But Eileen Gu won’t be competing for the US. Instead, in a move that’s baffled members of the American skiing community, San Francisco-born and -bred Gu has joined Team China. “I have ...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Eileen Gu doesn’t know what she will do next. On Friday, after becoming the first woman to win three freestyle skiing medals in a single Winter Olympics, the 18-year-old ...

Born in San Francisco, she’ll compete in the Olympics for China, her mother’s native country. Can an 18-year-old freeskier be all things to all people in a fractured world? Eileen Gu hiked to ...

Eileen Gu knows what it’s like to stand on ... eye firmly set on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Representing China, Gu became the youngest-ever Olympic champion in freestyle skiing at ...

Gold medalist China's Eileen Gu poses during a medal ceremony for the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.

China is on track to become the world’s largest ... which makes them a very safe bet for brands to work with.” Top image: Eileen Gu in a campaign for Louis Vuitton.

US-born skiing champion with impressive record faces constant questioning about her commitment to China, 'two-faced' behaviour Champion skier Eileen Gu has hit back at critics who say she is not ...

Eileen Gu claims gold in the women's freeski halfpipe World Cup event in Secret Garden, China, with a top score of 90.00. President Trump announces new auto tariffs JP Morgan makes bold prediction ...

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Eileen Gu won the ESPY award for the “Breakthrough Athlete of the Year” and some people were not happy about it. Gu is an American-born skier who competed for China in the Beijing Olympics.

Gold medalist China’s Eileen Gu poses during a medal ceremony for the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Two years after ...

Eileen says she plans to represent Yan ... “I always state these grand goals of, like, ‘In China, we can do this,’” Gu said. “But it’s right here. It’s right around me.