China’s Eileen Gu earned her second medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics with a silver finish in the freeski slopestyle event, while Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud won gold.
The Chinese 18-year-old freeskier secured silver in the women’s slopestyle event at Genting Snow Park on Tuesday. She saved her best for last, earning a score of 86.23 in her final run.
Gremaud set the tone in the second run. The Swiss freeskier snuck into the final with the 12th-highest score in qualifying, meaning she was the first athlete on the course during the final. After falling in her first run, she raised the bar with a 86.56 score, soaring into first place. She then fell on her final run, keeping 86.56 as the mark to beat.
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