Abandoning beauty, China's national team → Two history of 銀 → 'shock' ridiculed "I thought I wouldn't win a gold medal" Why on earth? [Milan Olympics]

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Gu Ai-ling (22), who was born in the U.S. but threw a game-changer to join the Chinese national team, faced fierce ridicule from his own fans after failing to win his second consecutive Winter Olympics. Local public opinion seems to be rapidly deteriorating as China's no-gold march has been prolonged by harvesting two silver medals in this tournament alone.

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 added his second silver medal of the tournament after slopestyle on the 9th, won his fifth Olympic medal.

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 and became the most medal-winning freestyle skiing player at the women's Olympics ever."

However, China's response is cold. Netizens gathered on the Chinese media 'Sohu Dotcom' criticized and ridiculed the news of the failure to win the gold medal.

Local netizens disparaged Gu I-ling's silver medal value, saying, "It was finally revealed," and "The previous confidence proved to be a blind conceit."

In particular, sharp reactions such as "I wave the Five Star Red Flag on the field, but I live as an American outside the stadium," "I'm just an opportunist who smells money well," and "I'm using patriotism as a business," aiming at making huge profits while representing China while maintaining U.S. citizenship.

In fact, Gu I-ling made an astronomical profit after joining the Chinese national team. According to Forbes, Gui-ling has earned about $23 million (about 33.2 billion won) in the past year. From 2022 to 2025, cumulative revenue amounted to $87.4 million (about 126.2 billion won).

Earlier, Gu Ai-ling went through a near-fight process in preparation for this tournament. In January last year, he fell from the head during the Winter X Games and suffered acute cerebral hemorrhage and clavicle fracture.

After a long period of rehabilitation, he won a valuable silver medal on the Olympic stage. "Without the delay, the result would have been worse," Gu I-ring said. "I'm proud of the fact that I won my fifth medal and I'm happy just to be here."

However, it was not enough to turn back the cold Chinese public sentiment. "Sohoo Dotcom" is mocking, saying, "I didn't win the gold medal this time," and "Now let's invest in our own players, not white players."

Meanwhile, only 10 of the top 12 preliminary players competed in the Big Air final on that day due to bad weather. Matilde Gremo and Anouk Andraska (Switzerland), who were strong contenders, suffered hip and wrist injuries during training, respectively, which prevented them from participating.

Guai-ling, who won two silver medals in this tournament, will now continue her first gold medal in the main event halfpipe and her final challenge in defending the title.

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