Eileen Gu on inspiring young people

The opportunity to help inspire millions of young people where my mom was born, during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Winter Games is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help promote the sport I love.  Through skiing, I hope to unite people, promote common understanding, create communication, and forge friendships between nations.  If I can help to inspire one young girl to break a boundary, my wishes will have come true.

~ Eileen Feng Gu, women's freestyle skiing big air gold medalist, Beijing Winter Olympics, February 7, 2022 (quote from June 6, 2019 Instagram post)