Somehow winning for 'grandma' doesn't quite add up.
U.S.-born skiing star Eileen Gu has won two gold medals and one silver for China in the 2022 Olympics and is reaping huge rewards with $42 million in endorsement deals. However, NBC conveniently ignores all that to claim that Gu is winning gold “for her grandmother.”
Gu then insisted, “I’m super honored to have her here. She’s always the one saying ‘be safe, be safe, just land.'” And added, “She said ‘you’re just doing it for fun. You can go be a doctor or lawyer later.'” Indeed, not long after the US-born skiing star abandoned the U.S.A. to compete for the red Chinese, sheOnly that isn’t how it works in China. The communist nation’s top athletes are not people who found enjoyment of sports and worked to hone their skills. Instead, China’s top athletes arewith DNA tests, separated from families as toddlers, and forcibly trained to be the best from childhood. China’s athletes are far from the amateurs of the Olympic ideal.
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