Olympic Turncoat Eileen Gu Crashed On First Rails And Americans Had This Ruthless Reaction
Eileen Gu became the poster child for betraying America when she turned her back on the country at age 15.
She's been cashing Chinese paychecks ever since while pretending money had nothing to do with it.
And the Olympic turncoat just crashed on the first rails with Americans delivering this ruthless reaction.
The Faceplant Americans Were Waiting For
Six seconds into her third run, Eileen Gu's Olympic dreams came crashing down.
The California-born skier who sold out Team USA immediately ate snow off the first rail during Monday's slopestyle final in Livigno.
The exact same obstacle that nearly eliminated her in qualifying struck when gold was on the line.
Gu handed the victory to Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud.
For the second straight Olympics, Gremaud executed what the American turncoat couldn't.
American fans watching NBC's coverage didn't waste time on sympathy.
"Eileen Gu chose Communist China over the country she was born, raised, and trained. Why the hell is she being highlighted? She is a traitor," one viewer fired off on X.
The response got more brutal from there.
"Hard to watch Eileen Gu compete for China after everything the U.S. did for her training. High treason," another posted.
NBC Kept Promoting China's Import While Americans Fumed
Here's what should make every American's blood boil.
NBC treated Gu like Team USA's golden girl throughout the Milan-Cortina Games despite her competing under the Five-star Red Flag.
The network gushed over her custom dragon outfit and fashion credentials.
American viewers noticed NBC's propaganda immediately.
"I've never seen NBC cover a Chinese athlete more. If she doesn't want to represent the Stars and Stripes than don't cover her. Period. We don't care if she's pretty and actually American. She's not on our team," a furious fan wrote.
That viewer nailed exactly what's wrong with how the media covers these sellouts.
Gu grew up in San Francisco and learned to ski at Lake Tahoe before representing Team USA in World Cup events starting at age 15.
Then in 2019, she calculated that Chinese money beat American loyalty and switched flags ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
The payday came fast.
Tech giant JD.com, dairy producer China Mengniu, and sporting goods retailer Anta all cut massive sponsorship deals with Gu the moment she put on that red Chinese uniform.
Forbes ranked her the second-highest earning female athlete in the world in 2023.
Follow The Money Trail To Beijing
Gu swears up and down that financial incentives had nothing to do with her decision to compete for China.
"I'm glad that there's enough money in the sport now for people to think that's a consideration," she told TIME Magazine with a straight face.
Right.
She just happened to become the second-highest paid female athlete on earth immediately after ditching America for the country her mother was born in.
This is the same con game elite athletes have been running on their home countries for years.
Jamaica lost four Olympic medal winners in track and field who bolted for Turkey after Turkish officials waved massive financial packages in their faces.
The World Athletics Federation got so fed up with this mercenary behavior they suspended all nationality switches in 2017.
The federation's president said the practice was "bordering on trafficking" because countries were literally auctioning citizenship to the highest bidding athletes.
Qatar became the worst offender by buying up African runners and giving them Qatari passports without any cultural ties or real citizenship rights.
China doesn't recognize dual citizenship which means Gu either gave up her American passport or she's playing games with both countries' laws.
She refuses to answer the question directly because the truth exposes what everyone already knows.
Gu used American facilities, American coaching, American infrastructure, and American training programs to become world-class.
Then she handed those skills developed in America to Communist China for sponsorship millions.
That's not "honoring her heritage" like NBC wants you to believe.
That's calculated betrayal for a pile of cash.
And when she fell flat on her face during that final run with gold on the line, American fans who funded her development got exactly the vindication they deserved.
The silver medal hanging around her neck serves as a permanent reminder that loyalty matters more than money.
No amount of Chinese sponsorship dollars can buy you the glory that comes from representing the country that made you.
Sources:
- Isabel Baldwin, "US-born Winter Olympics star Eileen Gu who turned her back on America to represent China misses out on gold," Daily Mail, February 9, 2026.
- Eddie Pells, "Eileen Gu overcomes an early fall in slopestyle to keep her Olympic dreams intact," Associated Press, February 7, 2026.
- "Olympics 2022: Freeski star Eileen Gu's delicate balancing act between China and the U.S.," ESPN, February 1, 2022.
- "Why Jamaican Olympic Track And Field Athletes Are Switching Allegiance To Turkey," CITIUS Mag.
- "Nationality swapping in the Olympic field: towards the marketization of citizenship?" Taylor & Francis Online.
