NY Times · Feb 14, 2022
After a snow delay, the Eileen Gu show comes to slopestyle.
Eileen Gu during a news conference after winning gold in the big air event on Tuesday.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesChina’s new favorite Olympic athlete, 18-year-old freestyle skier Eileen Gu, begins a quest for what she hopes will be her second gold medal, this time in slopestyle.
Gu, who grew up in California but competes for China, is a favorite in the event, where competitors ski through a mountain course of rails and obstacles before navigating a series of three big jumps.
Qualifiers for the event were originally scheduled for Sunday, but high winds and rare blizzard conditions pushed them to Monday. Finals are on Tuesday.