Olympic freestyle superstar Eileen Gu on role as Gangwon 2024 Global Ambassador

The double Olympic champion and Youth Olympic Games champion is returning to the quadrennial event in a new capacity and with a strong message: "Sport is for everyone".

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Double Olympic champion Eileen Gu is adding a new line to her already full resume.

The full-time freestyle skier, full-time model and full-time student is using all her multifaceted talents as she returns to the Youth Olympic Games scene, this time as a Gangwon 2024 Global Ambassador.

record 1,900 athletes will take part in the fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, to be held from 19 January to 1 February.

Gu won gold medals in Big Air and halfpipe, as well as silver in slopestyle, during the previous edition at Lausanne 2020, before repeating that feat at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and is now eager to share her advice with a new generation of athletes.