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EILEEN GU


Chinese Olympian Eileen Gu working for Salt Lake Games bid

Eileen Gu won two gold medals for China in freestyle skiing at the recent Beijing Olympics.

How China's TikTok, Facebook influencers push propaganda

Some of China's state media reporters are identifying as travel bloggers and lifestyle influencers on U.S.-owned social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

Beijing's Olympics close, ending safe but odd global moment

A pile of figure-skating rubble created by Russian misbehavior.

Ranking the most dominant athletes at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games

Ranking the most dominant athletes at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Once savvy, NBC's Olympics deal is shakier after Beijing

When NBC set a long-term deal to carry the Olympics through 2032, it seemed like a savvy deal.

Top record-breaking moments at the 2022 Winter Olympics

No Olympic competition is complete without a few handfuls of historical moments. Re-live all the record-breaking performances from the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Breakout stars of the 2022 Winter Olympics

The 2022 Games saw breakout stars in almost every sport, ranging from freestyle skier Eileen Gu to speed skater Nils van der Poel. Check out why these athletes earned a spot on our list of notable Olympic athletes.

Behind China's Olympics, the saga of a chained woman unfolds

As the world watches the Beijing Olympics, the story of a chained woman who appeared in a video in rural China has continued to grow.

Gu's mission to win over her grandmother at the 2022 Winter Games

Eileen Gu had no problem convincing the world she was a breakout star of the 2022 Games, however, convincing her grandmother is a different story.

Gu's global coming-out party ends with 3rd Olympic medal

Eileen Gu turned the Beijing Olympics into her own personal playground.

Skiing for joy, Gu wins 3rd Olympic medal -- a halfpipe gold

Eileen Gu captured Olympic gold in the women’s ski halfpipe final to become the first action-sports athlete to pick up three medals at the same Winter Games.

China's Eileen Gu triumphs in halfpipe for third medal of Games

A week after gold in big air, San Francisco-born Eileen Gu of China collected another in halfpipe, accompanying slopestyle silver for three Olympic medals.

LIVE UPDATES: News, results, recaps from Day 14 of 2022 Winter Olympics

Results, updates, and news from Day 14 of competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday, February 18.

Beijing's 'invisible' Olympics: Muted but watched online

The Winter Olympics are being held in Beijing, but most of the population is shut out because of coronavirus restrictions.

LIVE UPDATES: U.S. battles Canada for women's hockey gold, more results from Day 13 of Winter Olympics

Results, updates, and news from Day 13 of competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Thursday, February 17.

WHAT TO WATCH: Valieva's free skate, Bowe on the oval

The women’s figure skating event ends Thursday — the competition portion, at least.

From child actor to snowboard star, China's Su Yiming enjoying breakout Games

Who's Su Yiming? The child actor turned Olympic snowboarder won China's first snowboarding gold medal in big air, adding to his silver medal from slopestyle.

WHAT TO WATCH: US-Canada showdown, Shiffrin in combined

This was one Olympic final you could plan ahead for.

Emotional Valieva takes lead in Olympic figure skating

Teen sensation Kamila Valieva put aside the emotional exhaustion from being at the center of a doping scandal and took the lead in the women’s figure skating competition after the short program at the Beijing Olympics.

Eileen Gu: Navigating two cultures, judged by both of them

She is an exceptional athlete who has already won gold and silver in the Beijing Olympics.

Su joins Gu with Olympic big air gold for host China

Su Yiming gave host China its second gold medal at Big Air Shougang to match Eileen Gu with a stunning show at the repurposed steel mill while winning the country’s first top prize in Olympic snowboarding.

Gremaud upgrades to slopestyle gold, spoiling Eileen Gu's triple-title bid

A week after earning big air bronze on her 22nd birthday, Swiss Mathilde Gremaud captured gold in slopestyle, improving on her silver in the event from 2018.

EXPLAINER: Competing for 'another' country is nothing new

U.S.-born athletes have taken centerstage at the Winter Olympics in Beijing — for the host country, that is, generating scrutiny of nationality switching.

