Eileen Gu was born in San Francisco and learned to ski in the United States under U.S. coaches, but on Tuesday, she won her first Olympic gold medal for China.

Gu is not alone. Seven Americans are playing for China’s men’s ice hockey team, and Zhu Yi, of Westwood, California, is representing the communist nation in figure skating.

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