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02/22 05:11 CST Eileen Gu defends Olympic ski halfpipe gold, makes it 6 medals
in 6 events over Winter Games career
Eileen Gu defends Olympic ski halfpipe gold, makes it 6 medals in 6 events over
Winter Games career
By PAT GRAHAM
AP Sports Writer
LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) --- Eileen Gu defended her Olympic ski halfpipe title on
Sunday to make it six medals in six events over her Winter Games career.
The 22-year-old Gu, American-born but competing for her mother's homeland of
China, is already the most decorated freeskier in the short history of the
sport at the Olympics. She also captured two silver medals at the Milan Cortina
Games, to pair with two golds and a silver from the Beijing Games.
Gu won the event on the strength of her second run, a clean, technically sound
pass. She got even better in her final run --- pumping his ski poles after
landing the final trick --- and finished with a score of 94.75. Her teammate,
Li Fanghui, took silver and Zoe Atkin of Britain was third.
The event was rescheduled to Sunday following a big snowstorm the night before.
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