2022 Olympic coverage

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She is in a bad mental state. She's a mess. The pressure has clearly gotten to her. Hope she can pull it together for her sake.
Thankfully she seemed way more upbeat than the interview the other day when she had the 2 DNFs. That was a hard watch.
 

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What about athletes that defect to authoritarian regime led countries that violate human rights for huge marketing deals, and will not speak out against these human rights issues?

Little salty about Eileen Gu are you? She decided to make her money in China instead of America it will be interesting to see if American companies throw money at her also.
 

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She is in a bad mental state. She's a mess. The pressure has clearly gotten to her. Hope she can pull it together for her sake.
Good, I wasn't the only one that noticed this. The Olympics themselves are a hotbed of stress for athletes, but DNFs in your first two runs has got to be nerve-racking.
 

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What about athletes that defect to authoritarian regime led countries that violate human rights for huge marketing deals, and will not speak out against these human rights issues?
You can either appreciate good performances or just be a homer and only cheer for US stuff. It will make things easier if you pick one of those and not worry about the weeds while watching.

If she did defect, let her deal with the mess that she made for herself.
 
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Not everyone has to be a political activist, she can just be a skier and it's ok.

It’s ok to criticize her too though when she gets super political and lies that any Chinese person can use uncensored internet. her comments were immediately…surprise…censored.

Since she’s being marketed as the most intelligent woman in world history, it’s that much harder to cut her slack on what can only be a lie or an incredible lack of empathy.
 
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Little salty about Eileen Gu are you? She decided to make her money in China instead of America it will be interesting to see if American companies throw money at her also.

She’s lying to the Chinese people but ironically the lies are getting censored before they get to them.

I don’t even think about American people when it comes to that story, just another case of Chinese common man stomped by privileged elite. A little personal to me because I’ve known indoctrinated Chinese.
 

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She’s lying to the Chinese people but ironically the lies are getting censored before they get to them.

I don’t even think about American people when it comes to that story, just another case of Chinese common man stomped by privileged elite. A little personal to me because I’ve known indoctrinated Chinese.

I know she is cashing the checks is she actually supporting the regime?
 

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If we want to talk about the Chinese government and Eileen's choices start a cave thread please.
 
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