ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) Another Olympic gold medal is hers for the taking. Eileen Gu has bigger goals than that. The 18-year-old freeskiing star, as easy to spot on magazine covers as on the ski slopes, spelled it all out during a candid Q&A after she breezed through her qualifying round Thursday on the halfpipe.
Kamila Valieva uncharacteristically faltered, tumbling to fourth place in the women’s figure skating event she was expected to win. Mikaela Shiffrin is disqualified, again, after missing a gate in the combined event.