The Latest Breaking News from Eileen Gu

BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on the Beijing Winter Olympics:

Across two pandemic Olympics set in Asian countries, Asian American woman fronting the Games have encountered a whiplashing duality — prized on the global stage for their medal-winning talent, buffeted by the escalating crisis of racist abuse at home

Zhangjiakou (China) (AFP) - Californian-born Chinese sensation Eileen Gu's bid for a second gold medal at the Beijing Games was held up Sunday when women's freeski slopestyle qualification was postponed a day because of heavy snow.

China has entered a record number of athletes in this year's Beijing Winter Olympics, but many of the competitors representing Team China were born and trained in foreign countries, like the US.

The past week was simultaneously an exciting time for sports and a brutal moment to be a baseball fan. At the Winter Olympics, elite athletes Chloe Kim, Nathan Chen and Eileen Gu won gold medals. Mikaela Shiffrin struggled but inspired millions with her perspective and vulnerability. Even though ...

‘Why can you use Instagram and millions of Chinese people from the mainland cannot,’ asked one social media user

Olympians aren't typically at the center of a rift between the world's two biggest economies.

Team GB’s youngest athlete Kirsty Muir finished fifth behind Eileen Gu in the Big Air despite being just 17, and is ready for another clash in the freeski slopestyle

Beijing (AFP) - When Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Gu won an Olympic gold on Tuesday with a stunning jump, only one thing threatened to overshadow the show -- the massive industrial cooling towers behind her, an unusual backdrop for a winter sport.

Despite social media criticism, China's naturalization strategy has proven effective, in both yielding Olympic gold and showing the true meaning of sports

Beijing (AFP) - Eileen Gu and Beverly Zhu were both born and raised in the US before deciding to represent China, but their contrasting fortunes at the Beijing Olympics highlight the fine line between love and condemnation for the host nation's naturalised athletes.