Eileen Gu - Olympic champion who bestrides rivals US, China
Gu was born and raised in San Francisco and started her freeskiing career representing the United States, only to switch allegiance to China -- where her mother is from -- in 2019.
That decision drew intense interest at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics when she delivered two golds and a silver for the hosts and became one of the faces of the Games.
Now the 22-year-old, whose father is American, will be in the spotlight again as China's most prominent athlete at the Olympics at Milan-Cortina.
Speaking to AFP ahead of the Games...