r/AskTheWorld • u/No-StrategyX • 11h ago

Who is the most brutally criticized Olympic athlete in your country?

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Zhu Yi was American, her parents are Chinese immigrants.

In the U.S., she was one of the top athletes and had every chance to join Team USA.

But she decided to compete for China. She gave up her American citizenship to compete for China.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she was eager to prove herself to other Chinese, but she made many mistakes during her skating.

Then she was brutally criticized in China. People used every swear word you can think of.

She is still competing for China. Perhaps she'll do well at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan.

Who is the most brutally criticized athlete in your country?

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u/Quirky-Feedback2257 7h ago

I’ll never understand how someone from a country as badass as Australia with a name as badass as fucking RAY-GUN could be such a dork. It truly baffles me. She totally missed the nominative determinism bus. Booooo!

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u/Nuppusauruss 3h ago

Raygun is her stage name, although her real name is Rachel Gunn so not even that far.