Whether she is walking a fashion runway, amping herself up at the top of a mountain or digging into one of those physics lessons she takes “for fun,” Olympic champion Eileen Gu can probably boil down her main goals to these: Do her best. And bring as many people along for the ride as possible.

Snowboarder Su Yiming has delivered China its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning the men's slopestyle final.

WASHINGTON — Three-time Olympic medalist Eileen Gu is back for the Milan Cortana Winter Games, and once again she is representing China instead of the United States — the country where she was born.

Every four years, the Winter Olympics displays tremendous talent and athleticism among the greatest winter-sport athletes worldwide. Unfortunately, the action isn’t always as straightforward as athletes winning and losing in their respective sports.

Eileen Gu and her citizenship have been a major topic of debate for some time now. However, she tuned the noise out and embarked on her journey to make China proud again in the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Eileen Gu is making it clear that silver medals are nothing to dismiss. After earning two second-place finishes in the women’s freeski slopestyle at the 2026 Winter Olympics, the 22-year-old skier faced a pointed question from a reporter asking whether her results should be viewed as “two silvers gained or two golds lost.

Olympic gold medalist Eileen Gu has been subject to intense criticism in recent weeks, and she reveals just how serious it's got.

Eileen Gu, the 22-year-old Chinese American who’s the most decorated Olympian in the history of women’s freestyle skiing, stood up for herself when speaking to a reporter at a press conference this week.