The American-born freestyle skier known as the "Snow Princess" by her fans, won her second gold medal for China at the freeski halfpipe Friday morning in Beijing.
Eileen Gu captured Olympic gold in the women's ski halfpipe final on a breezy and cold Friday morning to become the first action-sports athlete to pick up three medals at the same Winter Games.
On Friday, skier Eileen Gu beat out defending champion Cassie Sharpe and clinched a gold medal in the halfpipe final. The win, which ups Ms. Gu’s medal count to three, sets a new record for medals earned by an action-sports athlete in a single Olympics.
China's freeski sensation Eileen Gu won her second gold of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday, becoming the first freestyle skier to bag three medals at a single Games.
On Friday, skier Eileen Gu beat out defending champion Cassie Sharpe and clinched a gold medal in the halfpipe final. The win, which ups Ms. Gu’s medal count to three, sets a new record for medals earned by an action-sports athlete in a single Olympics.
Californian-born Chinese superstar Eileen Gu capped her hugely successful Beijing Olympics by winning freeski halfpipe gold on Friday for her third medal of the Games.
American-born Chinese skier Eileen Gu wins gold in halfpipe event | Since Then
