"Freeskiing star Eileen Gu saw it as something other than that. Because Gu landed that trick once at the top of the supersized rails portion of the Olympic slopestyle course Monday, she opened her Milan-Cortina odyssey three events and up to 15 dangerous trips down the slopes over 15 days with a second straight silver medal in the event. Because the San Francisco native couldn't land it the other two times over the three-run contest, she never really had a chance to go for gold."
"That was definitely the best slopestyle run I've ever done, Gu said. And Gremaud: I would say it's the best one I've ever done in my life, yes. Megan Oldham of Canada hit back-to-back jumps with 1260 degrees of spin not an everyday occurrence out there and finished with the bronze. Not surprisingly, the world's two best skiers each nailing the best runs of their lives resulted in a margin of .38"
Eileen Gu earned a second straight Olympic slopestyle silver after landing a risky rails trick once but failing it on two other runs, preventing a gold bid. Mathilde Gremaud won gold, delivering what was widely described as her best slopestyle run and contributing to what was hailed as the sport's best women's slopestyle contest. Megan Oldham claimed bronze after back-to-back 1260-degree spins. The margin between Gremaud and Gu was 0.38 points, nearly identical to their Beijing Games gap. Gu reworked her rails section ahead of the event and chose a longer right-hand rail, attempting the high-risk 'disaster' trick.
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