Controversial US-born Chinese Olympic skier Eileen Gu suffers 'terrible accident' in training: report

Eileen Gu the American-born skier who chose to represent China in the Olympics was reportedly involved in a training accident in New Zealand last week Bystanders at the Cardrona Alpine Resort in Cardrona reported the South China Morning Post that Gu appeared to suffer serious injuries and needed to be taken to the hospital on a stretcher CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMGu reportedly gave a vitality update on her Weibo account Unfortunately a very terrible accident occurred the previous 24 hours due to human error she wrote Hopefully I ll be back on the snow soon but I m still waiting for final confirmation from the expert squad I have to concentrate fully during training especially when I am preparing to start as it s very dangerous to be interrupted I also have to focus on picturing and imagining the moves while on the cable car In order to save time I don t have lunch breaks and try to use the bathroom as little as achievable So please don t record or take photos while I m training Gu won two gold medals and a silver at the Olympics in Beijing She sparked conflict on the Olympic stage as she decided to compete for China over Club USA Her father is American but her mother is a first-generation Chinese immigrant WORLD BOXING TO HAVE MANDATORY SEX TESTING TO KEEP MALES OUT OF WOMEN'S COMPETITIONSDuring the Games she dodged questions about her citizenship after winning gold Chinese state media has claimed that Gu became a Chinese national at the age of according to Reuters The executive does not allow dual citizenship meaning the California native would have had to give up her U S citizenship in order to do so Gu estimated she's spent at least a quarter of her life in China Her origin story as she tells it begins with the time she pitched the idea for China's first slopestyle ski event at age and won She announced in that she planned to represent China again in the Olympics Fox News Paulina Dedaj contributed to this assessment Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter