Eileen Gu: Chinese star, 18, makes freeski history at Beijing 2022 with halfpipe gold for third medal of Winter Olympics

Eileen Gu has become the first-ever freestyle skier to win three medals at one Winter Olympics after storming to victory in the women’s halfpipe final. The American-born Chinese superstar is no stranger to picking up three medals at events, doing so at last year’s world championships and Winter X Games as well as the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Ad/> And the fearless 18-year-old can now add Beijing 2022 to that list, with the poster girl of these Games adding halfpipe gold to the big air gold and slopestyle sliver she had already secured at her home Olympics. Beijing 2022'Who is the f*****g judge?' — Fury at 'huge drama' as ski cross medallist demoted19 HOURS AGO Gu’s score of 95.25 was 4.5 points clear of Canada’s Cassie Sharpe in silver, with Rachael Karker taking the bronze and Team GB’s 19-year-old Zoe Atkin finishing ninth after stumbling on her first two runs and scoring 73.25 with her last effort.

Eileen Gu’s remarkable medal haul Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Halfpipe gold, big air gold, slopestyle silver Aspen 2021 World Championships – Halfpipe gold, slopestyle gold, big air bronze Aspen 2021 Winter X Games – Superpipe gold, slopestyle gold, big air bronze Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Halfpipe gold, big air gold, slopestyle silver Gremaud wins slopestyle gold as Gu claims silver, Team GB duo finish inside top 10 Gu breaks the internet with Olympic gold for China China’s Gu ‘not going to waste time’ on nationality debate after big air gold The 12 finalists went down in reverse order based on their qualification score, meaning Atkin was fourth last and Gu the final athlete out on the halfpipe at the Genting Snow Park H & S Stadium. Each rider had three runs, with just their best score counting, and the