Overview
- Gu took silver in both slopestyle and big air in Italy, becoming the most decorated women’s freeskier with five Olympic medals, as Canada’s Megan Oldham won big air gold.
- A press conference clip spread widely after Gu called a reporter’s “two golds lost” framing a “ridiculous perspective” and noted she is the most decorated female freeskier in history.
- Vice President J.D. Vance said athletes who benefited from the U.S. should want to represent it and that he will root for Americans, while adding eligibility is for Olympic authorities to decide.
- Gu told The Athletic she was physically assaulted near Stanford, received death threats and had her dorm robbed over her decision to ski for China, with campus police not immediately commenting.
- Coverage also highlighted her reported $23 million in annual endorsement income and budget documents cited by outlets indicating Beijing’s sports bureau allocated payments tied to Olympic qualification.