Winter sports world body apologises after ‘karma’ comment on Eileen Gu’s Olympic silver
The FIS also deleted the social media comment, which appeared under video of Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud defending slopestyle gold medal
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS), the global governing body for winter sports, has apologised and deleted a social media comment that described Eileen Gu’s failure to win slopestyle gold at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics as “karma”.
The remark appeared on FIS Park & Pipe, one of FIS’ official TikTok accounts, under a video about Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud winning the women’s freeski slopestyle title on Monday.
In the comments section, a user wrote: “Not‑so‑fun fact: Did you know that one week before the Olympics, her coach decided to leave her for another athlete? Great revenge! Love you, Mathilde. You deserved it!”
The FIS Park & Pipe account replied: “For Eileen actually … that’s karma I guess.”
The comment quickly drew anger from Gu’s Chinese fans, many of whom emailed FIS to express their dissatisfaction.
The controversy centres on Misra Noto, the coach mentioned in the exchange. In a TikTok post just hours before the FIS comment appeared, Gu had addressed accusations that she had “stolen” Gremaud’s coach.