense promise, and she will now focus on slopestyle, before she crashes back down to reality.

Kirsty Muir: Teenage skier takes fifth in Olympics Beijing 2022 freestyle final - nailing 'best' trick in process

Kirsty Muir was high-flying in Beijing, the quiet girl of the Big Air underlining her status as something of an even bigger noise.

Freestyle skiing-China's golden Gu dodges US passport question

BEIJING :San Francisco-born Eileen Gu, who lifted the host country to the top of the medals table at the Beijing Olympics with a freeski Big Air gold on Tuesday, remained evasive on whether she was still holding an American passport.

Freestyle skiing-Golden girl Gu sidesteps citizenship question

BEIJING : San Francisco-born Eileen Gu, who lifted the host country to the top of the medals table at the Beijing Olympics with a freeski Big Air gold on Tuesday, remained evasive on whether she was still holding an American passport.

Winter Olympics 2022 - China's Eileen Gu ‘not going to waste time’ wading into nationality debate after big air gold

Eileen Gu said she was more interested in celebrating with a special bar of chocolate than wading into an argument about her nationality, after the American-born Chinese star won gold in the freestyle skiing big air event at the Winter Olympics. The 18-year-old is undoubtedly the most high-profile home athlete of the Games, and she got her bid to win triple gold off to a perfect start, beating Tess Ledoux of France by 0.75 points to claim the title. Britain’s 17-year-old Kirsty Muir showed her immense promise by finishing fifth.

Winter Olympics: British freestyle skier Kirsty Muir lands rare ‘dub 12’ trick in Big Air finals

Seventeen-year-old Kirsty Muir forged a fresh and fearless Olympic narrative in the dystopian surroundings of the former Shuogang steelworks on Tuesday, finishing fifth in the women’s freestyle Big Air behind Chinese superstar Eileen Gu.

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Winter Olympics 2022: ‘Real camaraderie’ – Eileen Gu consoles Tess Ledeux after snatching big air gold

Cross-country skiing: Russian Bolshunov withdraws from sprint freestyle event

Winter Olympics 2022: Slopestyle next for Team GB’s Kirsty Muir after brilliant big air - then it’s back to school

Kirsty Muir: Teenage skier takes fifth in Olympics Beijing 2022 freestyle final - nailing 'best' trick in process

Freestyle skiing-China's golden Gu dodges US passport question

Freestyle skiing-Golden girl Gu sidesteps citizenship question

Winter Olympics 2022 - China's Eileen Gu ‘not going to waste time’ wading into nationality debate after big air gold

Winter Olympics: British freestyle skier Kirsty Muir lands rare ‘dub 12’ trick in Big Air finals