15-year-old Eileen Gu secures maiden World Cup slopestyle victory
BySportsbeat
Updated 27/01/2019 at 19:01 GMT
15-year-old Eileen Gu has recorded the first World Cup victory of her burgeoning career after dominating the women’s slopestyle skiing event at Seiser Alm.
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In the first two stages of the season Gu had collected an 11th and a second place but went one better in Italy as she topped the podium.
The American teenager was fourth heading into her third and final run but wouldn’t settle for a respectable place and recorded a best score of 84.40.
Canada’s Megan Oldham took second with 83.00 and Gu’s countrywoman Julia Krass took third with 77.30.
In the men’s event Canada’s Max Moffatt took first with 83.10, followed up by Sweden’s Oliwer Magnusson and America’s Kiernan Fagan.
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