Olympic skier Eileen Gu has a message for the vice president of the United States.
“I’m flattered. Thanks, JD! That’s sweet,” Gu, 22, told USA Today on Thursday, February 19, after Vice President JD Vance criticized the Olympic medalist for choosing to represent China at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, adding that she feels “like a bit of a punching bag for a certain strand of American politics at the moment.”
“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 C...
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