'Very dangerous to be interrupted': Olympic skier Eileen Gu points to fan involvement after frightening skiing crash
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Witnesses saw her being carried away on a stretcher immediately after the crash. She emphasized the danger of being distracted during training and urged fans not to film her.
Eileen Gu suffers serious training accident in New Zealand, hints fan could be responsible
Eileen Gu revealed on Weibo that the crash happened during a training run in Cardrona and that she was still waiting for medical confirmation. She wrote:
'Unfortunately, a very terrible accident occurred yesterday due to human error.'
'Hopefully I'll be back on the snow soon, but I'm still waiting for confirmation from the expert team.'
Eileen Gu, aged 21, asked her fans to avoid filming her during training. She explained:
'I have to concentrate fully during training, especially when I am preparing to start, as it's very dangerous to be interrupted.
I also have to focus on picturing and imagining the moves while on the cable car. In order to save time, I don't have lunch breaks and try to use the bathroom as little as possible. So please don't record or take photos while I'm training.'
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Olympic skier Eileen Gu's career highlights, injuries, and comeback plans
September 3, 2003, saw Eileen Feng Gu born in San Francisco, California. She learned to ski at Lake Tahoe and competed for the United States until 2019. She started representing China, her mother's home nation, at age 15 and rapidly became well-known.
Eileen Gu made history at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as the first freestyle skier to claim two golds and a silver in a single Games. She has also claimed 15 World Cup titles, more freestyle skiing history
She first appeared in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue in 2025 and kept balancing modeling and her athletic career. Earlier this year, Eileen Gu had brief training before pulling out of the Winter X Games at Aspen after another injury
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