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Why does Eileen Gu ski for China instead of the US?
Eileen Gu aims to popularize freeskiing in China through her Olympic participation, inspiring youth as the youngest freestyle skiing champion with three medals in 2022.
- On Saturday, Eileen Gu, three-time Olympic medalist, is competing for China again at the Milan Cortana Winter Games after representing China at the 2022 Beijing Games.
- At 15, Gu decided to compete for China for representation reasons, saying she wanted to bring action sports to a wider audience; her father is American and her mother is a Chinese immigrant.
- At 18, Eileen Gu became the youngest freestyle skiing champion at the 2022 Beijing Games, winning gold in big air and halfpipe, silver in slopestyle, and landing a double cork 1620 and forward double cork 1440.
- Her worldwide popularity and social media stardom intensify scrutiny of Eileen Gu, who competed for Team USA in three World Cup slopestyle events before switching, adding to the debate over identity.
- Gu got her Olympics competition underway Saturday in Italy by finishing second in the women's slopestyle qualifying, and her runs draw extra attention during Monday's slopestyle competition.
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Why does Eileen Gu ski for China instead of the US?
Eileen Gu was born in San Francisco, but she represents a different country at the Olympics. (AP Photo)
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