Eileen Gu nabs 2nd Olympic gold, as Canada takes silver, bronze in freeski halfpipe.
After two stellar runs in the freeski halfpipe final, Eileen Gu claimed her second Olympic gold — and third medal of the Beijing Games — Friday.
Gu, 18, was last to start, throwing down a score of 93.25 on her first run that would not be matched by the 11 other skiers in the field. On her second run, Gu topped herself with a 95.25, executing a near-perfect combination of tricks and soaring nearly 14 feet above the superpipe.Canadians Cassie Sharpe and Rachael Karker take home the silver and bronze. Sharpe medaled with a 90.75 on her final run, and Karker followed with an 87.75.
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