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Eileen Gu , the American-born skier who chose to represent China in the 2022 Olympics, was reportedly involved in a training accident in New Zealand last week.

Bystanders at the Cardrona Alpine Resort in Cardrona told the South China Morning Post that Gu appeared to suffer serious injuries and needed to be taken to the hospital on a stretcher.

Gu reportedly gave a health update on her Weibo account.

"Unfortunately, a very terrible accident occurred yesterday 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 team.

"I have to concentrate fully during training, especially when I am preparing to start, as it’s very dangerous to be interrupt

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