Colorado, United States, March 15, 2021: China’s winter sports sensation Eileen Gu Ailing continued her dazzling form by winning two gold medals on consecutive days of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships at Aspen, Colorado.
The 17-year-old freeski phenom won the ski halfpipe with a score of 93 points and followed up with victory in the ski slopestyle with 84.23 points on Buttermilk Mountain to add two more titles to her career.
With her performance, Gu became the first freeskier ever to win two gold medals at the same World Championships.
After picking up her second gold medal of the meet, Gu said: “It was super windy today. A lot of girls had to push through really tough conditions. Big shout out to everybody out there. Me personally, I took a biggish fall during training and shook up my confidence a little bit and wasn’t sure how good I was going to feel during the contest.
“To come back and be able to land my full run makes me really proud of myself, to be able to push through that pressure and self-doubt. Huge thank you to the organisers. Aspen SkiCo as always doing an incredible job and to all the other girls out here killing it.”
Gu, who will be one of China’s big gold medal hopes at the Winter Olympics in Beijing next February, won two gold and one silver medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2020 and two gold and one bronze at the Winter X Games in January, also at Aspen.
Source: https://www.fis-ski.com