Eileen Gu Defends Halfpipe Crown, Becomes Most Decorated Freestyle Skier in Olympic History
On February 22, at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, Eileen Gu defended her women's freeski halfpipe title with a final-run score of 94.75. Together with the silver medals she had already won at these Games in slopestyle and big air, she now owns six Olympic medals — three gold and three silver — making her the most decorated freestyle skier in Winter Olympic history, male or female.
Gu had already posted 94.00 on her second run before sealing the gold with 94.75 on her last. Her Chinese teammate Li Fanghui took silver with 93.00, and Britain's Zoe Atkin won bronze with 92.50.
Gu, 22, was born in San Francisco; her mother, Yan Gu, is from Beijing. She has represented China since 2019 and won two golds and a silver at the 2022 Beijing Games. During these Olympics, her grandmother Feng Guozhen passed away; Gu shared the news at her post-event press conference, saying she had promised her grandmother she would be brave, the way her grandmother had been brave. (GSM, based on public reporting)
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