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Eileen Gu makes history with third gold win
Skier Eileen Gu won her sixth Olympic medal in Milan, grabbing gold at the ski halfpipe event on Feb. 22.
Winter Olympics recap: Alysa Liu wins figure skating gold, US tops Canada in women’s hockey final
On a night of American comebacks at the Milan Cortina Games, Alysa Liu delivered the U.S. its first women’s figure skating Olympic gold medal in 24 years.
China’s Eileen Gu secures silver in Milan Olympics freeski big air event
Freestyle skier Eileen Gu nabbed silver yesterday at the freeski big air event in Milan’s Winter Olympics.
Eileen Gu finishes second but her Olympic slopestyle loss to Mathilde Gremaud is hardly a ‘disaster’
The nickname for the trick is “disaster.” Freeskiing star Eileen Gu saw it as something other than that.
US snowboard star Chloe Kim calls for unity after Trump bashes teammate over immigrant crackdown
Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu, two Olympic standouts who have faced their share of hate over the years, each weighed in Monday on Donald Trump’s bashing of their friend, American freeskier Hunter Hess, for having said he didn’t back the U.S. president’s heightened crackdown on immigrants.
Representing more than one flag: Asian American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics will take place next month in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo Italy from Feb. 6-22, 2026.
Olympic champion skier Eileen Gu injured in a training accident in New Zealand
American-born Chinese skier and Olympic freestyle gold medalist Eileen Gu has suffered an injury while training in New Zealand, the latest in several setbacks for the 2022 Beijing Games champion.