Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Gu, with two gold medals and a silver already under her belt from her first Winter Olympics, goes into the Milano Cortina Games with nothing left to prove.

Whether she is walking a fashion runway, amping herself up at the top of a mountain or digging into one of those physics lessons she takes “for fun,” Olympic champion Eileen Gu can probably boil down her main goals to these: Do her best.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Eileen Gu, who was born in California, faced criticism in 2022 for her decision to represent China in the Beijing Olympics.

Most countries that have competed at the Winter Olympics have taken home medals in multiple sports over the years. There are also some that have emerged

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Eileen Gu is skiing all the way to the bank — but she doesn’t necessarily have her sport to thank for that. The American-born freestyle skier, who was at the center of controversy during the 2022 Winter Games over her decision to represent China,

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics. An outlier lies among the list of Forbes’ 2025 world’s highest-paid female athletes. Tennis star Coco Gauff tops the list, earning an estimated $33 million,