Alysa Liu defends her fellow Bay Area native Eileen Gu for competing for China.
Speaking to The New York Times, 20-year-old Alysa pushed back at critics of the freestyle skier’s decision, calling the backlash ‘hypocritical.’
“I think people are hypocritical for shaming her for representing China,” Liu continued. “So in my head it’s a bit hypocritical, because her mom is an immigrant. Y’all would have told her to go back to China. Now that they’re back in China, you’re mad.”
“And it’s sport, it doesn’t matter what country we represent. Sport is sport, and she has a love for competition, she has love for the game. I think that’s all that matters. There’s no shame in going to where opportunity is.”
Via New York Times
Alysa Liu defends her fellow Bay Area native Eileen Gu for competing for China.
Speaking to The New York Times, 20-year-old Alysa pushed back at critics of the freestyle skier’s decision, calling the backlash ‘hypocritical.’
“I think people are hypocritical for shaming her for representing China,” Liu continued. “So in my head it’s a bit hypocritical, because her mom is an immigrant. Y’all would have told her to go back to China. Now that they’re back in China, you’re mad.”
“And it’s sport, it doesn’t matter what country we represent. Sport is sport, and she has a love for competition, she has love for the game. I think that’s all that matters. There’s no shame in going to where opportunity is.”
Via New York Times
