Eileen Gu ends her historic 2022 Winter Olympics in a big way, notching her third Olympic medal with gold in the freeski halfpipe. winterolympics
The 18-year-old skier representing China won the women’s freeski big air event on Thursday. Canada’s Cassie Sharpe, who won gold in the event at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, earned silver and fellow Canadian Rachael Karker earned bronze.
Gu was given a 93.25 score on her first run and followed that up with a 95.25 in her second run. By the time she got to her final run, she had already clinched gold.
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