Olympics Live: Eileen Gu holds on for spot in big air finals
BEIJING (AP) — Eileen Gu has made the finals in women’s big air. The American-born freestyle skier spurned Team USA for China ahead of the Beijing Games. She risked missing the finals in women’s big air when she lost a ski on her second run and crashed into do-or-die position entering Round 3. Gu scaled back her plans in the final round and landed a conservative right-side 900. She gathered herself for a clean third run and finished fifth, easily into the 12-skier finals.