What Eileen Gu has said about 2026 Winter Olympics
2 quotes · 1 episode · Aug 31, 2026
Eileen Gu, Freestyle skier who competes for China, has been quoted on 2026 Winter Olympics 2 times in 1 episode of On Purpose with Jay Shetty, most recently on August 31, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gu says she is the only woman competing in all three freeskiing disciplines and that Olympic organizers scheduled her trainings to overlap.
“the Olympics actually scheduled my trainings overlapping because they thought that it wasn't possible”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: EILEEN GU: “The Ground Was Cracking Beneath Me.” (Aug 31, 2026) · Listen from 50:39
Gu says her halfpipe gold came down to self-trust rather than skill, describing it as her versus herself.
“it was not about my skill. It was totally me versus me. It was like I could have just not landed a run and it would have been me betraying myself”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: EILEEN GU: “The Ground Was Cracking Beneath Me.” (Aug 31, 2026) · Listen from 54:09
Episodes
EILEEN GU: “The Ground Was Cracking Beneath Me.”On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Aug 31, 2026 · 1 h 5 min
Jay Shetty talks with Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu about her upbringing, mindset, direction over hard work, visualization, and her grandmother's death during the Milan Olympics.
Eileen Gu on other topics
- Sports psychology · 3 quotes
- Grief · 2 quotes
- Visualization in sports · 1 quote
- Freestyle skiing · 1 quote
- Constructive criticism · 1 quote
- Hedonic treadmill · 1 quote
- Femininity · 1 quote