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Did Eileen Gu Defend Her Olympic Gold in Big Air?
Eileen Gu secured silver with a final-run jump, as top rival Mathilde Gremaud missed the final due to injury and weather delayed the event, Megan Oldham won gold.
- Yesterday in Livigno, defending Olympic champion Gu took silver in freeski big air at the Milan-Cortina Games, with Megan Oldham winning gold.
- Following practice accidents on Monday, the initial final field of 12 was reduced when Swiss skiers Mathilde Gremaud and Anouk Andraska were injured and withdrew.
- In big air, skiers get three jumps and must land two, while judges and scoring system combine difficulty and execution for final scores.
- With the first halfpipe practice overlapping the big air final, Gu said organizers and the International Ski and Snowboard Federation refused a third practice session, but she can still defend her halfpipe title Saturday.
- Gu's Olympic record—three medals in 2022 and five overall—frames her bid for further hardware, though she hadn't competed in big air since winning gold at the Beijing Games.
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Freestyle-Gu's new silver sets record for women in her sport
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 16 - China's Eileen Gu added another Olympic medal to her collection on Monday, taking a silver in the big air event with two impressive jumps that made her the most decorated woman in the history of freestyle skiing. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Ski icon takes silver in her first big air competition since 2022
Eileen Gu hadn’t competed in a big air contest since triumphing at the Beijing Games, concentrating on her other events. But there are enough similarities between big air and slopestyle that she found her rhythm quickly.
Swiss Olympic champion Gremaud withdraws from big air final due to injury
LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud has withdrawn from the women's freeski big air final at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics after sustaining a hip injury in training, Swiss Ski confirmed on Monday. Read full story
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