Sildaru serves up statement in slopestyle qualifying; USA's Voisin 4th

The four-time X Games winner from Estonia went huge on her last run, hitting a 900 and two switch 1080s to advance to the final as the No. 1 qualifier.

After Olympic debut, ice hockey's future in China uncertain

China made its Olympics debut in men’s ice hockey, but it’s not clear if the outmatched team consisting mostly of foreign players is kindling a passion for the sport in the country.

The industrial backdrop of Eileen Gu's historic big air performance

Looming in the background of the Big Air Shougang venue at the 2022 Winter Olympics is not a nuclear power plant, but cooling towers from a former steel mill.

Skiers struggle as real snow falls on Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympics finally look like the Winter Olympics.

For Asian American women, Olympics reveal a harsh duality

Across two pandemic Olympics set in Asian countries, Asian American woman fronting the Games have encountered a whiplashing duality — prized on the global stage for their medal-winning talent, buffeted by the escalating crisis of racist abuse at home.

All freeski slopestyle events rescheduled after women's qualifying postponement

Freeski slopestyle events were rescheduled after weather conditions caused a postponement to women's qualifying.

Olympics Live: US clinches men's hockey tournament top seed

The United States has clinched the top seed in the Olympic men’s hockey tournament.

WHAT TO WATCH: Football, then ice dancing on big day for NBC

Sunday is a sports bonanza for NBC, which is airing the Super Bowl in addition to the Winter Olympics.

Big air gold medalist Eileen Gu wowed by aerials, busts out calculator

Eileen Gu is clearly impressed by aerials, but the way she tackles a challenge we might see her out there in a future Olympics.

Chen flips, spins way to world-record score at Olympics

Nathan Chen flipped, whirled and even punched his way to a world-record score in the men’s figure skating short program at the Beijing Olympics.

Journalist who spoke to Peng Shuai says doubts remain

A French journalist says his exclusive interview with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai this week did not prove that she is OK.

Praise for Eileen Gu breaks Chinese social media

Two American-born athletes competing for China.

North American-born Chinese Olympians get chance to shine

China is fielding naturalized athletes at the Beijing Games in an effort to popularize winter sports and be represented across the Olympic program.

Peng Shuai watches Gu win Olympic gold in freeski big air

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai sat with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and watched American-born Chinese freeskier Eileen Gu win gold at the women’s big air event.

US-born freeskier Gu wins Olympic big air gold for China

American-born Eileen Gu earned the first of what she and her many fans in Beijing hope could be three gold medals for China by cranking out the first 1620 of her career in the Olympic debut of women's freestyle skiing big air.

Oldham, Ledeux top freeski big air qualifying in discipline's first Olympic competition

Canada's Megan Oldham, winner of two medals at last month's X Games, advanced to Tuesday's final as the No. 1 qualifier, as did Tess Ledeux and Eileen Gu.

Spinning into the future: Learning skier's signature tricks

Ski slopestyle, big air and halfpipe athletes like Eileen Gu and Alex Hall are pulling out all the tricks to stomp their runs at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Finally time for US-Canada in women's hockey

It’s time for the United States vs.

Future of women’s freestyle skiing shining bright with Sildaru, Gu

The subplot may be the friendly battle for gold, but the sport’s future — with two teenage stars at the helm — is bright.

Eileen Gu is about to have a compelling Winter Olympics

Eileen Gu, 18, will compete for host nation China in the 2022 Winter Olympics in freestyle skiing, and her zeal for the evolution of women's sports extends way back.

Olympics a sweet, complex homecoming for Chinese diaspora

At the Beijing Olympic Games, it’s a homecoming of sorts for one of the world’s most sprawling diasporas.

International Athletes to Watch at the 2022 Winter Olympics: Part 1

A look at Mark McMorris, Gus Kenworthy, Ester Ledecka, Mikael Kingsbury and other star international athletes expected to compete at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

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