After turning her back on Team USA to compete for China, the 18-year-old gold medallist says she does not care what her critics think.
Eileen Gu amassed an army of cynics when she spurned Team USA to represent China at the Beijing Games.Eileen Gu was born in the United States but elected to represent China at the Beijing GamesGu said he wanted to be an inspiration to young Chinese girls
Gu did just that, earning the first of what she and her many fans in Beijing hope could be three gold medals by cranking out the first 1620 of her career in her final turn, stunning Tess Ledeux of France to win the Olympic debut of women's freeski big air. A crowd of spectators gathered spontaneously in front of a big TV screen in Wangfujing, a famed shopping district in central Beijing, on Tuesday morning.
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