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Tanith Belbin medaled, kept dual citizenship which is a better prospective, and ended up in a lucrative career in part because her native language was the same as her host country.

Zhu/Beverly Yi sounds like a scared kid who was tricked into doing something she never should have and lost everything in the process. The same thing is happening to Eileen Gu btw - but at least she speaks the language for a country she is now citizen of for the rest of her life. They're both losing like Kristin Fraser and since you keep bringing her up - what happened to her? Where is she now? No one knows.[/quote]

The point is that you're being hypocritical and racist when you're making up horror stories about her.  Skaters switch countries all the time for their own purposes.  It has little to do with their plans for the rest of their lives.  You clearly have no issues with American skaters acquiring citizenships of obscure (and corrupt) countries in the name of an Olympic berth.  You also clearly have no issues with America handing out citizenship to skaters that may enhance its competitive record internationally.  But someone switching to China? Uh huh, no, can't have that, because something.

Stop bringing up medals. She did not go there to medal, do you really think the Chinese skating federation doesn't have a clear idea of their skaters' abilities? Do you think that only athletes with a chance to medal should go to the Olympics? Then the rest of the ladies skaters who aren't from Russia may as well pack their bags right now and go home.  Do you understand that for most athletes just to GO to the Olympics is a pinnacle of their achievement?  Not to medal but to GO? She had no chance to go to the Olympics to represent the US.  Now, whatever happens to her competitive record, she'll always be an Olympian.  Do you get that this is meaningful for her?

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