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Eileen Gu qualified for the Olympic slopestyle final with a strong second showing following a fall in her first qualifying run on Saturday.
Gu earned a score of 75.30 in her second run to place her within the top 12 skiers to advance to Monday's final.
The 22-year-old Gu, who was born in San Francisco but represents China, was a silver medalist in the event in 2022 in Beijing. She also won two golds in big air and halfpipe four years ago and will take part in all three events in Milan. She lost out on triple gold after finishing 0.33 points behind Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud in the slopestyle final.
Since Beijing, Gu has taken part in just four World Cup slopestyle events and made the podium in three of them. Gremaud is the reigning world champion and has finished in first or second place in eight of nine World Cup events she has taken place in since Nov. 2023.
Gremaud also qualified for the final after posting a Saturday best score of 79.15 in her second run.
American Avery Krumme, 17, finished a score of 64.93 and will also move on, while Grace Henderson (49.78) and Marin Hamill (47.91) failed to advance.
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Gu earned a score of 75.30 in her second run to place her within the top 12 skiers to advance to Monday's final.
The 22-year-old Gu, who was born in San Francisco but represents China, was a silver medalist in the event in 2022 in Beijing. She also won two golds in big air and halfpipe four years ago and will take part in all three events in Milan. She lost out on triple gold after finishing 0.33 points behind Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud in the slopestyle final.
Since Beijing, Gu has taken part in just four World Cup slopestyle events and made the podium in three of them. Gremaud is the reigning world champion and has finished in first or second place in eight of nine World Cup events she has taken place in since Nov. 2023.
Gremaud also qualified for the final after posting a Saturday best score of 79.15 in her second run.
American Avery Krumme, 17, finished a score of 64.93 and will also move on, while Grace Henderson (49.78) and Marin Hamill (47.91) failed to advance.
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