Winter Olympics: China's Eileen Gu wins halfpipe final as GB's Zoe Atkin ends ninth

Eileen Gu became the first freestyle skier to win Olympic medals in three different events when she fell on two of her three runs in the halfpipe final.

Atkin scored 73.25 in her final run to finish ninth in the final.

Gu won with 95.25 to add to her big air gold and slopestyle silver.

Defending champion Cassie Sharpe won silver.

I was really glad to make it to the finals on my Olympic debut, my sister won a bronze medal in slopestyle.

I definitely wanted to land a good, clean run that was a bit bigger with some harder tricks but I didn't have the speed.

'It has changed my life forever' - Gu makes history...again

California-born Gu came into these Games as China's poster girl, having announced she would compete for her mother's country in 2019. She can consider it a job well done with a hat-trick of medals.

Gu was a household name with large crowds following her every trick. She won two golds and a silver at the World Championships the following year, becoming the first freestyle skier to win two golds.

At her first Olympics, she became the youngest gold medal winner in freestyle skiing with her big air gold, doing so by landing a double cork 1620, a trick she had never before tried in competition.

She missed out on slopestyle gold by just a point, but dominated the halfpipe event, gold sealed before she dropped in for her final run, leaving her in tears at the top of the pipe.

It has been two weeks of the most intense highs and lows of my life.

It has changed my life forever. I knew my life was never going to be the same after landing the last 16 in the air.

I would have never imagined that I would walk away with more than one silver and gold.

I am so honoured to be here and I am even more honoured by the fact that I can spread this message and inspire young girls through my own passion for the sport and hopefully spread the sport to people.

Gu decided to enjoy her final run, entertaining the crowd of volunteers and Games staff as she soaked up their admiration, knowing that she had won the gold medal.

I have never taken a victory lap before. She said that she wants to show that she can do more.

It felt like it was my last event at the Olympics because it was my last event.

I put so much work into this, and to just feel like it was all worth it - all those little moments, the time I put in in the gym after shooting a fashion editorial for eight to 10 hours, when I ran a half marathon every week over the summer.

It was just this great realization that it was all worth it and that it was real.

I was very emotional at the top and I chose to do a victory lap because I really deserved it.