Chinese megastar skier Eileen Gu recently revealed the true reason why she picked to represent China over the USA at the Olympics.

After details of payments from Beijing’s sports bureau to freestyle skiing champion Eileen Gu were accidentally revealed last year, her name was quickly scrubbed from the budget.

Eileen Gu represented the USA before switching to China. She's receiving backlash after saying she reps both at the Olympics.

The San Francisco-born skier isn’t new to the Olympics, and neither are questions about the country she competes for.

Chinese Olympic star Eileen Gu condemned President Trump’s harsh criticism of American skier Hunter Hess after he expressed “mixed emotions” about representing the US at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.

Eileen Gu faces social media backlash after criticizing President Donald Trump while remaining silent on China's alleged human rights abuses. Enes Kanter Freedom calls her a "traitor."

Sun Long's speedskating silver was just the fourth medal of the Games for Chinese delegation, with gold still remaining out of reach Sun Long rebounded from his earlier disappointment to claim Winter Olympics silver in the men's 1,

Why Eileen Gu competes for China in skiing at Olympics and not U.S. after controversy originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. One of the most well-known athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics is a ski star competing for China.

MILAN (AP) — Jordan Stolz pictured this moment most of his life, ever since he was 5 and learning to skate on a frozen pond in his Wisconsin backyard after falling in love with speedskating while watching the 2010 Winter Olympics on TV — and hoping to one day step atop the podium himself.

Here is an updated look at the standings, results and schedule for men's curling at the 2026 Winter Games.

Snowboarding always gets a lot of attention stateside, and China’s Su Yiming is the king of a big air. Su won gold at the 2022 games with an 1800, and since then he’s become the first athlete to land a 198o-spin during competition. There’s a chance he can go even bigger at Milan.