Olympians choosing one country over another is nothing new. But they’re not typically the face of the host nation — or at the center of a rift between the world’s two biggest economies. Enter, Eileen Gu.
What she's saying:"I'm not trying to keep anyone happy," she"I do corks in an icy, 22-foot, U-shaped snow structure," GuGu's gold medal on Monday matched China's entire haul from 2018, and she could win more hardware in slopestyle and halfpipe.
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