Chinese Olympic star Eileen Gu condemned President Trump’s harsh criticism of American skier Hunter Hess after he expressed “mixed emotions” about representing the US at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.

BEIJING | Xinhua | As the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics opened Friday night, 15-year-old Chen Keyu, a rising star on China’s national ice hockey team, sat glued to her screen in Shenzhen, tracking every shift of the hockey competitions in Italy.

Chinese American Freestyle Skier Eileen Gu was born in San Francisco and raised by her mom and grandma. She doesn't talk about her Harvard-educated dad, though.

Gremaud said Gu and bronze medalist Megan Oldham of Canada — who scored 76.46 in her final run to beat Britain’s Kirsty Muir to bronze by 0.41 of a point — had brought the best out of her. Gu — favorite in the big air and halfpipe events later in these Olympics — said Gremaud had “come out swinging” in the second run.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — The nickname for the trick is “disaster.” Freeskiing star Eileen Gu saw it as something other than that. Because Gu landed that trick once at the top of the supersized rails portion of the Olympic slopestyle course Monday,

The San Francisco-born skier isn’t new to the Olympics, and neither are questions about the country she competes for.

WASHINGTON — Three-time Olympic medalist Eileen Gu is back for the Milan Cortana Winter Games, and once again she is representing China instead of the United States — the country where she was born.

China's Eileen Gu, born in the United States, is a three-time Olympic medalist and is going for more at the 2026 Winter Games in Milano Cortina.

Freestyle skier Eileen Gu was born in the U.S. but competes for China. Here's why.

While the U.S. is on top of the overall Olympic medal count, it is not the country that dominates winter sports like the 2026 Milano Cortina Games in Italy.