Yan Gu was a ski instructor who encouraged her daughter to hit the slopes at a young age

The 22-year-old Olympian has made headlines throughout the Winter Games, whether it's celebrating her performance on the slopes, highlighting her hefty paychecks, criticizing her allegiance to China

Shoppers look at official Olympics merchandise near a photo showing Chinese gold medalist Eileen Gu as the 2022 Winter Olympics nears its end, Feb. 19, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) China’s Eileen Gu competes during the women’s slopestyle qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics,

Eileen Gu entered the big air final of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics as the favorite to win the gold medal. Gu came into the event as the defending champion after winning gold at the 2022 Beijing Olympics four years ago.

Defending Olympic champion Eileen Gu took silver in freeski big air at the 2026 Winter Olympics as Canada's Megan Oldham won the gold medal on Monday night.

Controversial Olympic star Eileen Gu lodged a complaint about her packed schedule that she said will keep her from properly practicing for an upcoming event.

American freestyle skier Eileen Gu said she was “physically assaulted,” robbed and received death threats on her college campus, Stanford University, over her controversial 2019 decision to represent her mother’s native China in the Olympics.

Eileen Gu is competing in three medal events at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. On Monday, the Chinese skiing icon made it 2-for-2 after winning another medal at her second competition. Gu entered this year’s Winter Games with three Olympic medals.

Gu has won two silver medals in Milan this month.

US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin ended her Olympic medal drought in style with gold in the slalom on Wednesday as snowboarder Su Yiming won China's first title of the Milan-Cortina Games.- China's gold at last - Team China amassed nine gold medals on home soil at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics,