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Winter Olympics live updates: Eileen Gu looks for medal trifecta in women's freeski halfpipe

USA TODAY Sports

Chinese-American freeskier Eileen Gu will attempt to earn her third medal of the Beijing Olympics on Friday in the women's halfpipe final. The soon-to-be Stanford undergraduate has already medaled twice in her first two events.

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Gu, who was born and raised in the United States but competes for her mother’s native China, won gold in big air’s Olympic debut last week and silver in freeski slopestyle.