"I certainly think that somebody who grew up in the United States of America, who benefited from our education system, from the freedoms and liberties that make this country a great place, I would hope that they want to compete with the United States of America, Vance said. So, I'm going to root for American athletes, and I think part of that is people who identify themselves as Americans. That's who I'm rooting for this Olympics."
"I'm flattered. Thanks, JD! That's sweet. She said she wasn't offended by Vance's comments and agreed with a suggestion that she had become a punching bag for US political debate. So many athletes compete for a different country. People only have a problem with me doing it because they kind of lump China into this monolithic entity, and they just hate China. So it's not really about what they think it's about."
Eileen Gu is the most decorated Olympic freeskier with five medals, including two golds and a silver at Beijing 2022 and two silvers at Milano Cortina. She was born in San Francisco to an American father and a Chinese mother and requested a switch to compete for China in 2019. Vice-president JD Vance said he hopes people who grew up in the United States and benefited from its education and freedoms want to compete for the United States and said he is rooting for athletes who identify as Americans. Gu said she was flattered and not offended, called herself a punching bag for US political debate, and argued critics lump China into a monolithic entity and object partly because she wins.
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