Gu makes X Games history with record 3-medal debut By JAMES BOYLAN | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-02-01 07:32 Share CLOSE X Games rookie Eileen Gu holds her two gold medals and one bronze after winning the women's ski slopestyle on Saturday at the 2021 X Games in Aspen, Colorado, in the United States. [Photo/Agencies] Superstar-in-the-making Eileen Gu soared to global prominence with a breakthrough performance over the weekend－and now the freestyle skiing sensation is on a mission to spearhead China's winter sports push. Gu, who was born in California, became the first Chinese athlete to triumph at the prestigious Winter X Games by winning superpipe gold on Friday on Aspen's Buttermilk Mountain in Colorado.