Controversial Olympian Eileen Gu upset over 'really unfair' Winter Games schedule

Controversial Olympic jock Eileen Gu called retired the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) implicit the choky Olympic docket she has, which she said volition forestall her from getting successful the due grooming sessions she needs for a freeski event.

Gu, who is representing China during the 2026 Winter Olympics, made her thoughts known aft she clinched a spot successful the large aerial final, which takes spot Monday. She said competing successful the last volition instrumentality her distant from decently practicing for the qualifying circular of the halfpipe final, which takes spot connected Thursday.

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China's Eileen Gu warms up earlier the women's freestyle skiing large aerial qualifications astatine the Winter Olympics, successful Livigno, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

"I’m disappointed successful FIS," she said. "I deliberation the Olympics should epitomize aspiration, and I deliberation being capable to bash thing that’s beyond the mean should beryllium celebrated alternatively of punished."

Gu said she wasn’t trying to get peculiar treatment, lone the aforesaid magnitude of signifier clip arsenic her competitors. She said she tried to compromise, including joining the snowboarders’ grooming connected the halfpipe. She said the FIS told her it couldn’t marque the alteration due to the fact that it wouldn’t beryllium just to the different competitors.

Gu already won metallic successful slopestyle earlier this week.

Eileen Gu waits for her people arsenic she competes successful the women's freestyle skiing large aerial qualifications astatine the Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

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"I deliberation it’s truly unfair. I deliberation it’s punishing excellence, to beryllium wholly honorable with you," Gu added. "Because I situation to bash 3 events, and this is making it wholly intolerable to bid reasonably for the 3rd event."

FIS scheduled 3 grooming sessions earlier qualifying – an summation from 2 for a emblematic World Cup event. The organization’s spokesman, Bruno Sassi, said, "Every effort has been made to facilitate the champion imaginable training" for the athletes.

"But arsenic we person already seen astatine these Games, for athletes who take to vie successful aggregate disciplines and/or aggregate events, conflicts tin sometimes beryllium inevitable," helium said.

Gu, who was calved successful the U.S. but chose to vie for China, hasn’t skied successful a halfpipe lawsuit since December and hasn’t competed successful large aerial since winning the golden successful the 2022 Beijing Games. The halfpipe lawsuit is simply a spot much unsafe than the different two.

Eileen Gu reacts aft her archetypal leap successful the women's freestyle skiing large aerial qualification during the Winter Games astatine Livigno Snow Park connected Feb. 14, 2026. (Joe Camporeale/Imagn Images)

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Gu volition person the large aerial last connected Monday, followed by the halfpipe qualifiers connected Thursday, with the last coming Saturday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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