Eileen Gu Wins Gold in Halfpipe
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Zoe Atkin won women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe bronze to claim Great Britain’s fifth medal of their record-breaking Winter Olympics as China’s Eileen Gu soared to win her first gold of the Games
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This is the final shot at gold for China’s defending champion, who has won two silver medals so far but failed to top the podium.
Koong sees Gu as just Eileen, her gregarious friend who loves scary movies and the Chinese dish Beijing Kao Ya. Until, that is, Gu is confronted with a “mob of people” asking for pictures. “When you’re at school it fades away,” she says. “You’re like: ‘Oh my God, did you finish this paper yet?’”