Winter Olympics 2022 – Mathilde Gremaud wins women’s freeski slopestyle gold as Eileen Gu claims silver

Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud won the women’s freeski slopestyle at the Winter Olympics as Eileen Gu added silver to her big air gold. Gremaud claimed silver in the slopestyle at Pyeongchang 2018, but went one better in Beijing as a score of 86.56 was enough to beat 18-year-old Gu by just 0.33 points.

Ad/> It was a remarkable victory given Gremaud had only qualified in 12th, with only the top 12 making the final, while it was the Swiss’ second medal of the Games after winning bronze in the big air. /> Beijing 2022'Oh, she nails it!' — Xu takes incredible gold in aerials in front of home fans15 HOURS AGO Estonia’s Kelly Sildaru finished third to take home the bronze, while Great Britain’s Kirsty Muir finished eighth ahead of teammate Katie Summerhayes, who placed ninth.

The finalists went out in reverse order based on their qualifying scores, meaning Summerhayes was third to go down, and with just the best score counting the Briton knew she had a chance to set the early benchmark given Gremaud and Olivia Asselin stumbled early doors. A clean run ensured Summerhayes got off to the ideal start.

“She sets the standard for the Olympic final, the best we’ve seen from the first three certainly,” said James Webb on Eurosport’s commentary, with the 26-year-old posting 60.01. GB duo Muir and Summerhayes reach slopestyle final, Gu third in qualifying ‘Quick lunch!’ — Gu casually eats snack while awaiting slopestyle score How Gu ignores the hype as Chinese star targets further Olympic glory France’s Tess Ledeux then went top with a 72.91 before Muir – sixth in qualifying – attempted to better her teammate, although she was unable to land a difficult double cork 1260 and ended up scoring 41.86.