{"id":238324,"date":"2026-01-14T22:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/238324\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:44:07","slug":"how-to-watch-eileen-gu-compete-at-laax-open-slopestyle-world-cup-ahead-of-milano-cortina-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/238324\/","title":{"rendered":"How to watch Eileen Gu compete at Laax Open slopestyle World Cup ahead of Milano Cortina 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defending Olympic big air champion and\u00a0slopestyle silver medallist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/gu-ailing-eileen\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eileen Gu<\/a>, representing the People\u2019s Republic of China, is set to compete at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\/sports\/freestyle-skiing\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">freestyle skiing<\/a> slopestyle World Cup in Laax, Switzerland (15\u201317 January).<\/p>\n<p>This competition marks the third slopestyle event of the season and the final World Cup qualifier ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Olympics Milano Corina 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gu arrives in Laax as the defending slopestyle champion at the event. The busy multi-disciplinarian, who also competes\u00a0on the World Cup halfpipe circuit,\u00a0has competed in just four World Cup slopestyle events since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/olympic-games\/beijing-2022\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beijing 2022<\/a>, two of them in Laax \u2014 winning in 2025 and finishing second in 2024 behind Switzerland\u2019s Olympic\u00a0slopestyle champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/mathilde-gremaud\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mathilde Gremaud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gremaud opened her 2025\/26 season with a win at Stubai, where Gu was unable to put together a complete run in stormy conditions, finishing 29th. Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/olivia-asselin\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Olivia Asselin<\/a> and Finland\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/anni-karava\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anni Karava<\/a> rounded out the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Gu did not compete at the most recent World Cup in Aspen Snowmass, which saw Great Britain\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/kirsty-muir\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kirsty Muir<\/a> take the win ahead of Gremaud and Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/elena-gaskell\" node=\"[object Object]\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elena Gaskell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifications are sure to be heated, as the field of 29 women take to the\u00a0slopestyle course in Laax on Thursday, 15 January, with finals set for Saturday, 17 January.<\/p>\n<p>Freestyle skiing slopestyle will be contested at Milano Cortina 2026 at the Livigno Snow Park from 7\u20139 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defending Olympic big air champion and\u00a0slopestyle silver medallist Eileen Gu, representing the People\u2019s Republic of China, is set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-238324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}