Eileen Gu represented the USA before switching to China. She's receiving backlash after saying she reps both at the Olympics.

The San Francisco-born skier isn’t new to the Olympics, and neither are questions about the country she competes for.

Why Eileen Gu competes for China in skiing at Olympics and not U.S. after controversy originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. One of the most well-known athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics is a ski star competing for China.

Chinese megastar skier Eileen Gu recently revealed the true reason why she picked to represent China over the USA at the Olympics.

Cooper Woods's moguls gold puts Australia ahead of powerhouses Canada and China on the official Winter Olympics medal tally, despite having fewer medals overall.

Some US leaders are criticizing and suggesting punishment for Olympic athletes who express nuanced views about the country, drawing comparisons to authoritarian regimes.

Eileen Gu, the American-born athlete who chose to compete for China at the Winter Olympics, is facing backlash for her comments. The 22-year-old athlete had a breakout performance in Beijing 2022. She returned this year,

The Olympic slopestyle war between Mathilde Gremaud and Eileen Gu rages on. The Swiss skier successfully defended her gold in the women’s slopestyle final on Monday morning and held off the Gu, who was born in America but competes for China,

A frightening crash during women's halfpipe qualifying at the 2026 Winter Olympics left Chinese snowboarder Jiayu Liu motionless on the snow before she was stretchered off the course.

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