Olympic Champion Freeskier Eileen Gu Injured While Training In New Zealand

American-born Chinese skier and Olympic freestyle golden medalist Eileen Gu has suffered an wounded while training successful New Zealand, nan latest successful respective setbacks for nan 2022 Beijing Games champion.

The 21-year-old Gu was training astatine nan Cardrona Skifield connected New Zealand’s South Island erstwhile nan wounded occurred connected 15 August. Gu was flown nan pursuing time to nan main South Island metropolis of Christchurch for aesculapian imaging.

“Unfortunately, a very unspeakable mishap occurred yesterday owed to a man-made accident,” Gu posted connected nan Chinese societal media tract Weibo connected which she has 6.7m followers.

“Early this greeting we flew to Christchurch for a aesculapian imaging examination. I dream I tin return to nan snowfall soon, but I’m still waiting for nan last confirmation of nan master team.”

No further specifications of Gu’s wounded aliases information were available. Gu, who has not provided an update since her station connected 16 August, had only precocious returned from a enarthrosis wounded which caused her to miss nan Asian Winter Games.

San Francisco-born Gu changed her allegiance to China to compete astatine nan 2022 Beijing Olympic Games astatine which she won 2 golden medals successful freestyle skiing astatine nan property of 18. She will correspond China again astatine nan 2026 Winter Olympics successful Milan and Cortina, Italy.

Gu’s station connected Weibo suggested an over-enthusiastic instrumentality whitethorn person played a domiciled successful her injury.

“I person to ore afloat during training, particularly erstwhile I americium preparing to commencement arsenic it’s very vulnerable to beryllium interrupted,” she said. “I besides person to attraction connected picturing and imagining nan moves while connected nan cablegram car.

“In bid to prevention time, I don’t person luncheon breaks and effort to usage nan bath arsenic small arsenic possible. So please don’t grounds aliases return photos while I’m training.”

Gu was nan second-highest earning female jock successful 2023 pinch $22.1m, down tennis prima Iga Swiatek, according to nan Forbes list.