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Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Gu will be leaving the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics with at least two silver medals. She could add one more medal to her total if she can qualify for Saturday's women's skiing halfpipe final.
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At halfpipe, neither US-born Olympic medal favorite competes for U.S. Eileen Gu takes the heat
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The two best bets to win the gold medal in women's halfpipe skiing at the Winter Olympics were born in the United States. Zoe Atkin competes for Britain and hardly anyone raises a fuss about it.
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina have provided all kinds of storylines. Currently, the world’s best winter sport athletes are competing in Italy with gold medals on the line. Gifted and talented individuals have been busy flying through the air with snowboards and skis attached to their feet,
U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu is central to the story of the 2026 Winter Olympics, but her father's story is a gripping one too.
Alysa Liu, who won women’s singles figure skating gold at the Winter Olympics 2026, has a background story unlike most athletes — one involving alleged spying and her father’s escape from China.
Day 14 from Milan Cortina will see six more Winter Olympics gold medals awarded. It starts with freeski women’s ski cross and men’s aerials, before the men’s halfpipe competition concludes later. More medals will be handed out in speedskating too,
Eileen Gu is one of the biggest names at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.The athlete gave an interesting insight into the pressure she is under earlier at the Milan-Cortina Games, saying she feels she is "carrying the weight of two countries on my shoulders".
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China’s Eileen Gu bounces back to land into halfpipe final
China's Eileen Gu bounced back from a mistake to qualify on Thursday for the Winter Olympics freestyle skiing halfpipe final, giving the defending champion a chance to pick up yet another medal.