Eileen Gu took a bow for her home crowd in China after landing her biggest trick to win Olympic gold

• Eileen Gu won Olympic gold in a dramatic come-from-behind victory in Tuesday's big air event.
• Team China's star pulled off a double cork 1620 for a 94.5 on her final run to take first place.

Eileen Gu was overcome with emotion during the biggest moment of her skiing career.

The American-born superstar for Team China enjoyed a come-from-behind victory in Tuesday's women's big air final at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. After France's Tess Ledeux put together a near-flawless series on the day, Gu pulled off an improbable double cork 1620 on her final run to earn a 94.5 and take the lead.

And then, after the performance of a lifetime, she did what showstoppers always do; she took a bow.

Immediately after stomping the stunning trick — which features two semi-flips and four-and-a-half rotations — the 18-year-old San Francisco native was overcome with emotion. She threw her hands onto her helmet and then over her face while skiing to the bottom of the slope and screaming "Oh my God!" in disbelief.

She'd never attempted the stunt in competition.

Check out the clip of the feat and her incredible reaction:

"I'm not crying," Gu said to the cameras while awaiting her score. "I'm definitely not crying! Not crying at all."

The freestyle skier-slash-super model needed at least a 93.75 to eclipse Ledeux for the top position on the podium. And when she got that with 0.75 to spare, she fell to her knees, tipped her head back, and cried.

"Gold is within grasp," one NBC announcer proclaimed.

She looked up a moment later, smiled, and gestured triumphantly to the Chinese crowd.

Once she got to her feet, Gu turned away from the cameras and towards the audience, then pumped her skis in the air. And that's when she bowed, folding her skis across her body while expressing gratitude to the adoring Chinese audience.

Gu put on quite a show, and fans could get two encores in Beijing. She's set to compete in the women's slopestyle and halfpipe events later in the games, with a shot to win three different gold medals for the host nation.

Just two more to go.