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Gu Wins Gold for China
2-8-22 | Originalbuckeye

Posted on 02/08/2022 2:00:35 PM PST by originalbuckeye

Gu wins Gold Big Air free ski, representing China.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; citizenship; medal; stanford
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Born in SF, grew up in SF and attending Stanford in the Fall. She rejected the USA ski team to ski for China. I hope Americans take her attitude into consideration when deciding how to feel about her…..‘if they don’t like me it’s their loss’.
1 posted on 02/08/2022 2:00:35 PM PST by originalbuckeye
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To: originalbuckeye

The hell with her.


2 posted on 02/08/2022 2:02:15 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: originalbuckeye

I’m sure the CCP did not pressure the judges on the final outcome.


3 posted on 02/08/2022 2:02:31 PM PST by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: originalbuckeye

Strip her US citizenship. Cancel her. She’s the CCP’s gain. Emperor Xi will check her out ... closely.


4 posted on 02/08/2022 2:02:38 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: originalbuckeye

Did she defect, or did she just come in from the cold?


5 posted on 02/08/2022 2:02:45 PM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: originalbuckeye

There is no evidence she gave up the golden passport, aka USA.


6 posted on 02/08/2022 2:03:06 PM PST by Theoria
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To: originalbuckeye
Hooray for Gu! I loved her grandma in the Gumby show.


7 posted on 02/08/2022 2:05:34 PM PST by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: originalbuckeye; KC_Lion

She’s gorgeous, the top of a very unique and difficult sport, and does actually speak the language (Mandarin.) Yeah it makes me somewhat bitter that she’s not representing USA - but I won’t sell her short. She’s so young, in the future she might enter Chinese politics and change things who knows?


8 posted on 02/08/2022 2:07:24 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: originalbuckeye

Well I read from the FR experts that Gu wasn’t good enough to make the US team....the first US finisher was in #11. Did the US girl have bad luck?


9 posted on 02/08/2022 2:08:37 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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shes a nasty little snot.....northern california wacko....


10 posted on 02/08/2022 2:08:49 PM PST by basalt (exas)
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To: originalbuckeye

Is there a ski event going on? I hadn’t noticed.

My eyeballs provide them dollars. There is no way in hell I am laying eyes on that mess.


11 posted on 02/08/2022 2:09:06 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To her credit she does seem very close to her maternal side and is fluent in Mandarin but I do wonder what made her grandma want to leave China in the first place...
12 posted on 02/08/2022 2:09:41 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Vermont Lt

Ratings are way down...more than 40%


13 posted on 02/08/2022 2:10:37 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: originalbuckeye

A judged competition. I’ve never cared about them. No surprise that the China rep won in a judged event in China.

I will watch women’s figure skating but not because I care about the “score”.


14 posted on 02/08/2022 2:11:17 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: originalbuckeye

No doubt that it’s all about Chinese $$$$$$.


15 posted on 02/08/2022 2:11:26 PM PST by woweeitsme
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To: originalbuckeye

Anyone who forsakes the USA to ski for the CHICOMS is a traitor.


16 posted on 02/08/2022 2:11:44 PM PST by JoeRender
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To: originalbuckeye

There’s Olympics going on?

Learn something new every day.


17 posted on 02/08/2022 2:13:17 PM PST by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: nascarnation

FR experts may have confused Gu with another American/Chinese ice skater who was not good enough for the US team. She fell twice in competition....don’t recall the name.

Gu was likely paid to compete for China, who do not allow dual citizenship, so Gu is theoretically no longer a US citizen.

She will be lauded as TV does nothing but attempt to create stars. Gu played it all too cute for my taste during her finals runs.

I hope she is shunned just as viewers are shunning the Beiing games.


18 posted on 02/08/2022 2:13:47 PM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'm going ahead.)
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To: Seruzawa

Were the French and Swiss competitors in 2nd and 3rd complaining the judging? I didn’t watch it.


19 posted on 02/08/2022 2:13:54 PM PST by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: originalbuckeye
I hope Americans take her attitude into consideration when deciding how to feel about her…..‘if they don’t like me it’s their loss’.

Olympic Gold is the least of her considerations. Her mother is Stanford Grad (from China) has worked on Wall Street, Hedge Funds, apparantly now involved with "private equity."

Her Father is unknown, but rumors are its a Harvard/Silicon Valley venture capital guy named Ray Sydney. Its not confirmed, but Its weird how he has stayed hidden during this.

Most importantly though - its reported she has earned at least $20 million through endorsements in China. Some Western firms like Estee Lauder and Visa, but also many, many Chinese firms. Its where the money was - so she (or her mother) took it.

But what average people in both America (and especially China) are noticing and reacting to - its the quintessential global-elitist story. Raised in woke, leftist place. Elite parents in finance, NO loyalty to country, will go wherever the money is. And they'll paint it with BS woke/fake PR drivel about "breaking boundaries for women," "being proud of my culture," etc....

20 posted on 02/08/2022 2:14:30 PM PST by PGR88
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