Meet The Olympian Who Betrayed America For Communist China

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

Eileen Gu’s rise to global fame has been nothing short of remarkable. Born in the United States to an American father and Chinese mother, raised in San Francisco’s affluent Sea Cliff neighborhood, educated at elite…

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