American-born Team China skier Eileen Gu suffers brutal fall during Olympics

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Olympic skiing star Eileen Gu suffered a gnarly fall during the women's halfpipe qualifier on Thursday. 

Gu's fall came on her first run when she clipped the lip of the halfpipe on the third trick, knocking her left ski off and sending her skittering to the bottom of the course.

That set up a pressure-packed second attempt that she had to complete cleanly to stay in contention.

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China's Eileen Gu competes in the freestyle skiing women's freeski halfpipe qualification run 1 during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Livigno Snow Park, in Livigno (Valtellina), on Feb. 19, 2026.  (Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Gu didn’t go conservative and laid down a run full of risky tricks, including one that took her soaring 14 feet over the edge of the halfpipe. She came close to clipping her ski on one landing but managed to stay upright.

Her run earned 86.50 points, good enough to place fifth among the 12 skiers who advanced to the final.

"I was relieved," Gu said. "I just kind of had this moment of like, ‘Thank you.’ You know, I shouldn’t be in this position to begin with, but I’m glad that I was able to reinforce my sense of self-belief at the moment when it counted."

So far, Gu has won two silver medals in freestyle skiing in Milan Cortina in the slopestyle and big air events. The halfpipe final on Saturday is her last chance to win gold.

An interaction Tuesday with a reporter went viral after Gu responded to a question about her winning two silver medals instead of gold so far this Olympics, suggesting the question