Four months after winning two gold medals for China, freestyle skier Eileen Gu once again became a hot topic on the country’s social media after she announced her decision to support Salt Lake City’s bid to host the Winter Olympics.
At the Time100 Summit on June 7, Gu said she would serve as an ambassador for Salt Lake City’s bid for the Winter Olympics in 2030 or 2034.
“I think that’s this beautiful example of globalism and of the capacity that we can use skiing and … we can use winter sport to connect people,” she said at the event in New York. “Salt Lake specifically wants to become a global destination for athletes everywhere to come train there and they want to incorporate 15 new countries into the Winter Olympics,” she added….