Olympian Eileen Gu ruffles US skiers with
decision to compete for China
Posted By: AltaD, 2/1/2022 1:35:45 PM
She could be America’s next Olympic darling — a stunning 18-year-old skier who signed with Victoria’s Secret and plans to attend Stanford after she vies for gold in Beijing. But Eileen Gu won’t be competing for the US. Instead, in a move that’s baffled members of the American skiing community, San Francisco-born-and bred Gu has joined Team China. (Snip) “She became the athlete she is because she grew up in the United States, where she had access to premier training grounds and coaching that, as a female, she might not have had in China,” Hudak told The Post. “I think she would be a different skier if she grew up in China.
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order allowing mask mandates to remain
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CNN' if They Think Its Biased or Lacks
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