Eileen Gu 'Exhausted' from Olympics Schedule, Eyes 3rd Freestyle Skiing Medal

China's Eileen Gu discussed her busy schedule as she attempts to earn her third medal in the 2026 Winter Olympics after qualifying for the women's freestyle skiing halfpipe final on Thursday.

"At this point, I'm exhausted. And the thing is, no judge is giving me extra points for being good at rails," Gu said, per Charlotte Harpur of The Athletic. "No judge is giving me extra points because I missed a training. I'm the only one in this field competing in one other event, let alone two, but I still have to compete against the best of this event."

"When I'm in slopestyle, I'm competing against the best of that event," she added. "There is no overall winner, right? I have to be truly the best at each to deserve anything. And so I feel that that is just the mentality I take. I choose to do three events. I'm not complaining about it, but I'm just saying the reality of the situation is I train like a third of what everybody else does."

The 22-year-old has already won a pair of silver medals in slopestyle and big air at the 2026 Games and will attempt to secure a third medal in the halfpipe final on Saturday.

"Tomorrow's (Friday) my first off day since February 2," Gu said, via Harpur. "So I'm really excited. In Chinese, there's a saying 'lie flat'. I just have one more day (of competition), and then I can just lie flat."

Her latest recovery in qualifying on Thursday was particularly impressive, bouncing back from a crash on her opening run after her ski caught the pipe deck during a 720 attempt.

Gu eventually received a score of 86.50 for her final run, moving to No. 5 on the leaderboard and advancing.

She previously won three medals at the 2022 Olympics, including gold in the halfpipe.

Now, she'll attempt to stand atop the podium once again when the final starts on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. ET.