Eileen Gu won the halfpipe title in freestyle skiing at the Beijing 2022

The Chinese skier Eileen Gu won the title of “halfpipe” in freestyle skiing at the Beijing 2022 Olympics. The world champion Eileen Gu, who was born and lives in the USA, but competes for China, triumphed convincingly in the cold weather and strong wind on the track.

The 18-year-old local favorite collected 95.25 points in her best second descent. Thus, she won her third prize at the Games after the gold in “Big Air” and the silver in “Slopestyle”.

In second place was defending his title from PyeongChang 2018 Cassie Sharpe (Canada) with 90.75 points. Third place went to world runner-up Rachael Karker (Canada) with 87.75 points.

Kelly Sildaru, who turned 20 yesterday, who three days ago brought the first medal to Estonia in the Chinese capital with her bronze in the slopestyle, this time remained fourth with 87.00 points.

Women’s halfpipe freestyle skiing:
1. Eileen Gu (China) – 90.25 points
2. Cassie Sharpe (Canada) – 90.75 points
3. Rachael Karker (Canada) – 87.75 points