Eileen Gu hit a meet-high 94.5 third and final run to claim gold in the WinterOlympics Tess Ledeux (FRA) and Mathilde Gremaud (SUI) took silver and A, respectively.
Born and raised in San Francisco, Gu chose to represent China, her mother’s home country, in the Winter Olympics.
Gu’s first two runs earned her scores of 93.75 and 88.50, respectively, and put her in 3rd place heading into the final round. She then connected on a double cork 1620 to close with a 94.5 final run, overtaking Tess Ledeux of France, who won the silver, and Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland, who took bronze.This was the first year Big Air skiing was contested at the Olympics. Snowboarding Big Air debuted in PyeongChang.
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