Freestyle skiing-'Next level', China's Gu wins Big Air World Cup

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Chinese teenager Eileen Gu showed her fine form a couple of months out from the Beijing Olympics when she came away with the win from her first Big Air World Cup competition at Steamboat Springs in Colorado at the weekend. Gu, born in San Francisco to an American father and a Chinese mother, became the f

Chinese teenager Eileen Gu showed her fine form a couple of months out from the Beijing Olympics when she came away with the win from her first Big Air World Cup competition at Steamboat Springs in Colorado at the weekend.

The 18-year-old had already wrapped up victory heading into her final run, but chose to attempt the trick because she"really wanted to push it". Gu's victory was the latest in a string of impressive performances that have established her as one of the top contenders for Olympic gold on home soil in Beijing in February.

 

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