Gu, the Chinese star who does not repudiate the US

Two gold medals in the half pipe and in the Big air, and a third elusive for a handful of tenths in the slopestyle, where she took silver: the Beijing Olympics consecrated 18-year-old Eileen 'Eiling' Gu as a star emerging freestyle. An impeccable second run in her favorite discipline was enough to reach the top step of the podium in the 'half tube' in front of the Olympic champion, Canadian Cassie Sharpe, and the other Canadian Rachael Karker. Then the lap of honor in the jubilation of the home fans. The 'snow princess' has become the new heroine of both…