Winter Olympics: Chinese freestyle ski star Eileen Gu’s mother gives advice to parents hoping to raise a champion

Sleeping for 10 hours a day is the number one tip from Eileen Gu’s mother for parents hoping to raise a high-achiever.

After Eileen, an 18-year-old California-born athlete, won a gold medal for China in the freeski big air competition at Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday there have been numerous articles examining how Gu’s mother raised her.