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Eileen Gu, the American-born Olympic teen skier, now competing for China, won her second medal: the sliver for freestyle ski slopestyle on Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference after the competition in Beijing, Gu said she hopes to inspire a new generation of skiers in China.
"Honestly, I have met my goals. There are 300 million people on snow so to have even influenced a tiny fraction of that, it makes me immensely proud," she said.
After the first two runs, Gu finished in eighth place, the stronger final run that secured her place on the Olympic podium. Swiss athlete Mathilde Grimaud took the gold while Keel Sildaru from Estonia took home bronze.
China: Emerging superstar Eileen Gu skis her way to silver at Olympics
Eileen Gu, the American-born Olympic teen skier, now competing for China, won her second medal: the sliver for freestyle ski slopestyle on Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference after the competition in Beijing, Gu said she hopes to inspire a new generation of skiers in China.
"Honestly, I have met my goals. There are 300 million people on snow so to have even influenced a tiny fraction of that, it makes me immensely proud," she said.
After the first two runs, Gu finished in eighth place, the stronger final run that secured her place on the Olympic podium. Swiss athlete Mathilde Grimaud took the gold while Keel Sildaru from Estonia took home bronze.
Mandatory Credit: Courtesy of IOC Usage for news programming only in any platform (including social media) No commercial use or association permitted Usage only within 48 hrs after each event has finished Aggregate maximum usage of 6 mins of footage per day No modification permitted other than edit TV Rules: Usage on maximum 3 programs per day. Maximum 2 minutes in each program. Maximum 30 secs of each separate event. Minimum 3 hours separation between programs.
Eileen Gu, the American-born Olympic teen skier, now competing for China, won her second medal: the sliver for freestyle ski slopestyle on Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference after the competition in Beijing, Gu said she hopes to inspire a new generation of skiers in China.
"Honestly, I have met my goals. There are 300 million people on snow so to have even influenced a tiny fraction of that, it makes me immensely proud," she said.
After the first two runs, Gu finished in eighth place, the stronger final run that secured her place on the Olympic podium. Swiss athlete Mathilde Grimaud took the gold while Keel Sildaru from Estonia took home bronze.