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Latest news and updates on double Winter Olympic freestyle skiing champion Eileen Gu. US-born Gu, won gold in the big air and half-pipe events in Beijing in February 2022, and silver in slopestyle. The part-time model, who is known as Gu Ailing in China and speaks fluent English and Mandarin, swapped her Team USA colours in favour of representing her mother’s birthplace of China in 2019. At the time she said she wanted to pave the way for China’s next generation of female skiers.
The debacle over Eileen Gu’s nationality suggests China needs to consider more flexible immigration policies if it wishes to attract talent and become a global innovation centre.
It is not unusual for American athletes to compete for other countries in elite sports, including both friendly and unfriendly ones to the US.
- The 21-year-old Stanford student says it’s ‘another wish come true’ to take part in the return of the iconic fashion show in New York
- Fans on Chinese social media left marvelling at the double Olympic champion’s time management skills as she continues injury comeback
Eileen Gu is a skiing phenomenon, overachieving student, multitasker extraordinaire and one of the most admired and sought-after sportswomen of our times – so how does she fit it all in?
China’s star of the Beijing Winter Olympics says it’s ‘funny’ to be honoured alongside Lionel Messi and she spent the flight to Paris doing homework.
Double-Olympic gold medallist beats out likes of Chloe Kim and Rayssa Leal at prestigious awards in Paris, while Lionel Messi is named sportsman of the year and his Argentina side team of the year.
Patti Zhou was born in Beijing and is now based in Colorado, where she is expected to make her Dew Tour debut this weekend.
Eileen Gu’s double gold medal-winning performance at Beijing Winter Olympics earns her nod in World Action Sportsperson of the Year Award, while likes of Lionel Messi and Iga Swiatek headline sportsmen and women categories.
The 19-year-old’s knee is left ‘badly injured’ following a spill on the slopes in Aspen, Colorado, where she was favoured to win three gold medals.
China’s double Olympic champion Eileen Gu is already hard at work training for the X-Games, which get under way this weekend in Aspen, Colorado.
China’s 19-year-old freestyle skiing star says 2022 was full of highlights she will never forget – ‘honestly, this year felt like 10’.
Almost a year after the Beijing Winter Games, the next generation of Chinese stars are being put through their paces in the Changbai Mountains.
The 19-year-old freestyle skier admitted she did not expect to leave Beijing with 3 Olympic medals, saying it was ‘absolutely mind-blowing’.
Double Olympic skiing champion Eileen Gu and tennis star Emma Raducanu the only athletes with Chinese heritage to make SportsPro Media’s list for 2022.
Double Olympic gold medallist begins her undergraduate degree at prestigious school, after deferring entry to Class of 2022 to focus on Beijing Winter Games.
Double Olympic champion ‘spontaneously’ signs up 36 hours before San Francisco event, finishing as runner-up in the women’s 19-and-under category
Winter Olympian claims another title after her double gold medal winning performance in Beijing, has fans swooning after taking grandmother to glitzy ceremony in Los Angeles.
Teenaged sporting superstars meet up with part-time model Gu in town for Tiffany exhibition, as Raducanu announces new partnership with banking giant HSBC.
Double Olympic gold medallist says decision shows ‘beauty of globalisation’, adding she has backing of ‘incredibly supportive’ China, who she represented at Beijing Winter Olympics earlier this year.
China’s US-born Olympic champ is youngest and first female ambassador of Asia Society Southern California, and says ‘it’s imperative we continue to build bridges between cultures, communities, and people.’
A majority of the Singapore-based entrepreneurs selected from a record number of entries are not from the Lion City, underscoring the city state’s allure as a business base.
Since the Beijing Games finished, Gu has been on a whirlwind tour, gracing catwalks, giving talks and appearing at the Miami Grand Prix earlier this month.
Double Olympic champion says ‘my heart is with’ the residents of Chinese city amid Covid-19 crisis, as they battle wave of infections and lockdowns.
President Xi singles out double gold medallist for her fondness for Chinese snacks during awards ceremony to celebrate heroes of the Winter Olympics.
Chinese companies are seeking to capitalise on Eileen Gu’s freestyle skiing exploits at the Winter Olympics. As many as 346 million people have taken to the slopes and skating rinks, surpassing President Xi’s target.
The Winter Olympics was the world’s largest sporting event during the northern hemisphere winter, a stage for consumer brands to strut their stuff along with their star athletes.
After her historic two golds and one silver at Beijing 2022, California-born Gu now looks ready to slide from the Olympic podium into being one of China’s biggest stars.
Nearly 3,000 athletes representing 91 country’s and places from around the world descended on Beijing this month, and from unearthing new heroes, to veterans athletes performing record-breaking feats, here are our top 10 moments of the 2022 Games.
