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.

Mathilde Gremaud successfully defended her Olympic freeski slopestyle title and denied Eileen Gu a gold medal for a second straight Winter Games.

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.

The Olympic slopestyle war between Mathilde Gremaud and Eileen Gu rages on. The Swiss skier successfully defended her gold in the women’s slopestyle final on Monday morning and held off the Gu, who was born in America but competes for China,

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.

Americans Erin Jackson and Brittany Bowe missed out on medals in the women’s 1,000-meter speedskating final. Bowe holds the world record in the event, but Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands won gold by setting an Olympic record. Jackson, one of Team USA's flag bearers, is the reigning 500-meter Olympic champion.

This is just the best collection of jumps I’ve ever seen in the history of women’s freeskiing.” – Tom Wallisch on Mathilde Gremaud’s performance in the slopestyle final