Eileen Gu Wins Silver After Fall But She’s Still Golden in China
- Skier tumbled so hard she worried she’d broken her helmet
- Gu now has a silver and a gold with another event to go
China cheered skier Eileen Gu for winning a silver medal on Tuesday at the Beijing Winter Olympics after a tumble nearly left her off the podium.
Gu suffered a big spill in her second run in the women’s freeski slopestyle that left her sitting on the ground with only one ski on and seemingly shaken. “I was checking if my helmet broke or not, and I closed my eyes for a minute to rest,” she later told reporters.