Eileen Gu is looking to defend her big air crown at the Winter Olympics this Sunday, but she will once again have to outdo the Swiss skier who denied her a gold medal for the second consecutive Games earlier this week.
The Chinese freestyle skiing star finished second to Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland in the women’s slopestyle, a repeat of the result at the last Games.
But both athletes were very positive after the event.
“That was definitely the best slopestyle run I’ve ever done,” Gu said.
Gremaud said “it’s the best one I’ve ever done in my life, yes”.
At the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Gu won gold medals in big air and half-pipe, with Gremaud claiming bronze in big air.