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China’s Eileen Gu Ailing soared to a mammoth score of 84.23 as she obliterated the field in Aspen, Colorado on Saturday to claim her second gold medal at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships.
The great Chinese hope for next year’s Winter Games, who is based in the United States, added the women’s freeski slopestyle title to the ski halfpipe title she claimed on Friday.
The 17-year-old phenom, already a Youth Olympic champion, was making her debut at the Championships being held at Buttermilk Ski Resort and finished more than seven points clear of her closest rival, silver medallist Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland, who scored 77.15.
Canada’s Megan Oldham was third with 76.18.
Eileen Gu wins China’s first Winter X Games gold as Beijing 2022 countdown begins
Gu will have a lot of pressure on her young shoulders when the Winter Games come around next year, but has established herself as one of the world’s top freestylers in the space of two years.
She won her first World Cup event in Italy in 2019 and followed that up with two gold medals at the Youth Olympics in Switzerland last year.

Gu was in the headlines earlier this year when she dazzled at the Winter X Games where she made history as the first-ever female rookie to win three medals.
The teenaged prodigy was born in San Francisco to an American father and a Chinese mother.
She announced her Chinese naturalisation shortly after her first World Cup win in Italy. She had previously been competing for the US in international events.


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Eileen Gu scoops second gold medal at Snowboard and Freeski World Championships

China’s Eileen Gu celebrates winning the freeski half-pipe at the 2021 FIS Snowboard & Freeski World Championships. Photo: USA Today

ASPEN, COLORADO - MARCH 12: Ailing Eileen Gu of China competes in the women's freeski halfpipe finals during Day 3 of the Aspen 2021 FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championship on March 12, 2021 at Buttermilk Ski Resort in Aspen, Colorado. Gu won the event. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Eileen Gu wins China’s first Winter X Games gold as Beijing 2022 countdown begins

Winter X Games rookie Eileen Gu holds her two gold medals and one bronze after winning the women’s ski slopestyle final at the 2021 Winter X Games. Photo: Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP

CORRECTS TO THE ASPEN TIMES, NOT THE ASPEN DAILY NEWS - Winter X Games rookie Eileen Gu airs out of the superpipe during women's finals at the 2021 Winter X Games Aspen on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Aspen, Colo. Gu took home the gold in her first superpipe final. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP)

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Gold medallist Lim Hyo-jun of South Korea celebrates on the podium during a ceremony at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. File photo: Getty Images

Short Track Speed Skating Events - Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics - Men's 1500m Final - Gangneung Ice Arena - Gangneung, South Korea - February 10, 2018 - First-placed Lim Hyo-jun of South Korea, second-placed Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands and third-placed Semen Elistratov, Olympic athlete from Russia, pose on the podium during the victory ceremony. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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Eileen Gu completes historic double as she claims second gold medal in two days at debut Championships



Eileen Gu completes historic double as she claims second gold medal in two days at debut Championships.


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Eileen Gu scoops second gold medal at Snowboard and Freeski World Championships

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Eileen Gu completes historic double as she claims second gold medal in two days at debut Championships