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Freestyle skiing superstar Eileen Gu has criticized the sport's ruling body FIS for scheduling conflicts at the Milan/Cortina Winter Olympics. The 22-year-old Chinese skier complained that the big air final on Monday evening will overlap with the halfpipe training.
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