Getty Silver medalist Ailing Eileen Gu of Team People's Republic of China smiles whilst holding her Faction skis and wearing her national flag during the medal ceremony for the Women's Freeski Big Air on day ten of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Livigno Snow Park. Five-time Olympic medalist Eileen Gu offered a measured but unmistakably firm reply Thursday to comments from U.S. Vice President JD Vance suggesting she ought to be representing the United States instead of China on