Gold medallist Ailing Eileen Gu of Team China commemorates throughout the Women’s Freestyle Freeski Halfpipe flower event on Day 14 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Genting Snow Park on February 18, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province of China.
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After 2 excellent runs in the freeski halfpipe last, Eileen Gu declared her 2nd Olympic gold– and 3rd medal of the Beijing Games– Friday.
Gu, 18, was last to begin, tossing down a rating of 93.25 on her very first run that would not be matched by the 11 other skiers in the field. On her 2nd run, Gu topped herself with a 95.25, performing a near-perfect mix of techniques and skyrocketing almost 14 feet above the superpipe.
With the gold protected, Gu’s 3rd run was a triumph lap, making her a rating of 30.
Canadians Cassie Sharpe and Rachael Karker take house the silver and bronze. Sharpe medaled with a 90.75 on her last run, and Karker followed with an 87.75
Americans Hanna Faulhaber, Brita Sigourney and Carly Margulies ended up sixth, 10 th and 11 th.
With Friday’s win, Gu ends up being the very first freestyle skier to win 3 medals in a single Winter Olympics.
Gu, a U.S.-born professional athlete who is contending for China, likewise won gold in the Olympic launching of freeski huge air and silver in freeski slopestyle.
She is the ruling world halfpipe champ and Youth Olympic gold medalist. Last month, she caught the occasion’s general World Cup crystal world after an unbeaten season, with wins at the Copper Grand Prix, back-to-back Calgary Snow Rodeo contest and the Mammoth Grand Prix.
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