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.

Eileen Gu and Mathilde Gremaud on the podium after the women's slopestyle final Hannah Peters / LIVIGNO, Italy — Eileen Gu’s pursuit of history at these Winter Olympics may have ended at the first hurdle,

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

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.

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.

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.

Most countries that have competed at the Winter Olympics have taken home medals in multiple sports over the years. There are also some that have emerged