China failed again! 'American born → surprise national team' ski sign fatal mistake... The second 銀 of the competition, "The Most Medals Ever" milestone [Milan Olympics]

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China is still 'no gold'. Ku Ai-ling (22), a freestyle ski star born in the U.S. but playing for the Chinese national team, failed to win his second consecutive Winter Olympics big air event, adding his second silver medal of the event.

Guai-ling scored a total of 179 points in the women's big air final of freestyle skiing at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics held at Lvigno Snowpark in Italy on the 17th (Korea Standard Time). Guai-ling, who is only 1.75 points behind Meghan Oldham of Canada, who scored 180.75 points, finished second after failing to win two consecutive events following the 2022 Beijing Games.

Gu Ai-ling, who also won a silver medal in slopestyle on the 9th, won his fifth Olympic medal by harvesting two silver medals in this competition alone.

On the same day, the International Ski Federation (FIS) officially announced on its official social networking service (SNS) that "Gu Ai-ling won the silver medal in the big air event, becoming the most medal-winning freestyle skiing player at the women's Olympics ever."

The freestyle ski women's big air will be held in a way that adds up the scores of the two best periods by performing a total of three performances.

From the beginning of the game, Guai-ling raised his pace. In the first period, he scored a high 90 points and gained momentum. However, it was painful that he scored only 61.25 points in the second period.

Gu Ai-ling tried to turn the tables with 89 points in the final third period, but failed to overcome Oldham, who had already secured 180.75 points in the first and second periods.

Earlier, Guai-ling had to overcome a fatal injury that felt life threatening before competing in this Olympics. In January last year, he suffered an acute cerebral hemorrhage and a clavicle fracture by falling from the head due to a landing mistake during the Winter X Games, and was shocked for five minutes at the time, raising the possibility of permanent disability or death.

On the day of this final round, he also had an accident in which his helmet was broken after hitting his head badly during the final training session. "If there was no delay in the game, there would have been a different result," said Gu Ai-ling, who was able to clean up with an ice pack thanks to the poor weather, adding, "I'm proud to have won my fifth Olympic medal and I'm happy to be here."

Apart from her skills, Gu Ai-ling chose the Chinese national team despite being born in the U.S. and is at the center of controversy over her cold eyes and nationality in her country. According to Forbes, Gui-ling has earned about $23 million (about 33.2 billion won) in the past year. The total cumulative revenue from 2022 to 2025 is $87.4 million (about 126.2 billion won).

However, Chinese netizens are criticizing him, saying, "I'm just an American who came to make money" and "an opportunist." Earlier, after winning a silver medal in slopestyle, he caused controversy by saying, "Sometimes I feel like I'm carrying the weight of the two countries on my shoulders."

Meanwhile, the Big Air final was held later than scheduled due to bad weather. Only 10 of the top 12 qualifiers competed. Slopestyle gold medallists Matilde Gremo and Anuk Andraska (Switzerland) were unable to play due to hip and wrist injuries, respectively, during training.

Although she failed to win gold, Guai-ling, who broke the record for the most medals, will try again for her first gold medal of the tournament, defending the title in the main halfpipe.

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