Out of a clear blue sky, Eileen Gu dropped into these Winter Olympics like a gift from the sporting gods.
The draw was Kirsty Muir, Team GB’s youngest competitor, making her Games debut at a disused steelworks on the western edge of Beijing.
But while the 17-year old did deliver a fearless fifth-place finish in freeski big air, it was the ‘snow princess’ who stole the show.
