Eileen Gu of China won a gold medal in the women's freeski halfpipe on Thursday night at the Winter Olympics, and all eyes were on her. She won gold in big air and silver in slopestyle. The first two runs of the two-woman bobsled competition will take place on Friday morning, as well as the second men's hockey semifinal between the Russian Olympic Committee team and Sweden. There are two medal candidates for Team USA. Two people who won gold and silver in the monobob will pilot sleds against each other. In the last two Olympics, Canada's Kaillie Humphries and the US's Elana Meyers Taylor have won medals in the two-woman event. We will have live updates from here. Gu, who is one of only two women who competed in all three freeski events in Beijing, took her third medal and second gold in the halfpipe. She is the first freeski athlete to medal in three events. Gu said she had more in store for the finals after the qualification. She scored 93.25 in her first run. She went even higher in her second run and added more spins and technicality, including back-to-back alley-oop flat spins for her final two hits. She was awarded with a score of 95.25, which held for the rest of the contest. She said she had more tricks - well here are MORE TRICKS 💥Eileen Gu earns a 95.25 in her second run!! 📺: @USA_Network & @peacockTV | #WinterOlympics pic.twitter.com/SueHuW7OQpWinter Olympics schedule | Medal tracker
Gu wins another gold
Kaillie Humphries won three golds in the Olympics.
Kaysha Love is a former track star who is training to be a bobsled driver.
The two will be together on Friday.
The duo won a World Cup in December together, despite Love's status as a rookies. They are medal favorites.
It is impossible to watch women's freeskiing at the Olympics without thinking about Sarah Burke, a pioneer of the sport who fought for freeskiing to be included in the Games. Two years before freeskiing was added to the Olympics, Burke died in a halfpipe training accident.
Her influence is still felt in Beijing. The recipients of Sarah Burke Foundation scholarships competed at the Games.
As always, we all #celebratesarah
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10:45 p.m.: Men's skicross.
The men's curling bronze-medal match is at 1:05 a.m.
3 a.m.: Men's speedskating 1000m.
Pairs figure skating short program.
Women's two-person bobsled, run 1.
Women's curling semifinals -- Japan vs. Switzerland/Sweden.
The men's hockey semifinal is between the Russian Olympic Committee and Sweden.
Women's two-person bobsled, run 2
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