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Zhu Yi, figure skater who gave up American citizenship to compete for China, attacked online by woke Chinese fans after falling during Olympic debut
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Feb 8, 2022, 12:21:47 AM2/8/22
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Chinese figure skater Zhu Yi has faced vitriol online after she fell
during her debut performance at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The 19-year-
old, who was born in California, gave up her American citizenship to
compete for China.
The teen left the skating rink at Capital Indoor Stadium in tears Monday
after she fell twice during the free skate event, part of women's team
competition. China finished fifth in the event.
Her latest performance comes a day after Zhu failed to complete her
opening combination in the women's short program, stumbled and crashed
into a wall. She finished last, dropping China's position from third to
fifth in the team standings. Following her Sunday performance, Zhu told
the South China Morning Post that she was "upset and a little
embarrassed."
"I guess I felt a lot of pressure because I know everybody in China was
pretty surprised with the selection for ladies' singles and I just really
wanted to show them what I was able to do but unfortunately I didn't," she
said.
She instead faced fans' ire on Weibo, a social media platform
predominantly used in China. Users called her an "embarrassment" and
others justified the attacks online, saying she "deserves it."
Zhu's participation was controversial before she stepped on the ice
representing the Chinese flag. Some Weibo users took issue with her not
knowing how to speak Chinese fluently and spouted conspiracy theories that
she was only chosen to compete for China because of her father, Song-Chun
Zhu, a well-regarded Chinese artificial intelligence professor who teaches
at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Zhu, who was born with the name Beverly before changing it to Yi in 2018,
will have her chance at redemption on February 15 when she will compete in
the singles competition.
As of Monday morning Eastern Time, host China has two gold and two silver
medals. The United States has yet to grab its first gold medal of the
Beijing Games.
Shuai Zhang contributed.
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Chinese figure skater Zhu Yi has faced vitriol online after she fell
during her debut performance at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The 19-year-
old, who was born in California, gave up her American citizenship to
compete for China.
The teen left the skating rink at Capital Indoor Stadium in tears Monday
after she fell twice during the free skate event, part of women's team
competition. China finished fifth in the event.
Her latest performance comes a day after Zhu failed to complete her
opening combination in the women's short program, stumbled and crashed
into a wall. She finished last, dropping China's position from third to
fifth in the team standings. Following her Sunday performance, Zhu told
the South China Morning Post that she was "upset and a little
embarrassed."
"I guess I felt a lot of pressure because I know everybody in China was
pretty surprised with the selection for ladies' singles and I just really
wanted to show them what I was able to do but unfortunately I didn't," she
said.
She instead faced fans' ire on Weibo, a social media platform
predominantly used in China. Users called her an "embarrassment" and
others justified the attacks online, saying she "deserves it."
Zhu's participation was controversial before she stepped on the ice
representing the Chinese flag. Some Weibo users took issue with her not
knowing how to speak Chinese fluently and spouted conspiracy theories that
she was only chosen to compete for China because of her father, Song-Chun
Zhu, a well-regarded Chinese artificial intelligence professor who teaches
at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Zhu, who was born with the name Beverly before changing it to Yi in 2018,
will have her chance at redemption on February 15 when she will compete in
the singles competition.
As of Monday morning Eastern Time, host China has two gold and two silver
medals. The United States has yet to grab its first gold medal of the
Beijing Games.
Shuai Zhang contributed.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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