'American born → naturalization' Gu Ai-ling presented his 5th gold medal to China → demonstrated his ability on the last day of the competition [Milan Olympics]

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Gu Ai-ling (23, English name Eileen Gu), a "ski genius" who was born in the U.S. but drew attention from all over the world by choosing Chinese nationality, finally won the gold medal on the last day of the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics. Despite the controversy and pressure, her skills were 'real'.

Gu Ai-ling proudly won the gold medal in the women's halfpipe final of freestyle skiing at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics held at Lvigno Snow Park in Italy on the 22nd (Korea time).

As a result, Gu I-ling has won two consecutive games in this event following the 2022 Beijing Games, proving to be a "halfpipe queen" in name and reality. In addition, Gu Ai-ling, who previously only won silver in the big air and slopestyle events at the event, won her first gold medal and collected three medals at the event.

The players' conditioning was the key as the game, which was originally scheduled for the 21st, was postponed for a day due to heavy snow. On this day, Gu Ai-ling also had an uneasy start. In the first period, he made a mistake during landing and fell to the bottom.

But Guai-ling didn't give up. Gu Ai-ling, who scored 94.00 points in the second period after clearing up his battle, scored 94.75 points in the final third period, showing his unique overwhelming height and brilliant rotation skills, sealing the game.

In the end, China won China's fifth gold medal of the tournament by adding Ku I-ling's gold medal and Li Fang Hui's (23) silver medal, showing off its scary momentum at the end of the tournament.

Guai Ling has been a hot potato throughout this tournament. Although she was born and raised in San Francisco, the U.S. looked cold toward her who chose China, her mother's country. Not only the United States but the whole world showed interest. However, Gu Ai-ling has maintained his attitude to prove everything with his skills in post-match interviews, eventually turning his criticism against him into cheers by standing at the highest level on the last day of the tournament. Eventually, he became the only athlete to win a medal in all freestyle skiing events at this competition, and a "living legend" who recorded an unprecedented record of six Olympic medals.

The value of Gui-ling, who has grown from a sports star to a global icon, is beyond imagination. Known to have made about $23.1 million (about 33.5 billion won) in 2025 alone, she is unique with both her skills and star quality. In particular, the details of the activity support expenses paid by the Chinese authorities to Gu Ailing were revealed, attracting great attention.

Gu Ai-ling, who has completely proved his worth on the Olympic stage, is now aiming for the 2030 French Alps Winter Olympics. Sports fans around the world are paying attention to how far her "golden flight," which achieved everything at the age of just 23, will continue.

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