Chinese-American freeskier Eileen Gu will attempt to earn her third medal of the Beijing Olympics on Friday in the women’s halfpipe final. The …
Chinese-American freeskier Eileen Gu will attempt to earn her third medal of the Beijing Olympics on Friday in the women’s halfpipe final. The soon-to-be Stanford undergraduate has already medaled twice in her first two events. (Miss something? Get caught up on all of Thursday’s action right here.) Gu, who was born and raised in the United States but competes for her mother’s native China, won gold in big air’s Olympic debut last week and silver in freeski slopestyle. “The trifecta has always been my biggest goal,” Gu said of medaling in three events in Beijing. “It’s definitely lofty, but I know it’s something I can do.” Three American skiers also qualified for the final. Elsewhere, Team USA will face Canada in the bronze medal match in men’s curling. The defending gold medalists saw their chance for a repeat end with an 8-4 loss to Great Britain. And in figure skating, the pairs short program begins Friday night (5:30 a.m. ET), even though much of the attention is still focused on the stunning developments from the women’s free skate as gold-medal favorite Kamila Valieva stumbled throughout her performance and finished fourth. ( NBC will broadcast a replay of the competition tonight in prime time.) Chris Plys went to his first Winter Olympic Games as an alternate on the U.S. men’s curling team 12 years ago and has a tattoo of the Olympic rings to show for it. Since then, Plys has covered himself in tattoos.
