I hate to wish bad things for such a pretty girl.
And I won't. I just cannot understand how someone born and raised in the U.S.A. anyone, but especially someone with the advantages this young lady has had, can turn their backs on their country. If she has in fact renounced her U.S. citizenship, I would, if legal, deny her entry back into the U.S.
Eileen Gu, China's unofficial face of the Winter Olympics, is everywhere. And that omnipresence belies her origins in the United States, which raises questions about her citizenship as China does not allow dual citizenship.
Born on September 3, 2003, in San Francisco, California, to an American father and a Chinese mother who emigrated from China, Gu started training in the U.S. at the age of 8 and began competing in major skiing events in 2018 as an American.
On June 7, 2019, however, Gu announced her decision on Instagram to represent her mother's homeland in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
This past December, the Biden administration announced a boycott of the Beijing Games due to China’s documented human rights abuses, some of which include detaining over a million Uighur Muslims.
Sarah Cook, research director for China at Freedom House (a nonprofit that advocates for human rights), told ESPN that as a Chinese citizen, Gu is not protected by the US consulate when in Beijing. “Competing as a Chinese national removes any potential diplomatic protections others might have as a foreigner in China,” she said. “If she gets into any kind of trouble, she doesn’t have that protection.”
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I don't watch the current Olympics but have vivid memories of that old show "Wide World of Sports" where every episode showed "The Agony of Defeat!"
That ski jump must have really hurt big time!
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Johnny Qeir is so critical for someone that couldnt cut it as an olympic competitor and never won a metal. He is so swishy!
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Well, evidently the kid can ski. She took gold in the big air competition.
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Like many other things in life, I’d say you need to follow the money.
I saw some of the skiing last night. Gu did very well. And I think she’s still a US citizen. As for the skater, she should be as nervous as can be, as she gave up her US citizenship as mentioned above. So if she keeps falling, I assume that there is a performance based portion of the agreement she may need to refresh herself on!
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