Ailing (Eileen) Gu is writing a book: From Olympic shredder to best-seller? "It's about having fun, breaking boundaries, creating miracles"

Ailing (Eileen) Gu rewrote the Olympic freestyle ski record books by making three podiums at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games - the first to ever to it.

The biggest breakout star of the Games completed a sensational Olympic debut and she did it in front of an adoring crowd in Beijing, handling the pressure and competing in Chinese colours.

Born and raised between California and Beijing, Gu chose to represent China, where her mother was born, saying she wanted to inspire a generation of Chinese girls and give them a role model.

“The opportunity to inspire millions of young people where my mom was born, during the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help to promote the sport I love,” she wrote on her Instagram page where she has a following approaching a million and a half.

“Through skiing, I hope to unite people, promote common understanding, create communication, and forge friendships between nations.

"If I can help inspire a young girl to break a boundary, my wishes will have come true.”

Gu has broken down boundaries on and off the snow and now she wants to write a book about her life and her upbringing, in a bid to inspire people further with her personal story of growing up between two cultures.

How she sees it as an opportunity for unity and not division.

“I’m writing a book," she said in her final press conference at Beijing 2022.

"I've been writing diaries for years because I knew that the way I grew up was different, interesting and special, I’d like to share it with everyone in the future," she said.

Born on 3 September 2003 to a Chinese mother and an American father, Gu was raised by her mother Gu Yan and her grandmother Feng Guozhen.

Mom came to the U.S. to study in