
China's Eileen Gu wins gold in freeski halfpipe to make Olympic history
CNN
China's freeski sensation Eileen Gu won her second gold of the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday, becoming the first freestyle skier to bag three medals at a single Games.
The 18-year-old superstar topped the podium in the halfpipe final at Zhangjiakou's Genting Snow Park, adding to her gold in the big air event last week and silver in slopestyle on Tuesday.
Gu, who says halfpipe is her strongest event, dominated from the start.

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