Controversial skier Eileen Gu settles for silver after defending gold medal bid falls short in Milan

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Eileen Gu, the controversial big air skiing star who competes for China despite being American-born, was unable to defend her gold medal on Monday night at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.

Gu came away with the silver medal in the women’s freeski big air competition, while Canada’s Megan Oldham won gold.

Gu notched a 90.00 on her first run, which was tied on the list of competitors for third place, as Oldham and Austria’s Lara Wolf had better scores.

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Gold medalist Megan Oldham of Team Canada, Silver medalist Ailing Eileen Gu of Team People’s Republic of China and Bronze medalist Flora Tabanelli of Team Italy pose for a photo during the medal ceremony for the Women's Freeski Big Air on day ten of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park on Feb. 16, 2026 in Livigno, Italy. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

But Gu’s mistake was on the second run, where she wasn’t able to grab the tail of her ski cleanly and her landing was shaky, leading to a 61.25 score.

At that point, Gu was out of a medal spot with one run remaining. In this competition, the top two scores are combined for each skier.

On the final run, Gu managed to score an 89.00, which gave her a 179.00 final tally. That was enough for second place, but Oldham had a slight, 1.75-point advantage over Gu in the end.

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Italy's Flora Tabanelli finished with bronze in the event.

Gu wasn’t upset at the result, though, pointing out that she’s won five Olympic medals in her two appearances