Eileen Gu chooses 'All of the Above' when faced with choices involving skiing, Stanford and style
by Eddie Pells
Jan 27, 2024
4 minutes
Whether the choices are serious or of a more trivial nature, Eileen Gu refuses to be hemmed in.
Two years after exploding onto the world stage at the Beijing Winter Games, the 20-year-old Olympic champion, straight-A student and fashion model remains as comfortable on a catwalk as a halfpipe. She finds as much joy in defying classical physics on the mountain in Aspen as exploring quantum physics in the classroom at Stanford.
She could be, to put it in 2024 parlance, every bit as suited for the world of “Barbie” as that of “Oppenheimer.” When asked the question that has, of late, consumed
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