Eileen Gu, though, wasn't born in China. She was born in the United States. It draws extra attention to her moves on the slopes, including during Monday's slopestyle competition. Her worldwide popularity due to her early fame and social media stardom only shines an additional light on her every move.

Chinese megastar skier Eileen Gu recently revealed the true reason why she picked to represent China over the USA at the Olympics.

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

Dutch speed skater Joep Wennemars shoved away Chinese competitor Lian Ziwen when Lian attempted to speak with him after a collision derailed the world champion’s medal bid at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday.

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

The Chinese short track team failed to secure a medal in the mixed 2000m relay at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics, drawing criticism in local media for not deploying naturalized Korean-born athlete Lin Xiao-jun (Korean name Lim Hyo-jun) in the final.

Whether she is walking a fashion runway, amping herself up at the top of a mountain or digging into one of those physics lessons she takes “for fun,” Olympic champion Eileen Gu can probably boil down her main goals to these: Do her best.