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Eileen Gu wins silver for 5th Olympic medal. Canadian Megan Oldham's gold is her 2nd of the Games
Megan Oldham won gold with a combined score of 180.75 in the 10-woman freeski big air final as defending champion Eileen Gu earned silver despite a fall.
- At Livigno on Monday, Megan Oldham won gold with a 180.75 score, edging Eileen Gu's 179.0 for silver, and Flora Tabanelli's 178.25 for bronze.
- The contest uses three jumps and combines the two best scores for a total, while Monday's final was delayed by more than an hour due to a snowstorm that slowed runs.
- Oldham's first jump scored 91.25, the competition's highest single jump, locking up gold early, while Eileen Gu's 89.0 third run moved her into silver with a 179.0 total in the 10-woman final.
- Oldham's gold is her second medal of these Winter Games after a slopestyle bronze, while Gu's silver is her second here and her fifth Olympic medal overall.
- Oldham, four months removed from a torn ACL and competition brace, won gold while Gu will race in the halfpipe event Thursday with qualifying runs and Saturday's final.
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LIVIGNO, Italy — Defending Olympic champion Eileen Gu took silver in freeski big air at the Milan Cortina Games as Canada’s Megan Oldham won the gold medal on Monday night. Oldham topped the 10-woman final with a combined score of 180.75 points from two jumps. Gu was next with 179. Italy’s Flora Tabanelli took bronze while competing with an injured ACL. This is the second medal for the 24-year-old Oldham at these Winter Games. She won bronze in …
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